Absolute Gadget

Oh, Mr Johnson. Will you ever stop being inherently amusing? Probably not, but you can catch our attention when you want to. Like when you declare your intent to turn London into a Wi-Fi city.

Chatting to radio station BBC London 94.9 this morning, Gordon Brown's plan to end the Internet divide came up. He of the floppy hair called it "a bit like a desperate bribe".

"I certainly think there is a case for dealing with people who are information technology-poor, and trying to help people get online, [but] what we need is a city where anywhere you go, you can log on, you can get on the web. They've done it in other parts of the world; why on earth can't we do it?" Johnson went on.

He then suggested starting the project off in the Olympic area of Stratford, but remained tight-lipped on whether it would be free to use, or indeed where the money could come from. Still, consider our curiosity officially piqued.

(Thanks to thinkbroadband.com for the transcript.)

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