A Tory ‘commentator’ used coronavirus stockpiling to make a political point and it’s this week’s dumbest tweet

Here’s Tory commentator Darren Grimes – you might remember the BeLeave founder’s occasionally memorable role in the campaign to exit the EU – using supermarket’s empty shelves to make a political point.

And it’s fair to say it didn’t go down well.

https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1238853683955347456?s=20

Here are our 7 favourite replies.

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https://twitter.com/MorganPaulett/status/1238910780977930247?s=20

2.

This is quite literally a photograph of life under Johnson. I feel like I'm losing my mind. https://t.co/wPq7WhIdnb

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 14, 2020

3.

This is, quite literally, life under a right-wing British government where the population is confused & frightened. We all need to demand better from our leaders, Darren, wherever we may stand on other issues. I hope your secretly-funded employers permit you to endorse this plea. https://t.co/c00tqzOPoV

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) March 14, 2020

4.

https://twitter.com/LivPosting/status/1238992271527350275?s=20

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https://twitter.com/GuyLucasBhana/status/1238920584068829185?s=20

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https://twitter.com/cliodiaspora/status/1238968774100910080?s=20

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love this genre of tweet: useless media blue-check pretending that what is actually happening right now in reality in a capitalist country is instead happening in an imaginary socialist onehttps://t.co/KMit0ipx3I

— Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@shaun_vids) March 14, 2020

And just in case it’s still not clear.

Dude. This photo was taken in a capitalist country. https://t.co/s70EdvUMLL

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) March 14, 2020

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Source Twitter @darrengrimes_