Political week on Twitter
The week's best political tweets in one handy location.
Journalism goes on trial as the Leveson inquiry gets underway:
@GuidoFawkes
Being a professional blogger is like being a journalist except with better job security.
@James_Macintyre
Irony of Leveson inquiry is it helps Murdoch by focusing on whole media.
@citypolwire
How convenient that hacking inquiry excludes social media. Obvious Facebook hacked by papers. Curious publicity seeking MPs not interested.
@pbonewell
Disingenuous hogwash from Associated Press and News International on press freedom at the Leveson inquiry
@oz_f Anyone else find journalists crying about "free speech" in context of media inquiry a bit pathetic?
Ex-border force boss Brodie Clark makes a mess of his evidence session to the home affairs select committee, letting Theresa May off the hook:
@paulwaugh
Best Brodie Clark line to @r4today: "Phaps I should have more thoroughly checked out what Home Secretary knew or didn't know."
@Rob_Merrick
Extraordinary that Brodie Clark denies telling boss that he went beyond Theresa May pilot….Home Sec is in deep trouble
@steverichards14
The dangerous anti-politics assumption that the minister is always guilty is proved wrong yet again now we have heard from Brodie Clark.
@craigawoodhouse
Suggestion in the Guardian that Brodie Clark had a SIX MONTH notice period. Is that normal for top civil servants?
@MichaelLCrick
After UKBA + Brodie Clark dismissal row can Cam now appoint Home Off perm sec Helen Ghosh new Head of Civil Service?
(he didn't, plumping for the Department for Communities and Local Government's Sir Bob Kerslake instead)
On Wednesday we discovered the number of young people out of work had reached one million for the first time:
@IainDale
It would be nice to see a Labour spokesperson admit that youth unemployment went up every year under Blair/Brown from 2004 onwards.
@BenPBradshaw
Just a reminder: unemployment was falling when Labour left office and Cameron pledged as PM it would fall every year this Parliament
@peterdarlington
As a father of a soon to be 17 yr old, I wish any of the parties had anything creative to say on lowering youth unemployment.
@gemmatumelty
I can't believe there is a longer discussion about smoking in cars than youth unemployment #bbcqt
@martinbright
Why all this nonsense about unemployment somehow being the fault of young people/education system/training. How did they have jobs before?
Thursday saw George Osborne announce the Treasury's plan to sell Northern Rock to Virgin Money:
@Queen_UK
Sold Northern Rock for £747million. Might buy a yacht. #heybigspender
@IainDey
Virgin's pledge to keep jobs in North east seems to have helped it win Northern Rock – that and the fact that it was only real bid.
@qikipedia
The government has only sold half of Northern Rock to Virgin for £747m. We still own the other half that owes us £21 billion
Meanwhile, Fifa boss Sepp Blatter's controversial comments about racism in football provoked a media storm:
@AerysSports
There’s No Racism in Football — FIFA President Sepp Blatter Causes Social Riot
@TonyDortie
When is a #MP going to call for Sepp Blatter to jog on…have you noticed not one of them has spoke out publicly about or against him today!
@paulwaugh
Despite not Tweeting it, when asked No.10 says PM does indeed back Hugh Robertson call for Sepp Blatter to quit #gotthereatlast
@Jay_in_Essex
Following intervention from Sepp Blatter, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict was resolved last night with a game of rock, paper, scissors.
@MichaelDugherMP
Sepp Blatter says his comments (settle racism with a handshake) have been misunderstood. No. They have been understood. That's the problem.
The end of the week saw exceptionally awkward talks between David Cameron and Angela Merkel over Britain and Germany's differing attitudes to the eurozone crisis:
@ElaineSco
I believe #Cameron n #Osborne have completely isolated the UK n thanks to them Merkel/Sarkozi have no time for Britain.worrying
@Nigel_Farage When the Germans are deciding if we can or can't have a referendum it's time to get the hell out of the EU #UKIP
@wdjstraw
How can Cam & Os claim eurozone is a drag on UK growth when it grew 3x faster than UK over last year?
@spignal
We interrupt our usual #eurozone debt apocalypse programming to bring you news the #US now has $15,000,000,000,000 of debt.
@ShortNCuddlyAm
The point at which one should get some sleep – when one reads "Cameron, Clegg and Meerkat say" instead of "Cameron, Clegg and Merkel say"
