Twits On Twitter
April 9, 2008
Leighton Andrews boasts “I am now on Twitter”. Congratulations, bach.This statement was published via his website (see screenshot, left) .
For us it it provoked an image of a comic conversation between the generations. Something one might hear in a play by Rhondda dramatist Frank Vickery.
“I’m on Twitter” claims the politician. And in reply, the elderly grandmother says, “Oh, poor dab, you must be baad. I’m on Co-dydramol for my knees. I’m still under the doctor waiting for the op.”
Every few weeks, Mr Andrews telegraphs another message via his blog about his latest online toy. In January, the toy of the month was Facebook, an online social networking site.
The constant name-dropping of American brand names eg. You Tube, Facebook et al. suggest political “communication” and “connectivity”, however, the reality is that technology is being used as a cheap substitute for political communication and connecting with the electorate.
What is the point of being in politics, if you don’t want to communicate with people about political issues ? Like rising prices, rising levels of fuel poverty and child poverty in the Rhondda.
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