The government has complained after Channel 4 empty-chaired the PM with an ice sculpture

Tory Party chairman, James Cleverly, wanted to check the facts.

I just want to check the facts here.

We sent someone to represent the @Conservatives but you allowed the other party leaders to veto their inclusion in the debate?

During the regulated General Election period?

— James Cleverly (@JamesCleverly) November 28, 2019

Several irony meters were broken by that, and their owners let Cleverly know all about it.

I just want to check the facts here.

It was a leaders debate. Your leader was invited. Instead he sent someone who isn’t the leader and his dad.

It was a debate during the election period about the most serious issue facing us & he didn’t bother to turn up.

How are my facts? https://t.co/DXJPEAiq3r

— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) November 28, 2019

Just checking the facts: Johnson refused to come to a leaders' debate, the broadcaster empty chaired him, and so you are threatening the broadcaster? https://t.co/Y5HJWHZ9S5

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) November 28, 2019

Yeah, the Prime Minister’s dad isn’t the leader of the Conservative party.

The absolute BRASS of this. https://t.co/lwkLsgPlUM

— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) November 28, 2019

It's a leaders' debate, not a leaders' parents evening. https://t.co/jiiDNUw94Q

— Richard milne (@milneorchid) November 28, 2019

Writer, Marie Le Conte, had the perfect suggestion for how Channel 4 should respond to the complaint.

Channel 4 should make an ice statue of the complaint https://t.co/19I3zuz4Z2

— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) November 28, 2019

Meta. Watch this space.

Source: Channel 4, Twitter, Image: Channel 4 on YouTube, Twitter

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