THE age of Big Brother is truly upon us.

Jan 23 2008 by Tony McDonough, Liverpool Daily Post

Liverpool-based radio and electronic communications specialists, Northwest Radio Communications, has installed a large electronic display board on the front of its building on the corner of Low Hill and Kensington.

Recent messages on the display include Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and one congratulating the city on its new Capital of Culture Status.

However, in the last few days, another has appeared. It asks: “Where are your staff? What time did they start? What time did they finish?”

This is followed by a plug for its in-car tracking devices – is there no sanctuary from the boss?

They’ll be advertising electronic ankle tags next.

EVERTONIANS. They win a couple of mid-table scuffles (yes, we’ve seen the table – it’s a temporary blip) and you can’t shut them up.

Latest is Dougal Paver – boss of local PR firm Paver Smith – who is happily indulging in some world-class gloating over the current turmoil at Liverpool Football Club.

In his regular blog, Dougal (in an uncannily similar typeface to that of Google – are their lawyers reading?) urges the people of Liverpool to email George Gillett and Tom Hicks, above, to congratulate them on the “fine job they are doing at Liverpool FC”.

He also refers to manager Rafael Benitez as a “portly Spanish gentleman” and believes that the ownership of a club like Liverpool “should be in international hands”.

“After all,” he writes, “it best reflects the composition of the crowd at Anfield.”

WELL done to Northern Vision, organisers of the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament, for securing sponsorship for this year’s event from Law firm Brabners Chaffe Street and the Malmaison Hotel, as reported in today’s Daily Post.

City of London trader Anders Borg, who runs Northern Vision, promises some more big sponsors in the coming weeks.

However, we feel after the weather at last year’s event he should call Susino, a Chinese company that recently set up a base in Speke. They import umbrellas.