UK’s ‘selfie’ election: Tory MPs told to pose with voters
28 March 2015 6:43 AM IST
With social media playing a critical role in elections around the world, polls in the UK are no different as Conservative MPs have been asked to pose for “selfies” with voters to increase party popularity on sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Conservative Party leaders like incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron and Ed Miliband are finding themselves mobbed by voters on the campaign trail asking them to be in “selfie” photographs with them.
“In the past people would ask if they can have your signature if you were in the public eye. Now no one asks for your signature, everyone asks for a picture. Now they just want selfies,” a senior party source was quoted as saying by the Telegraph.
The source, speaking after a final pre-election meeting of the party’s MPs with the election guru Lynton Crosby, agreed that this could become known as “the selfie election”.
The UK will go to polls on May 7, 2015, to elect its 56th Parliament.
Conservative Party leaders like incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron and Ed Miliband are finding themselves mobbed by voters on the campaign trail asking them to be in “selfie” photographs with them.
“In the past people would ask if they can have your signature if you were in the public eye. Now no one asks for your signature, everyone asks for a picture. Now they just want selfies,” a senior party source was quoted as saying by the Telegraph.
The source, speaking after a final pre-election meeting of the party’s MPs with the election guru Lynton Crosby, agreed that this could become known as “the selfie election”.
The UK will go to polls on May 7, 2015, to elect its 56th Parliament.
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