UKIP leader Gerard Batten fell for this Guardian spoof and his response made it 10 times better
There’s a rather good spoof Guardian account on Twitter which does things that look uncannily like they are straight out of the Guardian and one of its recent efforts was this.
Business | Greggs is to rebrand in a move towards a gender neutral business model following criticism that their name sounds too male pic.twitter.com/ZaO6wq8nsH
— Guardian Headlines (@GuardianMemeWin) October 25, 2018
Nicely done, although anyone with half a brain would probably realise it’s a joke. So obviously UKIP MEP Gerard Batten seized on it as more evidence of political correctness gone mad.
Even better, the official UKIP account joined in by retweeting his furious take.
‘Criticism from who? Probably someone who doesn’t buy from Greggs. A cheese roll is a cheese roll! When is this madness going to stop? By the way, almost all the staff in Greggs are female. Do they operate a gender biased recruitment policy?’
Furious and short-lived, it turns out, because it looks like Batten has since deleted his response. We’re glad that we’re able to let it live on here, thanks to Jim Waterson on Twitter (who really does work for the Guardian).
Extremely cool to see UKIP and their leader united in furious condemnation of an account called "GuardianMemeWin" daring to back gender-neutral sausage rolls. pic.twitter.com/Ydxa6p32pS
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) October 30, 2018
…and also massively outing himself as someone who hates the idea of women working.
— Philip Mann (@hoisincrispyow1) October 30, 2018
I've said before, but it bears repeating.
That Batten fella is as sharp as a cabbage.
— Andy Hort 🔶 🇪🇺❄️️ (@DevonKiwi) October 30, 2018
Except, well, even after all that some people still didn’t get it.
It is all a bit silly though isn't it? the company was founded by a man with the surname Gregg; end of story. Next they'll be pressurising M&S because their name sound too much like a communist or maybe turn their attention to Andrews Liver Salts; there are more important issues!
— Reidar Vasbund (@reidar_vasbund) October 30, 2018
Woooooosh!
— Roger Davies (@rogercdavies) October 30, 2018
Doh!
— Reidar Vasbund (@reidar_vasbund) October 30, 2018
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