Tom Watson

The political week on Twitter: #savetheintern special

The political week on Twitter: #savetheintern special

This week we focus our Twitter picks on the fallout from a rather misguided tweet from Tom Watson's intern.

Journalists, politicians and other followers of @TomWatsonMP raised their eyebrows when the following tweet appeared from his account: "I should log out of my Twitter so that my intern doesn't twit-rape me…"

That was quickly followed up by this rather frantic gem:

 

 

 

Oh dear. The obvious plight of this poor unpaid intern triggered a mass outpouring of – well, initially, mirth. Although a few hardy souls got #sacktheintern underway, the vast bulk mounted a desperate campaign to limit Mr Watson's wrath… here's a few of the highlights.