I now see a reason to like twitter

A Daily Mail poll which recorded 93 per cent of respondents as in favour of gypsies ‘jumping the NHS queue’ appears to have been removed from its website.
The vote, which yesterday provoked a Twitter campaign urging people to back the rights of gypsies in access to healthcare, was a huge embarrassment for the right-wing paper.

Anything which embarrasses Richard Littlejohn can't be a bad thing. After all he's been embarrassing the country with his small minded little britain mentality for years.

In his article Richard Littlejohn complained that the ’diversity' industry was taking “sadistic pleasure in persecuting the taxpaying majority”.

Littlejohn complained that “gipsies will be allocated a full 20 minutes with a doctor and allowed to bring their extended family into the waiting room”.
In the article he repeatedly ridiculed travellers who face limited opportunities right across Europe, in work, education and with regard to their health needs.
“One of the most striking aspects of the 'mobile community'” he said “is that they tend not to go anywhere - except flying to Florida on holiday twice a year”.

It pains me to think that there are people out there who agree with this man - but it joys me to see that there are a whole lot more who don't.

I still think microblogging is a flash fad which we won't remember a thing about this time next year - but thanks Twitter.