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“Celebrities as things” has peaked with Diane Abbott as M&S canned cocktails

Oonagh Keating. Updated April 23rd, 2019

After Diane Abbott’s train-ride tipple went viral, there were two major effects:

1. She won a lot more hearts and minds than you’d think possible for an M&S Mojito

2. M&S sold out of said mojitos, plus other canned cocktails

They should give her a cut of the profits.

Another upshot was that freelance writer, Louis Staples, was inspired to create a thread showing cans of M&S cocktails looking surprisingly like the MP for Hackney, and it’s a joy to behold.











Some of the many reactions included these favourites:

https://twitter.com/0Calamity/status/1119657815168225283

However, you can’t please everyone …