Tory Council bans twitter (UK)

Plymouth Labour has reacted with disappointment to the decision by Barry Keel, the Chief Executive of Plymouth City Council, to ban democratically elected councillors from using #Twitter. Councillor Tudor Evans, who tweets using @councillortudor, said: "Banning Twitter is another kneejerk reaction from a council that is barely able to cope with email let alone YouTube and Facebook. It is worrying that a Council has banned democratically elected Councillors from communicating the political process in Plymouth. Let's be clear this isn't about Twitter, this is about the Council stopping Councillors talking about what happens inside and outside the Council's Ivory Towers." - Labour Matter