A Perthshire politician has found himself at the centre of a new social media storm after posting an apparently innocuous comment on Twitter.
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Murdo Fraser was inundated with responses when he tweeted about people asking him to comment on internet articles.
He posted on Monday morning: “One tiresome feature of Twitter is folk you don’t know sending you a link to an obscure article & asking ‘Any view on this?’. Answer is No.”
Within minutes, the internet was swift with its response.
One tiresome feature of twitter is folk you don't know sending you a link to an obscure article & asking 'Any view on this?'. Answer is No.
— Murdo Fraser (@murdo_fraser) May 30, 2016
The first came from journalist Ross McCafferty, who asked for Mr Fraser’s views on a previous Twitter indiscretion.
Any view on this? @murdo_fraser https://t.co/8swLjTZNo0
— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) May 30, 2016
And the responses continued to come thick and fast.
any view on this? pic.twitter.com/1G7HsV2b74
— . (@twlldun) May 30, 2016
any view on this? pic.twitter.com/trBVIWISh8
— . (@twlldun) May 30, 2016
He couldn’t say he wasn’t warned.
I think you know what will happen next….
— ?Karen? (@kh_99) May 30, 2016
And still they came.
Any view on this, @murdo_fraser? pic.twitter.com/L7HreYanSI
— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) May 30, 2016
any view on this? pic.twitter.com/7zevbnjnf3
— Matt Roberts (@j_razor101) May 30, 2016
.@murdo_fraser Any view on this? https://t.co/y72FCW5J5y
— wren154 (@wren154) May 30, 2016
Any view on this? pic.twitter.com/7few6UGB49
— Murray (@GoldBug2000) May 30, 2016
Any view on this? pic.twitter.com/uwRrbFSkhd
— Matt Grist (@GristMR) May 30, 2016
Even fellow politicians joined the fun.
Any views on this? https://t.co/wMu2QvDLc9
— Jackson Carlaw MSP (@Carlaw4Eastwood) May 30, 2016
And it wasn’t long until things came round full circle.
https://twitter.com/johnboy6125/status/737362465701433344
