Voters Can Now Twitter Their MPs

Voters Can Now Twitter Their MPs

A new service aims to help MPs better interact with their constituencies through the Twitter social network tool.

TweetMinster hopes to foster real-time open conversations in order to make politicians more accountable and give the British public a chance to make their opinions heard in decisions that shape political life in the UK.



Twitter lets users share thoughts and current activities with friends, family and anyone else who chooses to 'follow' them. In the future the developers have said they will release the data and allow third parties to use it on their own websites, social networkpages and applications. It is also planning new features to build awareness and debates around key issues and parliamentary voting.

"Twitter, Facebook and web sites like that represent a political watershed. It's an opportunity for politicians to reach the public and for the public to connect with politicians like never before."