Our 15 favourite responses to Gavin Williamson’s plan to use troops to solve knife crime
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Whatever did we do to deserve to be governed by these morons. https://t.co/M6TXDzqa5M
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 6, 2019
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https://twitter.com/MrFurby/status/1103244650742046720
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If there is no correlation between police numbers and crime, what good will troops do? https://t.co/DDZ9NsKIgN
— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) March 6, 2019
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https://twitter.com/DanielOdinShaw/status/1103215517937020930
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Okay, who put Gavin's stapler inside a jelly again? You know it sets him off. https://t.co/zzPjrQbVAs
— Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social (@WorksWithWords) March 6, 2019
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101 uses for an Army, by G.Williamson (11):
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37. Picking up dog poo
38. Neutralising noisy neighbours
39. Getting kites out of trees https://t.co/obStc25zkI— George Monbiot (@GeorgeMonbiot) March 6, 2019
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https://twitter.com/TheSatireParty/status/1103220015464173568
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Gavin "Don't Tell Them, Pike!" Williamson is *literally* the most dangerous Defence Secretary this country has ever had.
Gibraltar? Arm locals with paintball guns.
Knife Crime? Send in the army.Fuck a fucking duck.https://t.co/XLMUYq3E7s
— Steve Topple (@MrTopple) March 6, 2019
Popular tweeter, Wolfie. had a better idea.
https://twitter.com/Tpopularfront/status/1103214677209874433
But Politics lecturer, Dr Ben Witham, put an awful possibility into the ether.
Just imagine a cabinet that included Gavin Williamson, Chris Grayling *and* Jeremy Hunt.
— Ben Whitham (@DrBenWhitham) March 6, 2019