Sajid Javid complained about a headline and was murdered with words
Sajid Javid is one of approximately four hundred prospective Tory leaders – or that’s how it feels – and he has been trying to appear statesmanlike by *checks notes* telling Scotland it can’t have another referendum. He recently took umbrage at a headline from the Independent, tweeting this:
Er…..hello? pic.twitter.com/u6PXSxxAgL
— Sajid Javid (@sajidjavid) May 31, 2019
Psychotherapist and anti-war campaigner, Salma Yaqoob, posted a zinger of a reply.
I know – it’s terrible that only white men were credited with furthering UK inequality in this piece. You’ve more than done your bit to impoverish vulnerable people & earned your place in this sordid contest
— Salma Yaqoob (@SalmaYaqoob) June 1, 2019
She didn’t stop there.
Do please read the headline more closely. It says ‘dominated by’ – which is true. This doesn’t bode well for any ‘attention to detail’ pitch…Oh the irony of the token guy used to defend racist policies playing the race card
— Salma Yaqoob (@SalmaYaqoob) June 1, 2019
Singer-songwriter Grace Petrie spotted the exchange and shared it, bringing the murder by words to a wider audience.
I’d like to report a murder pic.twitter.com/XxKZ1N8lYS
— Grace Petrie (@gracepetrie) June 1, 2019
He’ll be applying salve to those wounds for some time. Those weren’t the only burns he had to cope with, though.
https://twitter.com/nikeshshukla/status/1135179609736130560
Awww Sajid is upset that they’ve counted him out. Maybe one day you’ll learn that no matter how much you bend over backwards to balance white supremacist ideologies on your soul, you’ll never be included in the inner circle.
Lmao at your life. https://t.co/dfN15ifZKI
— Kelechi (@kelechnekoff) June 1, 2019
That's outrageous, @Independent really shouldn't forget The Saj's role in furthering inequality. https://t.co/gercrQwNqE
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) June 1, 2019
What part of ‘dominated’ do you not understand, Sajid?
— ZARDOZ (@futurewah) June 1, 2019
As if these weren’t enough, Javid received the absolute kiss of death for a point of view – total endorsement from Esther McVey.
https://twitter.com/EstherMcVey1/status/1134570970524606464
He’d better hope she doesn’t support him for the leadership bid.
H/T: Grace Petrie