By John Glenday

Labour’s former education secretary Tristram Hunt has warned his party against getting too distracted by social media and focus instead on the ‘real concerns’ of voters.

Hunt frets that a growing focus on online tools risks isolating activists within an echo chamber, disconnecting them from real world concerns away from the febrile environment of street protest and the realities of government.

In a speech to be given later today the Guardian reports Hunt will say: “If social media were politicising the many as well as radicalising the few; were it significantly growing the number of people engaged in politics in the first Read full story ›

Source: The Drum