by Sunny Hundal

Earlier today Labour blogger Luke Bozier tweeted:

Gordon Brown’s WebCreator website is not befitting of a former Prime Minister. Tangent should be ashamed. http://gordonbrown.org.uk

He also blogged his opinion in a longer post saying that Tangent, the web company that does many websites for the Labour party, were “taking the Labour community for a ride”.

Within a few hours he received communication from Tangent saying:

I respectfully suggest you delete that tweet, issue no more similar ones and generally try to sell your products in a more professional way. I really don’t like the prospect of either a public slanting match or legal action, but if I need to protect my company’s business and reputation, I will.

Outrageous.

On Twitter the story has already received a lot of attention, with people using the hashtag #OffTangent.

Tangent has been criticised heavily on Twitter by libel lawyer JackofKent.

We’ll write more if there are further developments.

Coverage across blogs:

MTPT: Trafigura-esque Tangents, or A very progressive digital agency

Adam Grace: Instant Corporate Karma

Planet Jamie: Say A Website Is Poor, Get Libel Threat

Sim-O: Another opinion that isn’t up to scratch

Top Tweets

JackofKent:

Gordon Brown’s WebCreator website is not befitting of a former Prime Minister. Tangent should be ashamed. #OffTangent

Mark Stephens:

#OffTangent companies shouldn’t be able to sue for libel. As is the case in Australia.

Rowan Davies: