While British political geeks remain transfixed by the Republican primary race, it would seem Ed Miliband is eyeing another American contest: the NFL play-offs. Sure to shock many who never had him down as an aficionado of Gridiron, Ed’s comprehensive tweet summary of the New England Patriots- Baltimore Ravens stateside showdown was full of expertise befitting of an [...]
Though speculation is rife that her account has been hacked, perhaps we would be wrong to jump to conclusions. After all, her Twitter bio does state: “Never under estimate the pricey!! [sic]“.
Poor Ed — it seems it’s been one of those weeks. Has he been taking Twitter lessons from Diane Abbott?
Politicos were left bemused earlier when Diane Abbott, facing the media for the first time over her unwise race remarks, interrupted a live interview with Sky News to answer her mobile phone. Paul Waugh has revealed the phone call was from none other than Ed Miliband, with Labour sources claiming the Hackney MP was given [...]
After hundreds (more than a thousand according to Google News) of articles on Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi joining Twitter, it has emerged the account of the Chinese-born media executive was actually a spoof. So why on earth did Twitter verify the account as authentic?
It was with some amusement in July that Scrapbook reported a pronouncement from the Information Commissioner that Freedom of Information requests can be submitted by Twitter. The edict means that every public authority using the service is now obligated to monitor their accounts for statutory requests under the 2000 Act. Not seeming the most pragmatic interpretation of the [...]
Virulently right-wing Fox News has reported the death of Barack Obama in a shooting in Iowa. Fortunately, however, the network appears to have been the victim of an Independence Day prank by hackers. After messages announced that the @foxnewspolitics Twitter account was in control of a group identifying itself as the “Script Kiddies”, the station announced it [...]
With tweets a few minutes ago, it seems the BNP leader has managed to surpass even his own base standards, writing that he hopes controversial cleric Raed Salah, speaking today in Parliament “blows himself up there”: It should come as no suprise, however, that the BNP leader has form for such a low remark: In 2009 he implied [...]
