David “too many tweets make a twat” Cameron has made another bold prediction in an interview with the Spectator:
“The selfie will come, the selfie will go.”
As Guido reported in the Sun last month, the selfie has been a key part of the Cameron premiership:
“So adept are Dave’s selfie skills now that he often takes the phones off those who are too shy or cack-handed and does it for them.”
He tells the Speccie:
‘It is an extraordinary phenomenon,’ he says, ‘and it sometimes makes part of the process of politics quite difficult. Everyone wants a selfie rather than to have a conversation, and sometimes that’s a bit frustrating, particularly with your party activists. I want to know what they are finding on the doorsteps, but actually you are too busy having your picture taken.’
Guido suspects the selfie will be around a little longer than Dave…
Is Miliband sexy? We report, you decide…
The fantasies:
The reality:
Guido suspects this mass hysteria was triggered by Caitlin Moran in The Times last week (“Are women ‘perving’ over Ed Miliband?“) and the Daily Mail (“Red Ed’s VERY tangled love life“). Apparently the whole #MiliFandom thing is driven by teenage girls. Remember kids, socialism is never cool…
Punchy kick back from a Tory source regarding the accusations that Grant Shapps did in Tory rivals on Wikipedia:
“This Guardian smear is categorically false and defamatory. It is untrue from start to finish, and was quite likely dreamt up by the Labour press office. Sadly it is typical of the smears coming from those who would rather not debate policy and substance.”
A big shout, but if it was a stitch up, it’s deniable. Better than the “I was hacked” line trailed back in 2007…
Twitter is unbearable on weekends at the best of times, but in election season it becomes a soul-destroying sphere of horse sh*t, with thousands of activists sharing grinning pictures and vague platitudes about the reaction ‘on the doorstep’.
Here’s one such interaction Labour won’t be sharing this side of the election, but should probably use in a’ how not to do it’ guide for the next time:
So far it’s had almost half a million views on Facebook. Well Labour did promise millions of conversations on the doorstep…
Head over to Labour’s website and they ask you for the “issue you think is the most important facing Britain”. Can you spot what they’ve forgotten?
No mention of the deficit or the economy, again. Labour candidates might not think it’s important, but the public probably does. The Tories will be cock-a-hoop…
Via Dan Hodges
Well this was almost inevitable…
