For many years those interested in politics, especially those who set the agenda, were often referred to as the chattering classes. By and large this was not a term of indearment.
I believe that the role of the Guardian reading, Radio 4 Today programme listening elite is being replaced by a tweeting elite. Lovies and others in the public eye, such as Stephen Fry, Jonathan Ross and Lily Allen, are dominating the use of Twitter. Though apparently the latter has now stopped tweeting, which in itself is interesting. I have felt that Twitter may be a fad, which to do well over a long term will take a lot of effort. If Lily Allen is no longer tweeting, is she and other high-profile users getting bored of it?
Apparently Sarah Brown is the most popular tweeter. She currently has 849,000 followers, though she only follows 3,800. Brown's use of Twitter is perfectly decent, she clearly engages with other tweeters and it promotes her charitable projects. Overall it is worhtwhile, but in all reality I want to hear from Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, not the Prime Minister's wife. Therefore, in terms of political communication, Twitter is currently a sideshow, and not necessarily worthy of all the hype about it.
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