Tag Archives: Twitter

MPs like Yvette and Sajid need to use social media carefully

Posted on December 3, 2018 by ianchisnall

The way many of us refer to MPs and Parliament as a whole can vary enormously from treating them as the leaders of our nation to pointing out that they are our public servants. This must place anyone who is … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dear Zac, please remove the tweet

Posted on August 18, 2017 by ianchisnall

Hi there Zac, we have never met and I suspect we never will, that said I have in the posted both positive and critical blogs about your behaviour and political judgements. You are part of the UK establishment being part … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Anti-Social Media

Posted on February 9, 2017 by ianchisnall

The following blog was published in a shortened form yesterday in the Argus Newspaper: The news that Brighton & Hove City Council Standards Committee judged Councillor Robert Nemeth of the Wish ward in Hove to have broken a code of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Incoherent use of social media

Posted on October 19, 2015 by ianchisnall

The use of social media by Politicians, along with the rules or limitations that they want to set for others shows an incoherence that crosses political divides and operates at both a local and a national level. One of the outcomes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

To publish and not be damned

Posted on June 11, 2015 by ianchisnall

In the debate on the European referendum one of the contributions from Philip Hammond suggested that he was creating a special form of public statement that will be limited to Government Ministers when using twitter and other forms of social … Continue reading →

Posted in Lobbying Bill, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The cost of being Liked

Posted on February 7, 2015 by ianchisnall

The stakes could not be higher. The Parties that form the next Government have the potential to attract substantial sums from funders for the next election and senior party representatives will be appointed to high office giving them well paid jobs, positions … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The problem with mass movements

Posted on June 22, 2014 by ianchisnall

I have spent the weekend away from home and therefore missed TV and Radio in its usual format and with the exception of yesterdays newspapers, twitter has been my main source of news. The austerity rally in London which attracted 50,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities, Journalism, Lobbying Bill, Parliament and Democracy | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You have the right to remain silent …

Posted on March 7, 2014 by ianchisnall

Earlier this week I swapped twitter comments with someone tweeting on behalf of a local political association. They were criticising the sitting MP from another party for comments he was deemed to have made. These comments raised doubts about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Policing | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

For whom the tweet trolls?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

In recent days the issue of twitter in particular but social media in general as a context for personal abuse and even very serious threats has become centre ground in terms of the other sort of media such as the papers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment