Political Week on Twitter: April 16th – 20th
George Galloway, #creepingsharia, and Abu Qatada – a good week for the twitterati.
For starters, George Galloway made his debut in the House of Commons, making a cheery speech about the "bloody" situation in Afghanistan:
George Galloway's #pmqs death stare is absolutely priceless
— Sara Mojtehedzadeh (@SkySaraMojtehed) April 18, 2012
George Galloway may not be popular with fellow MPs but was still surprised to snap this in PCH Members' Centre twitpic.com/9b7kzx
— Mark Reckless MP (@MarkReckless) April 18, 2012
My word, Socialist Worker is running lots of positive articles about George Galloway. It's like 2005 all over again.
— Splintered Sunrise (@SplinterSunrise) April 12, 2012
Cameron congratulates George Galloway on his 'stunning byelection victory'. Grimace from Ed Mili #pmqs
— James Chapman (Mail) (@jameschappers) April 18, 2012
Why is George Galloway dressed for #pmqs as if he's going to a funeral?
— Steve Walker (@skwalker1964) April 18, 2012
oh my god george galloway is the british ron paul isn't he
— Cube (@PrototypeCube) April 18, 2012
An attempt by the EDL to spread their message via the hashtag #creepingsharia back fired a little…
When I realised that my favourite superhero, Batman, is wearing a niqab. #creepingsharia
— MPACUK (@MPACUK) April 16, 2012
Just realised, I always read a newspaper starting on the backpage. #creepingsharia
— Ricky Sauce (@ricardosauce) April 18, 2012
Alcohol is not available at my children's primary school #creepingsharia
— Keith Kahn-Harris (@KeithKahnHarris) April 16, 2012
'Star Wars' makes a 'hero' of a youth who is radicalised by a bearded old man who lives in the desert wearing robes #creepingsharia
— AJ McKenna (@DestinyofL) April 16, 2012
The man in the shop said I can't return these underpants. #creepingsharia
— Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) April 16, 2012
And, just in case you didn't get the message…
#creepingsharia Demonstrates what the majority of British society thinks about extreme groups such as the #EDL . They laughed at you.
— brett taylor (@3599bt) April 18, 2012
Check out #creepingsharia hashtag. One thing the Islamophobes loonies can't handle is one thing Britain very good at: laughter.
— Roger Cohen (@NYTimesCohen) April 18, 2012
Even tempered Labour peer Lord Sugar started a flame war against Ken Livingstone:
I don’t care if Ed Miliband is backing Livingstone . I seriously suggest NO ONE votes for Livingstone in the Mayoral elections
— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) April 19, 2012
Er, why is Labour peer @Lord_Sugar urging people to not vote for Ken?
— Alex White (@AlexWhiteUK) April 19, 2012
Maybe @Lord_Sugar should host a new show. "The Labour candidate for London Mayor" – surely they could come up with someone better than Ken.
— Liam Quinn (@Quinn64) April 19, 2012
No punctuation or spelling errors in @Lord_Sugar's missive on Ken. Can't have been him then. #NotKenAgain
— David Grunwald (@daveeeeeed) April 19, 2012
There is a Ken campaign DM asking Labour members to not RT and unfollow Lord Sugar because he is "really damaging to the campaign" #sackKen
— Martin Shapland (@MShapland) April 19, 2012
I am glad Lord Sugar see sense, you should never vote for someone just because they come from a certain party. Ken is awful. #NotKenAgain
— Charlotte Potter (@cassie144) April 19, 2012
The PM got in trouble from Tories after telling Douglas Carswell he "needs a sense of humor" for calling him out on a joke he made saying the TV show "Yes, Minister" was close to reality:
Lots of Flashman on display from Cameron today, especially in response to @DouglasCarswell. Not attractive.
— Tim Montgomerie (@TimMontgomerie) April 18, 2012
DC at worst when patronising and rude to colleagues(Carswell) childish un-statesmanlike and spoilt boy behaviour.Shame, bcse he stormed 2day
— Nadine Dorries MP (@NadineDorriesMP) April 18, 2012
Disappointing PMQs. Absolute dismissal of an important Q from @DouglasCarswell re Sir Humphrey & gobbledygook figures on charity tax.
— Zac Goldsmith (@ZacGoldsmith) April 18, 2012
And Abu Qatada hit the news again, with the news he would be deported… or wouldn't:
abu qatada has done exactly what i'd do if faced with a life and death situation: dithered until the absolute last minute
— ben goldacre (@bengoldacre) April 19, 2012
Could take up to a year to send Abu Qatada out of the country. Seems a long time till you recall the last time you used Heathrow Terminal 5
— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) April 19, 2012
Theresa May fails in attempt to deport Abu Qatada. "This dangerous individual shouldn't be allowed to wreak havoc in the UK," said Qatada.
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) April 19, 2012
