11 hilarious responses to Esther McVey’s baffling speech about architecture
Esther McVey isn’t known so much for her towering intellect as for a string of bad takes, glaring errors and her backing for stringent cuts to welfare benefits. In that spirit, her speech at the Conservative Party Conference could be said to be completely on brand.
Esther McVey, the housing minister, thinks making houses in 3D is a recent development pic.twitter.com/bj2uSUyjkk
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 30, 2019
What she did there was open a 3D door to a lot of pisstaking. Here’s the best of it.
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Esther McVey explaining that “3D architects” are now “doing it on computers” in an audacious attempt to steal the title of ‘Thickest Plank In Government’ from Liz Truss.
Q: Can 2D architects only design flats?#ConservativeConference2019 pic.twitter.com/oAd3o6lVT4
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) September 30, 2019
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Confirmation. We are governed by idiots. pic.twitter.com/ReBlj3ZrH3
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) September 30, 2019
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Watch: Tory housing minister Esther McVey reveals “3D architects” are using “computers”. Just wait until she discovers colour television… https://t.co/SUNaVkUTcz
— New Statesman (@NewStatesman) September 30, 2019
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I passed Esther McVey's house once. pic.twitter.com/kXGp4gUwCy
— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) September 30, 2019
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Thank god Esther McVey is here to transform house building to make it fit for the 21st century. pic.twitter.com/OO1d6gVEDj
— Brian Spancock (@BrianSpanner1) September 30, 2019
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Esther McVey reveals the new, cutting edge video game created by the Conservative Party. pic.twitter.com/SaME0BWRP8
— David (@PermaConfused) September 30, 2019
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In the next episode, Esther McVey will come up with another radical idea
A new breed of phone that you can put in your pocket and take anywhere*
She will call it the mobliphone
* Extension lead is only 100 meters long and out of stock#CPC2019 #EstherMcVey
— Louis Henwood #StopTheCoup 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@LouisHenwood) September 30, 2019
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Esther McVey is 52. She was 15 when AutoCAD was first released.
— Kendy Crush 🇪🇺 (@KennedyConnolly) September 30, 2019
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Esther McVey: “But if we have this new way of doing it – 3D architects, 3D visionaries, doing it with it on a computer…”
Me: pic.twitter.com/hJyBy0vKz5
— |) /\ \/ | |) 📚☕️🌈 (@actuallydavid) September 30, 2019
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Esther McVey just solved the housing crisis. Just make the houses 2D and you can do it all at a fraction of the price! #ConservativeConference2019
— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) September 30, 2019
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I found an old clip of when Esther McVey used to work in television. Here she is presenting Tomorrow’s World in 1979. https://t.co/CrUGYBVqly
— Brendan Oswald (@bronto1) September 30, 2019
Architect SheRa Marley-Threepwood had this very relatable response.
that sound you hear is my 3D head hitting the 3D desk https://t.co/KwsMwii1HI
— SheRa Scary-Threepwood (@SheRa_Marley) September 30, 2019
In the Esther McVey future, SheRa will be able to tweet that via a computer.
Source: Twitter Image: BBC, Twitter screengrabs
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