I suppose this is quite funny in an ironic sort of way. For reasons that I may well blog about tomorrow - or you can just read LabourList instead - I am currently the subject of many tweets on Twitter tonight. And because the folks that run Twitter limit people to 100 tweets per hour, it seems that I've exceeded my limit - I assume because people are mentioning my name, not because I'm tweeting faster than Usain Bolt. Oh.... actually, normal service has just been resumed. And the first new tweet says that my interview is up on LabourList.
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I hope you've read Iain Dale's comments on your appointment.
Congratulations! As a spokesperson do you have any influence on policy? If yes could you whisper into the front bench members' ears (or those of their advisers) that tweeting, blogging or raising the issue of Tory attitudes to the NHS in any way at all is playing into David Cameron's hands? It's not clever - it's classic own goal territory.
Just as Tory allegations that maverick Labour types still wanted to nationalise everything in sight in 1996 helped TB show how he'd reformed our party, so these attacks on Conservative fringe members will aid Dave in his efforts to convince the floating voters that he's got his own unreconstructed nutters under control...
The difference is, Labour had genuinely changed. I'm not convinced the Tories have. You're more or less arguing we should let them go unchallenged.
No, we should challenge them on areas where they haven't changed!
Anyway it's the floating voters who need convincing, not you!
I think anyone who lives in the real world and talks to people knows that there are plenty of tory supporters who would like to change the way healthcare is funded (and repeal the minimum wage) and plenty of labour supporters who would like to re-nationalise the utilities, up the top rate of income tax substantially etc.
I'm not sure having an opinion makes someone a 'nutter' Hughes Views.
As for who has changed, the make up of Parliament will change substantially after the election, I think pretty much everyone realises that.
Well done! I'm sure new media has a lot of untapped potential. On June 4, we gained a Tory seat in Welwyn Hatfield, partly through having developed a 700 strong facebook group to campaign against the Tory County Council's plans for a massive waste incinerator in Hatfield.
With a new Labour majority of 18, how much of that was down to our use of facebook?
Surely it should be Tsarina (woops)? I'm sure lots of people are offering you ways of digital engagements right now but my company (British based, British patent) www.ipadio.com has a novel audio blogging tool which could literally give voice to MP's. It's already used by Boris J and Iain Dale - but as a former card carrying member of the party I'd be pleased to help spread the word using the power of telephone blogging, if you'd like. Regards Mark
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