David Cameron signs up to Twitter with new personal account

Prime Minister David Cameron has signed up to Twitter with his own personal account.

The Conservative leader set up the account along with his team ahead of next week's party conference, which runs from October 7 to October 9.



In his first tweet, Cameron wrote: "I'm starting Conference with this new Twitter feed about my role as Conservative leader. I promise there won't be "too many tweets..."

This is perhaps a sly reference to Cameron's comments about Twitter in 2009, when he told Absolute Radio host Christian O'Connell: "Too many tweets might make a t**t."

The Prime Minister was later forced to apologise for his language.

Cameron's office already communicates via the @Number10gov Twitter account - however, as the new account is not run by civil servants, who are required to remain impartial, the Prime Minister will now be permitted to make political points.