Richard and Peter, the problem with the new social media is that huge changes can come about on a whim, "Politics" is becoming obsolete, which is a dangerous situation.

We need education as well as information.
In Scotland we saw a huge shift in political opinion stoked in large part by "social media".....I think the movement was correct but based on emotion rather than considered opinion.
Such emotional shifts can often disappear as quickly as "snaw aff a dyke"