The government seriously misread the room with a tweet about the pubs reopening – 14 devastating owns
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Is there no end to the crassness of this ridiculous government ? https://t.co/DcHHD3ho1T
— Con O'Neill (@cononeilluk) July 1, 2020
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Grab a drink, raise a glass, make your will; undertakers’ doors never close https://t.co/hwpHHIMerl
— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) July 1, 2020
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I fucking love a pub but I'm not putting myself in danger to rescue the economy because the government saved their mate from getting fired and had to speed up the reopening of the country to save their own arses I'm going to get shitfaced at home thanks https://t.co/ecNVKruMbj
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 1, 2020
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I’d sooner take @PrivateEyeNews’s advice. https://t.co/4fO3ZAz0au pic.twitter.com/pBSpWL2fKW
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) July 1, 2020
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— Phlegm Clandango (@Cain_Unable) July 1, 2020
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Not sure I fancy raising a glass when so many people are still dying every day. https://t.co/O6LSbkJhq0
— Cathy Newman (@cathynewman) July 1, 2020
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My first day running the @hmtreasury twitter account has gone well, anyone fancy a pint?
— SoliTrude (@Trudski2012) July 1, 2020
Quite a few people had responses like this one from @Cornish_Damo.
Take this down – this is going to kill people. One day I hope this gets used in a court case against these evil bastard Tories! https://t.co/fOaNzOVwiT
— Damo #EL4C (@Cornish_Damo) July 1, 2020
Then this happened.
So @HMTreasury took down their post about pubs being open on the 4th. Does that mean they won't be now? pic.twitter.com/qw4NsiXMAQ
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) July 1, 2020
If you want to see how it looked in action, this screen recording captured it in all its shameful glory.
This disrespectful tweet by HM Treasury has since been deleted, but here it is so you can see what monsters run our country. 65,000 people have died, people are losing jobs, but ‘grab a drink and raise a glass’… utterly disgusting, heartless, thoughtless tweet! #OpenForBusiness pic.twitter.com/LMM3FNgtrU
— Former UK Prime Minister (@DavidFormerPM) July 1, 2020
We expect a full and frank apology to be arriving anytime now.
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