The Foreign Office tweeted a picture of the wrong bridge and Twitter took the piss: the 8 funniest tweets
As part of its campaign praising the noteworthy elements of Great Britain, the Foreign Office tweeted this message “Opening in 2017, the 2.7 km Queensferry Crossing will be the longest 3 tower cable-stayed bridge in the world“.
The problem is that not only is the Queensferry Crossing nothing to do with the UK government as it’s entirely funded by the Scottish government but it was also accompanied by a splendid photograph of the Forth Road Bridge, causing Twitter to reply with an array of ‘corrections’. Check out the 8 funniest.
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Some suggested other constructions worthy of praise …
And somebody else used it to comment on Brexit …
But, worst of all, the Foreign Office tried to make a joke …
Maybe they should stick to the day job.
HT: metro.co.uk
