“Deluded communist idiot” (Farage, 2012) and EU boss Jose Manuel Barroso claims he has launched a new Twitter account today. Barroso’s spokesman was quick to boast about the man-with-no-mandate’s new-found popularity:

Le nouveau compte Twitter du President #Barroso gagne pres de 5000 followers en moins de 20 minutes @BarrosoEu

— Olivier Bailly (@OlivierBaillyEU) September 3, 2012

…Roughly translating as “the new Twitter account of the EU President has gained nearly 5,000 followers in less than 20 minutes“. The only problem being that the account isn’t new at all, has been open for over a year and already had a large number of followers before today. Nice try…