These takedowns were one in the eye for the Ukipper comparing the Battle of Hastings to Brexit
The 14th of October is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, and as it’s the most widely known date from history, we probably don’t need to mention that it happened in 1066 – yet look what we did. Former UKIP leader, Gerard Batten, decided to indulge in his favourite game “Six degrees of Brexit”, managing to shoehorn a metaphor into the anniversary.
Today is the 953rd anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The Anglo Saxons fought a brave & desperate fight for national survival & lost.
Brexit is a desperate fight for national survival too. We cannot afford to lose. King Harold at least was not surrounded by traitors. pic.twitter.com/B41jjg2657
— Gerard Batten (@GerardBattenUK) October 14, 2019
His ability to make everything about Brexit is practically a gift, although not a very good one, as these reactions prove.
1.
French origin words in your tweet:
Anniversary
Battle
Brave
Desperate
National
Survival
Surrounded
TraitorsGerard
And one that's not: Moron https://t.co/YEoEJuT6do
— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 14, 2019
2.
Just looked this up.
"Today's generation of the Batten family bears a name that was brought to England by the wave of emigration that was started by the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The surname Batten is considered of Flemish origin.” https://t.co/FuS8uLisIr— charlie higson (@monstroso) October 14, 2019
3.
There are some very stupid people behind Brexit. Batten is one of the stupidest. The Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and The Netherlands. The Angles came from Germany. FFS, do some proper research. https://t.co/kwG7ZSGvdC
— 🕷 Disenfranchised of Hampshire #RevokeA50 #Remain (@kelvin_fay) October 14, 2019
4.
The pro-Brexit mindset in a nutshell. Harking back to alleged glories of identity and traumatic betrayals of "sovereignty" so very recent that they're not recorded in film, or even photographs — but in a ****ing tapestry. https://t.co/k53Fhgs7ss
— Michael Marshall Smith (@ememess) October 14, 2019
5.
"Brexit is the modern day Battle of Hastings" is the piping hot take I didn't see coming today.
I call your 'war with pointy sticks nearly 1000 yrs ago' and raise you the last 74 years of peace.
Isn't that peace slightly more applicable and relevant you absolute buffoon?
— James OB (@JamesOB9474) October 14, 2019
QC @DavidMuttering suggested an unsuspected scenario in the familiar image of the Bayeux Tapestry.
If you look to the bottom right of this segment of the tapestry, you can see the last Anglo-Saxon having his blue passport torn from his grasp. https://t.co/jLVKJvycnd
— David QC (@DavidMuttering) October 14, 2019
And on the top right, we see a homing pigeon, which will coincidentally be the fastest way to transport medication after Brexit.
Source: Twitter, Image: Twitter
