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Twitter gets parliamentary endorsement
British MPs resist a ban on tweeting power
Some people would think that the use of Twitter hardly seems like the kind of issue the British Parliament should concern itself with. Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle begged to differ however, calling on a vote to ban tweeting in the House of Commons.
After Cameron’s unsuccessful bid to occasionally ban social media altogether (‘whenever deemed appropriate’), this gentleman argued that MPs ought not to "be tweeting from the chamber to let the outside world know what is going on." Apparently informing the public (the Boss) about what is going on in the parliament is not something an elected representative should do.
Tweeps everywhere would be glad to know that the British Parliament found time to argue over Twitter between debates for the abolition of educational allowance for teenagers and budget reforms. After all, it has to do with freedom of information.
Those in favour of the ban claimed the use of Twitter disconnected MPs from the proceedings and deteriorated the quality of the debates taking place. With more than 240 MPs already using Tweeter however, the vote had its obvious conclusion in favour of the microblogging application: 203 MPs in favor and 63 against.
Now let us hope MPs will put Twitter to better use than TV-show style bickering.