Comments on: Politicians and Twitter: why The Times is wrong

By: Mitchell Stirling

Mitchell Stirling — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:05:00 +0000

Journalists, and by this I mean po-faced commentators, don’t like twitter because it leaves them looking as irrelevant as they must surely know they are.

By: Lynne Featherstone MP

Lynne Featherstone MP — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:01:00 +0000

No – it’s not true. I write my blog myself. Don’t know where this came from. There is a ‘Mark’ and he is my webmaster.

By: Matt Wardman

Matt Wardman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:24:00 +0000

My (not to be taken seriously, Mr Schilling) theory is that he’s had collateral damage from his own initials by association.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:44:00 +0000

There is a rumour going round Parliament today, saying that you don’t actually write this blog yourself.

Is it true that a called Mark writes it for you?

By: Plenty

Plenty — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Politicians are doing the right thing by trying to keep up with new technology – but only if they are using it properly. Noone wants to know what an MP is cooking for their tea like it was revealed on Andrew Neil’s DP show over a week ago. As long it is not trivial stuff i’m all in favour…

By: Stephen Glenn

Stephen Glenn — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:01:00 +0000

Great minds think alike Lynne. :D

By: Costigan Quist

Costigan Quist — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:38:00 +0000

I’m not a Twitter user, but that comment from Oliver James sounds like something you’d expect from your local pub psychologist over a pint or three, not an experienced, published academic.

Perhaps the paper got confused and mistakenly called Oliver James, the Southport footballer.