“First he denies his own policy, then he tries insults.” So said Ed Miliband of David Cameron’s performance in PMQs today. But I wonder what he’d say of the hundreds of Twitter users who went straight for the insults in a special Q&A with the Labour leader earlier. Urged on by Guido, plenty deployed the #AskEdM hash-tag to be rather unkind to MiliMinor. Here’s a selection of some of the crueller, funnier and less comradely tweets:
@MTPT: If a train leaves Paddington at 1136, carrying 200 commuters, what time will the RMT bring it to a standstill?
@FelicityParkes: Where did Ed Balls touch you? Show us on the doll.
@MShapland: hows your brother
@Charlesm186: how many knives did you put in Tony Blair’s back?
@alexmassie: Was Brutus an honourable man? Discuss.
@Toy_Tory: you were the one who was foreign secretary, right?
@Tory_Torch: Do you believe it is right for Bob Crow to live in a council house?
@jamesburdett: If you fell through a crack in the universe would anyone notice?
@journodave: Lenin or Trotsky?
And last, but most to the point:
@obotheclown: Have you sacked the c**t who had this idea yet?
To be fair to the Labour leader, there were some serious questions amid it all (although he ignored all but the most straightforward in his replies). And there was something mildly commendable about him trying this in the first place. But Miliband and his team were being extremely naive if they didn’t expect a cascade of abuse and honest, satirical, British humour in return. I doubt Dave and Nick will be looking to follow his lead any time soon, or ever.
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