Nadine Dorries’ ‘only in Britain’ tweet blew up in magnificent style – 9 brutal takedowns

To the world of culture secretary Nadine Dorries – stick with us, please – where she took particular pleasure in one aspect of the celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Daleks and Basil Brush driving up The Mall. Only in Britain.#PlatinumJubileePageant

— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) June 5, 2022

Just in case you missed them, here were the Daleks.

And here was Basil Brush, entertainingly captioned by BBC News.

Back to the culture secretary, whose tweet went viral on Twitter, just not for the reasons she was presumably hoping.

It was the ‘only in Britain’ line which really caught people’s imagination and prompted a whole heap of fabulous comebacks. Here are our 9 favourites.

1.

https://twitter.com/weyland76/status/1533484164980387844?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

2.

https://twitter.com/soopagaz/status/1533525465390010369?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

3.

https://twitter.com/ChurchTwat/status/1533483221282918402?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

4.

No prizes for guessing the connection between those much loved TV series & the coverage of the Jubilee which brought the nation together. Here's a clue – it exists "only in Britain" https://t.co/coxojwSTCL

— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) June 5, 2022

5.

Someone with less intelligence than an amoeba becoming Culture Secretary. Only in Britain. pic.twitter.com/hnwmyUf5QN

— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) June 5, 2022

6.

A complete incompetent dumpster fire as the government who change Ministerial Standards so they don't have to resign. Only In Britain. https://t.co/IQiOggzg07

— Kaiju! Kaiju! Kaiju! (@buleste) June 5, 2022

7.

A Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport who doesn't know Channel 4 is not publicly owned, gets a 96% 'NO' and 96% 'YES' the wrong way round and thinks Johnson is a honest man #onlyinbritain https://t.co/s1h5s64rOR

— Tony O'Brien (@Chanctonman) June 5, 2022

8.

https://twitter.com/daidwayne2713/status/1533488679435509760?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

9.

https://twitter.com/IsntTony105/status/1533495581976543233?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

If you really wanted to go for it …

https://twitter.com/wisheart12/status/1533494356677640192?s=20&t=oBPaw2hU9967D7aHVd520w

To conclude.

https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1533524975956672514?s=20&t=z61d0GJA7a7Uldr-9bLNTw

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Source Twitter @NadineDorries