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  Interesting re number 6
  the problem nowadays is that there is a swell of national 'cool' opinion and all must stick to it or hark and horror, get a kicking on Twitter or whatehaveyou by the millions. Which in turn will cause uproar in the following days newspapers. The eye is always on the goal for the modern politician...whether he or she believes in the true agenda or topic or not.
  
  Gay Marriage...now there's a topic with hidden shadows. Perhaps when the Prime Minister is at a dinner party, with or without Rebecca Brookes, the conversation may well turn to general proper debate, and he may well feel differently about gay marriage than he might be able to say in public. Therein lies the modern problem, with instant often superthick comment available to all and sundry.
  
  The nation follows a cautious path and Tory leaders are no different.
  Nobody dare speak against gay marriage...not if you are relying on populism for your future role in life, because its cool to be one way with the amassed voters on Twitter, and not cool to be the other.
  
  But look at these same voices on Twitter. This week we have had controversy after controversy with people on there still putting their foot in their mouth.
  
  First up is Conservative MP Adrian Burley...already soiled his image with Nazi-ism.. now here he is on Twitter calling the Olympic Ceremony "Leftie Nonsense" and worse. It caused uproar. The PM didnt like that one and called him an idiot.
  
  Then we had Rio Ferdinand calling a fellow black footballer a "choc ice". This it seems, although I didnt previously know myself, but this it seems refers to someone who is black on the outside and white on the inside. A term of racial abuse aimed at Ashley Cole. Ferdinands brother Anton has just finished a case based on racial abuse and here we are still in the ghastly mix with his very own brother. if black players call each other names like this how are we to progress across the board. Ferdinand is now up before the FA.
  
  Then we had the abuse of Tom Daley the Olympic diver who was attacked because he didnt win gold with ugly references to his father and long time coach who has recently died. The culprit in this case was arrested by the police today.
  
  Then we had the black female weightlifter Team GB's Zoe Smith who was also abused on Twitter and was delighted to be able to answer the abusers with a medal.
  
  Unfortunately I think Twitter is shaping how we seem to progress or not as the case may be, even tip top politicians are wary of its power and adjust their sights and ambitions accordingly. The further up the polictical ladder you go the more you have to adjust your sights and ambitions. Odd isnt it.

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