Oh dear…
This honestly, without exaggeration for comic effect, seems to me like the work of a satirical anti-Conservative blog.
Unfortunately it isn’t.
I guess the intention might have been good, but if it was then the people behind this poster must be a bit unintelligent or out of touch. And they only cut the beer duty by 1p!
‘I say Dave, we’ve reduced the tax on that thing the poor do together – the numbers get called and they all drink or something…?’
‘Going to the alehouse?’
‘No, no – although we have reduced the cost of that as well. No, it’s something called… um… (looks it up) Bingo!’
‘What is it?’
‘Bingo!’
‘I know you’ve worked out what it is, but what is it?’
‘No, it’s called ‘Bingo’.’
‘What on earth is that?’
‘It’s what hardworking people do. That and drinking.’
‘I thought benefit cheats liked drinking.’
‘Them too, but the hardworking poor like both bingo and drinking so I thought we could put up a poster saying how nice we’ve been to them.’
‘You mean pat ourselves on the back for helping the scum of this country alleviate the misery of their everyday lives in a slightly cheaper manner?’
‘Exactly!’
‘Yes, well why not? It’s not often we do anything nice for anyone.’
‘That’s what I thought. So I’ll get (who on earth came up with this thing?) to come up with something.’
‘Thanks, George.’
Good God. I saw this tweeted by a Tory MP and even so I can’t believe it’s real, surely not?
Amazing. An intelligent budget ruined by idiotic content marketers.
My earlier point about Obama’s media savvy/common touch vs British Government’s stereotyping and barge pole has been made emphatically.
Grant Shapps. What a bollock.
@Ed – couldn’t agree more. It’s from a while ago now, but did you see Obama’s presidential address where he tore into Donald Trump? Better written and infinitely funnier than any shite I’ve peddled.
I watched it again yesterday, and it made me think of if Cameron or any other British politician had tried it. They’d have just come across as an even bigger, out of touch, unfunny shitpipe than they already are.
Apart from Prescott. He’d have probably just pointed and gone, “Trump, eh? What a cunt!”
Tory. Labour. Lib Dems.
All cunts.
Why would anyone follow a Tory MP on twitter? @Sell!Sell!
@ Sal’s Mum: there’s a thing on Twitter called ‘retweeting’, where someone you follow might inform you of the tweet of a person you do not follow.
Hello Sal’s Mum. That is a very valid question, but they do seem to have a lot of followers. Ben has it pretty much right though – someone pointed me in the direction of the original tweet. Honest guv’nor.
In addition – as someone pointed out last night, the “they” in that last line is the real kick in the gangooglies. Bonkers.
You’re welcome
I’ve seen this ‘they’ argument.
what’s the alternative?
We? That would be comical.
You? Still us vs you. MacMillan was criticised for this with the ‘never had it so good’ speech.
?
A career in politics beckons.