When tweets by MPs go wrong
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The us attorney general is currently at the forefront of the UK’s Brexit negotiations Compared with many of his colleagues in parliament, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox is not a prolific tweeter.
That perhaps explains a tweet earlier on Monday which – after some words on Brexit – included the phrase “Get Outlook for iOS”.
It appears to be a default signature, perhaps facsimile and pasted from an aide’s email.
It’s not the first example of a politician struggling to get to grips with the medium.
The DT reporting of the last 24 hours consists of misunderstand fag ends dressed up as facts. Some of it is accurate, much more of it isn’t and what is not is far more significant than what is. Complex and detailed negotiations cannot be conducted in public.
Get Outlook for iO — Geoffrey Cox QC MP (@ Geoffrey_Cox) March 4, 2019
ReportEnd of Twitter post by @Geoffrey_Cox
Back in April 2015, Labour MP Harriet Harman was also taunted for a tweet which proposed a lack of intimacy with how the website works.
