10 reasons why politicians like social media

Internet service have sent me a short piece they have written entitled why social media is important to Politicians.

Of course as they say

The primary purpose is to get themselves elected. Once in office, the next campaign starts immediately, and then the politicians do everything they can to get re-elected. There are more subtle internal machinations, but the upshot is that social media is here to stay, and politicians recognize this.

Huhne puts a c instead of a d

We have all made out mistakes in social media,that slip of the finger,pressing send at the wrong time.

Now energy secretary Chris Huhne accidentlt revealed to political journalist Patrick Hennessey that he did not want to be the source of a planted story.

According to the Independent,he appeared to accidentally post a private message to his almost 8,000 followers on Twitter.

Mr Huhne wrote: "From someone else fine but I do not want my fingerprints on the story. C"

and adds that

Last night there was lively speculation on what the story might be that Mr Huhne did not want his "fingerprints" on. It appeared the message was intended for the political editor of The Sunday Telegraph, Patrick Hennessy, who tweeted five minutes later: "Got to find another Lib Dem source for my splash now *massive cough*". A "splash" is journalistic slang for a front-page story.

The perils of twitter and non quiet zones on the train.

An excellent read from Guido which had me laughing out loud and a warning to those of us who like to engage in loud conversations on the train.

A big round of applause to the Liberal Democrat activist Dan Falchikov who spent an entire train journey mouthing off about how he stirred up a rumour that had been picked up by the press about the closure of Kingston Hospital. Richmond MP Susan Kramer quickly got a campaign up but little did Mr Falchikov realise he was infact sitting opposite the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire, who was commuting in from his million pound suburban mansion: