A 15 y/o from Glasgow rinsed all 5 candidates to be Tory leader – 14 favourite responses
The real winner of the Tory leadership debate on BBC1 wasn’t Boris Johnson, Rory Stewart or any of the other three.
It was 15-year-old teenager Erin from Glasgow who went viral on Twitter because she might be a better bet for the Downing Street vacancy than any of the men on show.
Here’s what she asked.
“Can you promise that the environment will be your top priority if elected? Will you commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2025?”
And here are our favourite 14 things people were saying about her after last night’s show.
1.
“I don’t think any of you have impressed me.” Erin speaks for a nation.
— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) June 18, 2019
2.
Can we just have 15 year old Erin from Glasgow for #TheNextPrimeMinister please? Thanks. #BBCOurNextPM #BBCDebate #nextprimeminister pic.twitter.com/lE43WjEVBV
— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) June 18, 2019
3.
A teen shaking her head over a group of squabbling men. Sums it up really. #BBCOurNextPM pic.twitter.com/f302GSIYES
— Rosa (@rosagg_) June 18, 2019
4.
https://twitter.com/KathyBurke/status/1141072198330998784
5.
Erin has the final word pic.twitter.com/qumDMbS1IE
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) June 18, 2019
6.
https://twitter.com/smilinglaura/status/1141072293663297536
7.
Iconic expression from Erin. She hates them all #BBCDebate pic.twitter.com/zPsL2SOjpL
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) June 18, 2019
8.
https://twitter.com/AdrianDurham_/status/1141073010700554240
9.
Erin says none of the candidates impress her, on climate change. I fear against she may speak for many
— Robert Peston (@Peston) June 18, 2019
10.
We are all Erin from Glasgow #BBCOurNextPM pic.twitter.com/WQWIxibmod
— Hugh O'Connell (@oconnellhugh) June 18, 2019
11.
https://twitter.com/millieeburns/status/1141072355462131718
12.
I CANNOT stop replaying this. Erin 4 PM. #BBCOurNextPM pic.twitter.com/2tG3enMJv5
— Hannah Martin (@Hannah_RM) June 18, 2019
13.
"Erin, who has impressed you most?"
Erin: "To be honest none of you have really impressed me."#BBCOurNextPM
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) June 18, 2019
14.
Can we have Erin as PM?
— Rebecca Front (@RebeccaFront) June 18, 2019
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