SNP on Twitter

I was surprised last night to see a new Twitter account called 'SNPofficial'. You can find it and follow it here.

Now, despite the name, it may not be an official account. We've already seen some spoof accounts for Alex Salmond amongst others.

But I hope it is real because, to be honest, 'it's time' they were on there. Even if it's to announce press releases or instantly shoot down incorrect stories. And with Conference coming up, it would make sense to get an account up and running a few weeks early.

The Lib Dems embraced Twitter very quickly, Labour were on there fairly recently while the Scottish Tories are presumably still considering it. So I look forward to more Tweets from the account.

I wonder if it'll be a success or be a dead account before too long...?

(And if it is genuine, I get to hold a small claim to fame as being their first follower and being the subject their first 'Tweet'. Nice.)