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| MP Rob Wilson in accidental porn link tweet | MP Rob Wilson in accidental porn link tweet |
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| A Conservative MP has surprised his Twitter followers by inadvertently posting a link to a pornography site. | A Conservative MP has surprised his Twitter followers by inadvertently posting a link to a pornography site. |
| Reading East MP Rob Wilson had meant to direct users to a blog post discussing a BBC interview with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. | |
| He said Conservative Campaign HQ (CCHQ) sent him a shortened link to make it easier to tweet but it instead linked to the X-rated site. | He said Conservative Campaign HQ (CCHQ) sent him a shortened link to make it easier to tweet but it instead linked to the X-rated site. |
| Mr Wilson admitted the incident had caused him "some embarrassment". | Mr Wilson admitted the incident had caused him "some embarrassment". |
| The tweet was supposed to direct followers to a post by political blogger Guido Fawkes about complaints stemming from the BBC interview with Mr Duncan Smith. | The tweet was supposed to direct followers to a post by political blogger Guido Fawkes about complaints stemming from the BBC interview with Mr Duncan Smith. |
| Last character missing | |
| The minister was challenged to survive on £53 a week by benefits claimant David Bennett on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday. | The minister was challenged to survive on £53 a week by benefits claimant David Bennett on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday. |
| The wrong link appeared on Mr Wilson's Twitter feed, but was quickly removed when the mistake was noticed. | |
| Mr Wilson, the parliamentary private secretary to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, said: "Somehow a shortened link appeared on a tweet which didn't direct followers to where it intended to. | |
| "It has caused me some embarrassment, but CCHQ have issued an apology which I accept and, as far as I'm concerned, that's the end of the matter." | |
| A CCHQ spokesman said: "We apologise to Rob Wilson for our mistake in passing him a shortened link with the last character missing. | |
| "This resulted in a quite different website to the one intended being linked from the tweet." |