Twatting the Twits?

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'David Cameron risked alienating the UK's Twitterocracy and the Civil Service alike this morning when he suggested the microblogging service was for "twats". The Tory leader also shocked listeners to slightly rock-ish radio station Absolute Radio by using the phrase "pissed off", demonstrating the sort of plain speaking with which he hopes to win over the (non-Twittering) UK electorate. The shocking outbreak of mild swearing and Twitter-slating comes just a day after it emerged that the Civil Service is the process of converting itself into one giant Tweet factory. Cameron was appearing on the Christian O'Connell show on Absolute Radio, The Times reports, to demonstrate that he has a life outside Westminster. Apparently it's in Notting Hill, and Oxfordshire. During the interview, he careened off message to take a pop at Twitter. "The trouble with Twitter... The instantness [sic] of it [is that] too many twits might make a twat."'

More here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/29/cameron_tweets/

The clip in question:

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Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yELHemcQn10

David Cameron MP is "on holiday". (*Snigger.*)

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Bonus feature: Hence the t-shirt slogan, "I'd rather leech than dongle."

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