The sooner they move all comms off X and onto whatever other platform they want the better for everyone. There would be no reason for any political journalist to remain on Twitter then also
I posted something similar the other day. However, I knew I'd read something from someone sometime ago and forgot that it was you! Your suggestion is better articulated and way more elegant.
The government should remove its accounts from X. Should have done it a long time ago but as usual nobody in power seems to see the obvious until the moment has passed.
However, I’m not at all sure that the US under Trump will (or should) be our ‘closest ally’. The ‘special relationship’ is pretty much a myth & is no more ‘special’ than the US relationship with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the EU.
No idea is that is a genuine account, but if so perhaps it is linked with Jenrick's Tory Party suicide note today, and they are paving the way for him to become Reform Leader?
I dumped my Twitter account on 6th Nov so I don't know if he is doing this kind of thing with other country's national figures, or whether he just got a fixation with the little ol' UK for some reason?
He's supporting the AfD in Germany, which unlike "Robinson" is not marginal. But he also said a marginal far right party would win the Irish elections. In many cases he misunderstands the basics of other countries' political systems. People are assuming too much rationality and knowledge.
I think Marie Le Conte suggested the theory that (paraphrasing) UK twitter is online, active, and English speaking when everybody in America who is not on a drug fuelled trip is sleeping through the night.
Given the current govt. is doing f3ck all to improve the Country, space Karen might actually have stumbled across a valid point in his ketamin fuelled ramblings 🤷🏾♀️ 🤣🤣
Great to have you back, James. Your voice is best used to argue against corruption in politics. Musk and Putin are coming for every country that rejects fascism and oligarchs. Stay strong!
Or , we could just flood SM with pictures of him with Ghislane Maxwell and endlessly post references to his closeness to Epstine and P Diddy , his friends , the billionaire grooming gangs ?
Agree. It's incomprehensible that the Government and many many MPs are still exclusively on Twitter. Most of the rest of the UK political commentators, quality journalists, legal folk etc. etc. opened up on BlueSky when things were obviously going bad on the old platform.
This modest proposal avoids the error of engaging with him directly (a democratic government does not engage with eccentric foreign billionaires: an eagle does not catch flies, as the Romans said). Rather, just boost competition to X by (also) putting all UK govt micro-blogging output on BlueSky.
Political representatives should definitely be posting on BLUESKY now, as a matter of duty to constituents that reject X.
However, the Cambridge Analitica tactics & Musk's assets, mean that enough people will remain on X for effective influence & help remains ultra wealthy.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Here's an even more daring idea: how about our government take this meddling seriously enough and ban X from the UK, like brazil did for a period of time? The misinformation and blatant lying surely justifies drastic action like this?
Well that's rather the point - the USA will no longer be our 'ally', in the sense that the incoming President is insane and doesn't understand words like that.
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Govt has to leave twitter behind. Its a sewer.
https://bsky.app/profile/laikax.bsky.social/post/3lew46ojclk2l
I got sick to my stomach of Musk fanning the flames of discontent.
Although I suspect they’re still mostly focused on newspapers and TV news soundbites, like it’s the 1990s.
It is a sensible idea.
However, I’m not at all sure that the US under Trump will (or should) be our ‘closest ally’. The ‘special relationship’ is pretty much a myth & is no more ‘special’ than the US relationship with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the EU.
Indeed, to call for the removal of one UK party leader looks like opportunism, to call for two in a week looks like desperation.
And Ministers and MPs won’t be able to see what they’re saying
Been arguing for this for a few weeks .
It's like swimming in Thames Water; you get toxic side effects
However, the Cambridge Analitica tactics & Musk's assets, mean that enough people will remain on X for effective influence & help remains ultra wealthy.