Tory MP’s ‘positive Conservative vision’ of the future is the weirdest thing you’ll see this week
The self-styled ‘home of Conservatism’ ConservativeHome has made its case for a positive Conservative vision of the future and it is both hilarious and terrifying, neither of which was presumably the intended reaction.
ha ha ha ha ha pic.twitter.com/2qKgpEMCj8
— Ifwhitechristmastoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwould (@GRANNYMUGGER) December 20, 2017
Is there a third way, by any chance?
both of these scenarios look grim albeit in different ways pic.twitter.com/VV5JSICq6Y
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) December 20, 2017
Here’s what people made of it online.
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Only under a Conservative government will the total automation of the human form lead to increased employment as even lowly construction workers will need twin bodyguards plugged into VR headsets each time they meet one of the insatiable killing machines. pic.twitter.com/7GOsM9H7xs
— Ifwhitechristmastoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwould (@GRANNYMUGGER) December 20, 2017
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I sincerely hope both scenarios are continued inside in comic strip form. Is that @George_Osborne in the hi-vis jacket?
— William French (@wtfrench76) December 20, 2017
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Theresa May welcoming Osborne back into the Cabinet. pic.twitter.com/vfz4Scjanl
— Tim Smith (@tims_myths) December 20, 2017
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My favourite bit is where they label the box 'online shopping' so that you know it's not a terrifying military occupation.
— marginal futility (@MediocreDave) December 20, 2017
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A bright future in which people are free to wear scuba masks with business suits
— James Tapsfield (@JamesTapsfield) December 20, 2017
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Theresa Maybot shakes hands on the final Brexit deal, while Boris Johnson and Priti Patel look on through their rose-tinted glasses
— Mark Baker 🇪🇺 (@Mark_Baker) December 20, 2017
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— Martyn Amos (@martyn_amos) December 20, 2017
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For the record, *if* the epoch-defining AI/robotics/3D printing etc. rubicon is to be crossed I would be about a million times happier if it was under a Corbyn-led government than the Tories, a party who would happily throw us all under the driverless bus. pic.twitter.com/3X5JMxTkcD
— Ifwhitechristmastoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwould (@GRANNYMUGGER) December 20, 2017
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Truly one of the weirdest things I've seen all year. Well done.
— mike cook 🎄❄️ (@mtrc) December 20, 2017
It was written by a Tory MP (unless the whole thing is a gigantic wind-up), the same chap who Simon McCoy found so amusing in the immediate aftermath of the election.
Watch @BBCSimonMcCoy's reaction when Tory MP @AlanMakHavant tells him the @Conservatives are going to form a "strong and stable" government. pic.twitter.com/15I7JcGU5R
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 12, 2017
