Minister for International Trade struggles with the ‘international’ part of his job title
Greg Hands, the Conservative MP for Chelsea & Fulham and Minister of State for International Trade gets taught about the origins of the kebab after tweeting this nonsense under the guise of Patriotism™.
How long before we have German Fish & Chips? pic.twitter.com/8OmvAytgJQ
— Greg Hands (@GregHands) October 23, 2017
If, like Greg, you didn’t know about the origins of the kebab – Turkish immigrant Kadir Nurman set up a stall in West Berlin in 1972, selling grilled meat and salad inside a flat bread.
Are you stupid?
— Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) October 23, 2017
But the doner kebab is German!
— John Watts (@jeiwatts) October 23, 2017
— Sara Leoni (@mattinacoglioni) October 23, 2017
Want to read back your job title Greg and maybe rethink this tweet?
— SARAH KEELING (@SarahKeels) October 23, 2017
— Ian Payne (@01101001) October 23, 2017
People also took issue with the ‘as British as fish and chips’ part of his xenophobic dog whistling.
#dickhead pic.twitter.com/jJyANggGcP
— Isolated Brit (@IsolatedBrit) October 23, 2017
