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Pete “the tweet” Wishart MP is political world’s social media king don’t miss Wednesday’s Courier

Pete “the tweet” Wishart MP is political world’s social media king  don’t miss Wednesday’s Courier

It’s official Pete Wishart is the UK’s top politician (as long as your definition of top politician is the fellow voted tweeter of the year. And why wouldn’t it be? What else do you expect from your politicians for heaven’s sake?).

Yip, the former Runrig star is the king of Twitter.

We examine just what it is that keeps the Perthshire parliamentarian at the top of the twitter tree.

Away from the corridors of UK power, we report on all the latest twists and turns in opsrey-gate.

Is waving a flag and balloons in the general direction of where some birds might fly fair play or simply not cricket?

We find out.

Meanwhile, Fife and indeed the wider world is going wild for Voice finalist and quality crooner Stevie McCrorie.

The Courier had put its considerable might behind the warbler find out more in our midweek extravaganza.

On the subject of chart-toppers (or at least potential chart-toppers) we also bring you more on the news Ash are to headline MoFest.

Quite a coup for festival bosses who are quite literally leaping for joy (possibly not literally).

* For more on all of this and a multitude of other top tales be sure to snap up your copy of Wednesday’s Courier. It’s hot stuff. I know because I touched an early copy and it made that “tss” noise. If print isn’t for you why not try our digital edition?