May 2010
5 posts
The Queen's Speech - process over content (on...
We counted 3487 tweets by 2293 tweeters during the State Opening of Parliament.
The most mentioned terms within tweets were:
Parliament
Lord
State
Westminster
Coalition
Buckingham Palace
Procession
David Cameron
Bell
Throne
Clegg
Carriage
Robe
Ken Clarke
It would appear that people on Twitter were more interested in the process than in the content of the speech.
Her Majesty's Government on Twitter.
The Downing Street website today published the full list of her Majesty’s Government
We thought it would be helpful to list those that are on Twitter:
Deputy Prime Minister - @nick_clegg
Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs - @WilliamJHague
Minister of State (at Ministry of Justice & Home Office) - @NickHerbertMP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Home...
Tweetminster Predicts - findings
Tweetminster Predicts: Findings
Tweetminster Predicts - a hung parliament
Today we’re releasing the final set of ‘Tweetminster Predicts’ figures, our experiment in predictive modelling that studies the correlation between buzz on Twitter and election results. The model looks at the most mentioned candidate in each of the constituencies represented on Twitter (full details of the methodology are below).
Our latest figures, based on the 433...
Help us map voter turnout on May 6th
On May 6th millions of people across the county will head to the polling booths to cast their vote. Tens of thousands of them use Twitter. Tweetminster, Channel 4, The Guardian and the New Statesman are teaming up to map the day’s action and we need your help. On May 6th, when you head out to vote, tweet #ukvote alongside the first half of your post code (for example #ukvote SE1) and we will...
