People are busy telling Liz Truss Joy Division wasn’t just a band
In case you haven’t seen – us neither – the Tories’ Scottish leader Ruth Davidson has warned that her party is too ‘joyless’ and ‘authoritarian’ and can come across as ‘a bit dour’.
Liz Truss, Tory MP and chief secretary to the Treasury, took to Twitter to agree. Slightly problematically, it turned out.
More joy is demanded by @RuthDavidsonMSP and fun. I agree. #joydivision #onward
— Elizabeth Truss (@trussliz) May 21, 2018
Of all the hashtags she could have chosen, it probably wasn’t the best one. And we’re not talking about #onward.
Here’s how people responded online.
Just checking you’re aware Joy Division were an ironically named Post Punk rock band? This is not the hashtag you were looking for. Someone show Liz how to ‘Twitter’!
— Bootleggers (@BootleggersLP) May 21, 2018
Joy division is the term given to areas of forced sexual enslavement within Nazi concentration camps.
— Yes!Martin (@MartinV1974) May 22, 2018
I just love how good Tories are at social media. It’s an inspiration
— Darran McLaughlin (@McDarran) May 22, 2018
Do you know what a Joy Division was? There’s the band yes, but do you know what the name was based on?
Give it a look.— Adam Pritchard (@AdamPritchard82) May 21, 2018
This tweet is an Atrocity Exhibition.
— Neil Perryman (@wifeinspace) May 22, 2018
You don’t know what Joy Division is, do you, Liz?
— π (@jrdntndy) May 22, 2018
This might help: https://t.co/9QPJgvZbFi
— DavidLikesGuys (@posnewsday) May 22, 2018
It’s not the first time Liz Truss has run into trouble trying to get down with the kids (at least, we presume that’s what she was attempting to do here).
Remember this from earlier this year?
But if you ARE just thinking about the band, then this does the job quite perfectly.
“Gove. Gove will tear us apart. Again”
— So-S.A.D. (@TweeTeWoo) May 21, 2018
