YouTube, Google and Political Videos

I have been wary of posting links to the many classic political video clips available on YouTube because of concerns over possible copyright complications. Following yesterday's announcement of the purchase of YouTube by Google I feel such concerns are no longer appropriate. If a broadcasting organisation feels its copyright is being infringed it now has a large company through which to seek recompense. If Google feels that risk were real or unaffordable it presumably would not have paid the reported one billion dollars for the video company. If this proves incorrect then Google will certainly find the means of protecting its investment, albeit perhaps by restricting certain video access in the interim. In other respects as these links go back to the YouTube site it is IMHO for that Google owned organisation to remove them if copyright is being infringed. Given the above I have therefore posted below some YouTube video gems to bring home to my readers (viewers) of just how awful a Gordon Brown premiership would be and an entertaining look at the last French elections as the new campaign is now fully underway.