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David Cameron on Twitter, whilst on Absolute Radio

David Cameron appeared on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio today, and created a furore on Twitter and mainstream news sites.

Luckily my wonderful colleagues are handling everything brilliantly, as I’m still at home with a family full of swine flu…

Here’s the original video of the interview:

I’ve cross-posted this at my microblogging blog: 140Char.com. And I’ll try and update there with more of the information resulting from being involved in a trending topic on Twitter etc.

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Conservative Leader David Cameron on Twitter; 'too many twits might make a twat'

UK Conservative leader David Cameron has created a storm in the mainstream media and on Twitter following an on-air interview on the Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio (disclosure: I’m Digital Marketing Manager at Absolute Radio).

In the interview he was asked about his views on Twitter, and responded with the view that ‘ too many twits might make a twat’ – due to the instantaneousness of microblogging, and the need for politicians to think about what they were saying.

See the original interview:

The main response in the mainstream media has been based on the swearing during a live broadcast – Cameron used both the term ‘twat’, and the term ‘pissed off’. Meanwhile on Twitter, many messages show that users are presuming Cameron in fact called Twitter users ‘twats’.

Cameron has now apologised for his use of swearing during the interview.

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