The Lib Dems did a joke about Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit and the takedowns were brutal
The Lib Dems have been a joke for some time now but it doesn’t mean they are any good at telling them, as this latest effort on Twitter would appear to suggest.
It’s from the party’s official Twitter account and, well, what do you think?
SPOTTED! Corbyn's backbone on Brexit.
It's taking a trip on a bus…
Tell Corbyn to back a people's vote now > https://t.co/70T7fUD95D pic.twitter.com/I43oTRLi1w— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) January 26, 2019
It’s fair to say the response wasn’t entirely generous. Here are our favourites.
1.
Actually, I think what you spotted was the remains of a victim of austerity. You know that policy you enabled when you were in coalition with the Tories. Never let a Lib Dem talk to you about backbone when they were a willing partner to Cameron's destruction of ordinary Britain. https://t.co/u5F8441vhG
— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) January 26, 2019
2.
Your jokes lack internal coherence and it’s stressing me out.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) January 26, 2019
3.
You needed another couple of meetings on this. https://t.co/7m04JoKCAj
— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) January 27, 2019
4.
No, it's the remains of someone who sadly died of cold on our streets because of callous Tory cuts enabled by the Lib Dems
— Chelley Ryan 🖐️ #NoPVYesGE #JC4PM2019 (@chelleryn99) January 27, 2019
5.
I can't decide if this is the worst political advert I've ever seen, or the first time I've noticed the Lib Dems in a year… https://t.co/uBPVpQQPTi
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) January 26, 2019
6.
You have to admit it. 211 retweets for a political party trying to be clever is appalling. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. You are social media minnows with the influence of a cat litter tray.
Never forgiven, never forgotten.
— Rachael Swindon #GTTO (@Rachael_Swindon) January 26, 2019
7.
https://twitter.com/Sidd0nL00k/status/1089465530828947456
8.
this really is amazing work guys
keep this quality of political messaging up abnd i'm sure everybody will be beating a path to your door, looking to collaborate with you and your highly skilled team
— Wɯ∩ɓ l˥ı⅁ʎ∀ɹ (@RGGumm) January 26, 2019
9.
https://twitter.com/graceblakeley/status/1089614107777662976
10.
very normal stuff lads
— hayls (@isamyelyah) January 26, 2019
11.
You can keep moving this spine around all you like, it just reminds people you lost yours when you went into coalition with the Tories.
— Damo 🌹 #GTTO #JC4PM2019 (@Cornish_Damo) January 26, 2019
To conclude …
this is embarrassingly shit https://t.co/fCKJfO55dI
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) January 27, 2019