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Mayday! Mayday! Top 10 tweets after Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ U-turn

Theresa May suffered her worst day of the election – and probably her prime ministership – after announcing a dramatic U-turn on her plans for social care after they were dubbed a ‘dementia tax’ by critics.

We’re used to governments backtracking on their election manifestos, just not before they’ve actually been elected.

Here’s what Twitter made of it.

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