#Europedebate racks up 38,000 tweets, Farage gains five times new Twitter followers than Clegg
BBC Two’s televised Nick Clegg versus Nigel Farage debate racked up over 38,000 tweets in the hour it took place using official hashtag #EuropeDebate, Topsy has found – over ten times that sent during the radio debate last week.
The research also discovered that 47,000 tweets using the hashtag have been sent in the last 24 hours, while in the last hour, 8,397 tweets were sent using hashtag #NickvNigel.
YouGov, who also ran a poll for the previous radio debate, revealed that the majority were in favour of Farage’s speech. It has stated that 61 per cent of the surveyed public Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
