It’s about time I blogged on the rioting. It seems to be quite a complex issue with potentially far-reaching consequences, one of which is the further undermining of the freedom of the internet. Social networking sites were used to organise the rioting and looting and the Met considered shutting down Twitter, but discovered that they [...]

The Daily Mail thinks so, as they rename the House of Commons the House of Twits. I’m sure that the name is appropriate generally, but I happen to think that the new social media, like Twitter and Facebook, not to mention MPs’ blogs, are a handy way for us to communicate with MPs and replies [...]

The obvious answer is when it’s not funny. Now a joke is not a joke when a judge decides. I’m talking, of course, about the Twitter Joke Trial of Paul Chambers, who, last winter, tweeted: “Crap! Robin Hood airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your sh** together otherwise I’m [...]

Things have to change in 2010. I said the same about 2009 and 2008… but I mean it this time. One of my biggest problems is that I waste far too much time on the internet, so I propose the following:
1) Stop following people on Twitter who are of no interest. For example, I follow [...]

I follow Ed Miliband on Twitter. He is the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
He Twittered,
pls #dontgiveup on a deal in Copenhagen.100pct determined to get ambitious,fair, effective deal…. see edspledge.com for more
So I did.
I tweeted back to him,
Are you absolutely sure that your facts about ‘climate change’ are correct before promising away billions [...]

Guido has reported that Labour Chief Whip Nick Brown apparently just started using Twitter today and his very first attempt was to tell Austin Mitchell MP:

I added Nick Brown as a friend, but his profile disappeared a short time later.
A genuine mistake revealing an imminent general election, or the usual mind games? Answers on a [...]