Tag: David Cameron
Top Tory MP's blog, Twitter and Facebook hacked
Hackers have yesterday wreaked havoc with the Facebook, Twitter and blog accounts of Therese Coffey, Conservative candidate for Suffolk Coastal. Explicit messages were sent from Coffey's accounts, with some grim remarks made about Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife….
Facebook adds "I've Voted" button for General Election
If you're a UK resident and haven't been living under a stone for the last month, you'll know that today is vote-casting day in one of the most closely run General Elections in recent history. Facebook, recognising its platform's ability…
15 Must-Follow General Election Twitter feeds
If there is one thing other than "Bigotgate" that this General Election will be remembered for, it'll be the growing use of social media to share party policies and give voice to the nation's voters. From the #nickcleggsfault hashtag to…
The General Election in 12 YouTube videos
The 2010 General Election is almost upon us, and after months of long, hard campaigning up and down the streets of Britain, it's turned out to be pretty riveting, nail-biting stuff. A real three-horse race for the first time…
Join the final Leadership Debate on BBC1 with Gabbit, win £50 Amazon vouchers
It's the third and final leadership debate and things are really hotting up. Has Gordon Brown blown it with Bigotgate or can he turn it around? Will Nick Clegg continue to impress or will Cameron be able to charm…
Facebook and YouTube line-up digital election debates with Party leaders
The leaders of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties will all be taking part in online debates in the run up to this year's general election. Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will answer questions asked by the…
Tories plan super-fast broadband network by 2017
The Conservative party have vowed to deliver a super-fast broadband network to UK homes by 2017. Is this a case of pre-election carrot-dangling or do the Tories have some concrete plans up their sleeves? The Tories plan to end BT's…
Cameron not as quick on Mumsnet as Brown – calls BBC 'very overextended'
The latest political showdown on Mumsnet looks like delivering a points victory for Gordon Brown. Apparently David Cameron, who answered questions on a live web chat on the site today, was criticised by some posters as taking too long to answer. Brown apparently answered 30 questions in his hour on the site (could have been 31 if he'd taken the biscuit challenge) while the Tory leader managed just 16.
Are Cameron and the Tories planning to make you pay for the BBC news website?
Of these two issues the BBC is obviously the one that is concentrating the minds of media barons the most. How can they possibly charge readers for online stories when a first rate news organisations is offering their content for free?
Why London is the World's top Twitter city
All of this begs the question why do Brits love Twitter so much? Here's a few of my half-baked theories.
