There is no charge for setting up an account on YouTube.com and uploading a video. But those with deep enough pockets can also pay for these videos to be promoted on the front page of one of the world's biggest web sites, as can be seen on the site now. Is Downing Street actually using taxpayers' money to pay for these rather desperate pro-Brown propaganda efforts? What possible benefit does it bring to taxpayers for Gordon Brown's photo opportunities to be promoted on the front page of YouTube?