Theresa May had a bit of banter with Strictly Come Dancing and these 18 replies were en pointe

Theresa May made the headlines during the parliamentary recess because of her dancing prowess – or lack thereof. As the new series of Strictly Come Dancing kicked off at the weekend, probably literally, whoever runs the Prime Minister’s Twitter account decided to exploit the occasion for a bit of PR.

Get in touch if you need any tips…#Strictly https://t.co/tqC8kFb1WW

— Theresa May (@theresa_may) September 8, 2018

In fairness to TM the PM, this may be the most human thing we’ve ever seen her do – and some people appreciated the effort.

https://twitter.com/hrtbps/status/1038497678043299840

Fair play, whoever's on her feed. That's how you do it. 🙂 https://t.co/XoTC9qP5V8

— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) September 8, 2018

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1038492106740957184

But not everybody was impressed by the attempt at levity. These 18 people, for example.

1.

It’s Strictly, not How to Starve a Pensioner… https://t.co/6RYCGAuXCG

— rob delaney (@robdelaney) September 8, 2018

2.

https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1038544451537387520

3.

Strictly Let Poor People Die? https://t.co/eUYg5jY48N

— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) September 8, 2018

4.

How delightfully self-effacing, you weak, incompetent fucking liability. https://t.co/4YEm41uhG7

— @[email protected] (@mrchrisaddison) September 8, 2018

5.

Oh heck. Theresa has got a social media manager. They’ll be sasssing Boris to “delete his account” by next week. https://t.co/aLBF4MOI4W

— robmanuel (@robmanuel) September 8, 2018

6.

*looks to camera* https://t.co/9lrD7PHha4

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) September 8, 2018

7.

When a social media strategist takes over your account to 'humanise' you https://t.co/bwisFFwHZb

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) September 8, 2018

8.

https://twitter.com/amateuradam/status/1038489663529529345

9.

https://twitter.com/sarajcox/status/1038508822137061376