MP red-faced after ‘Northern Island’ Twitter gaffe
Junior aide to new Northern Ireland `minister left red-faced after he made gaffe about province on Twitter, mistakenly `identifying it as ‘Northern Island’
Alec Shelbrooke, the Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell, tweeted his delight at becoming parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Mike Penning, the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, after the reshuffle, The Telegraph reported.
But instead the 36 year-old wrote “Island” to almost 3,000 followers, in a post that was quickly repeated across the micro blogging website. Shelbrooke, who lives in North Yorkshire, described it as a “simple mistake” before making another spelling error while attempting to dismiss the blunder on technology. But many users on Twitter mocked his gaffes and his apparent lack of spelling. The former mechanical engineer, who entered parliament at the 2010 general election, blamed “auto correct”, a function on iPhones, in which words are changed. While some colleagues congratulated him on his appointment, and seemingly ignoring his faux pas, others ridiculed his “gaffe of the day”. In his message, posted just before 9am on Monday morning, he wrote, “Delighted to have followed Mike Penning to Northern Island [sic] as his PPS.” A Labour Party spokesman labelled his first day in the role as “gaffe of the day”. daily times monito
Alec Shelbrooke, the Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell, tweeted his delight at becoming parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Mike Penning, the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, after the reshuffle, The Telegraph reported.
But instead the 36 year-old wrote “Island” to almost 3,000 followers, in a post that was quickly repeated across the micro blogging website. Shelbrooke, who lives in North Yorkshire, described it as a “simple mistake” before making another spelling error while attempting to dismiss the blunder on technology. But many users on Twitter mocked his gaffes and his apparent lack of spelling. The former mechanical engineer, who entered parliament at the 2010 general election, blamed “auto correct”, a function on iPhones, in which words are changed. While some colleagues congratulated him on his appointment, and seemingly ignoring his faux pas, others ridiculed his “gaffe of the day”. In his message, posted just before 9am on Monday morning, he wrote, “Delighted to have followed Mike Penning to Northern Island [sic] as his PPS.” A Labour Party spokesman labelled his first day in the role as “gaffe of the day”. daily times monito
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