Today, we're delighted to announce a partnership with Tweetminster, a web-based service that allows people to follow MPs and UK politics on Twitter, to launch a media utility that uses the power of Twitter to connect people the politicians, commentators and media stories that shape UK politics.

 

The service, called Livewire, works within the internet browser to allow users to track the tweets of MPs and Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, as well as follow political journalists, commentators and news sources from mainstream media to blogs. Filtering relevant tweets in real time around trending topics on Twitter, Livewire also recommends new users and helps discover new content, all while acting as typical Twitter client through which users can follow their friends. A built-in search engine lets you browse tweets by politician, party or source, and the service includes insight and analytical tools which users of a statistical bent can employ to determine the occurrence of terms over time and help understand the sentiment around issues, real-time trends and popular links. The free service is supported by advertising and users can login using their Twitter log-in.

 

It's fantastically useful for anyone interested in politics, so get using it!