The National Trust attempted to address Britain’s slavery links and the responses were as bad as you’d expect

For every person who claimed to be cancelling their membership, however, there was someone like this.

I'm off to get a membership @nationaltrust. I followed them based on this tweet alone! https://t.co/kYhowxz6ed

— Balvinder Sopal (@BalvinderSopal) August 24, 2020

It looks as though the National Trust will have the same amount of visitors, but with fewer “Well actually”s during the talks.

As a bonus, the brilliant Rosie Holt was inspired to make a new sketch featuring the irritating right-wing character she’s been perfecting.

Woman angry at the #NationalTrust for acknowledging objects with links to slavery pic.twitter.com/cEC3bFs6Zq

— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) August 24, 2020

If you want to appreciate how horribly believable that was, check out the replies.

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‘I think I just got owned by the National Trust’

Source National Trust Image @keewa,