By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982
Why is David Cameron not on Twitter? Because, he says:
"It's too instantaneous...too many twits might make a twat".
Too instantaneous? Doesn't the job of Prime Minister require a little thinking on your feet, a little interaction, a little more, shall we say, statemanship?
Probably, but according to Cameron:
"the public are pissed off."
Anything goes, then, eh, Dave?
Actually I think this is pretty amusing, and it's good that Cameron is trying to portray an ordinary side. He's still after that White Van Man, after all.
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At the time I was a naysayer on MMS and looked upon as very uncool because my view was that just because a few fashionistas were hooked on it in London didn't mean it would sweep the world.
In much the same way I sat between my mother ("the internet is an American fad" - circa 1998) and business colleagues who were real media lovies ("the internet will take over the world" - circa) 1998.
The truth is that twitter like texting, internet, chat pages, blogs etc. etc. etc. before it is just another communication form/medium. Some will use it, some won't, it isn't the be all and end all of communications.
I'm almost at a point of naming LL "Lala land" due to the endless silly threads like this one.
That's soooooo creepy.
Nick griffin did to and change his usage of "language".
Scary woo woo stuff.
I will wager that within 2 years no politicians will use twitter and its layman population will be way down on what it is now. It is clearly a passing fad.
If in doubt leave it out.
Anyway - haven't you read - Twitter is dead. Some 15 year old kid working for an investment bank pointed out the futility and short term appeal of Twitter the other week........
........ also - founding father Draper was a big Twitterer / Twatterer wasn't he?
As for Cameron not being able to think on his feet; you must have been on another planet watching PMQs as the battering he gives Brown is based on exactly that. So much so Brown complains that he goes off script.
Oooh, what a shock; he swears. Brown throws mobile phones and laser printers on the floor in massive rages that frighten his staff.
Do you think Brown thinks on his feet? He is a ditherer. He has made a twat of himself on YouTube.
And what has interaction got to do with statesmanship?
Please engage brain before posting again.
Semantics are important.
Hang on! I think you were right the first time!
Do you mean Nick "I've slept with as many as 30 women and consider myself a competent lover" Clegg and Gordon "Obama Beach" Brown?
D'ya get me?
He probably wont publish this. Standard leftie make up.
My Dad has never voted Labour in his life. He does read the Dail Mail though, so maybe that explains why he really dislikes Labour and doesn't really approve of my beliefs.