Rishi Sunak’s post-match message to the Lionesses earned him a Twitter mauling – 18 shots on target
England’s women faced an amazing Spanish side in the World Cup Final and couldn’t quite bring home the prize, but their tournament performance was something to be proud of, earning them responses like these –
Please come home @Lionesses & remind yourselves over time of all that you've achieved.
Today's loss is a heart-wrenching, bitter chunk of 'what might've been'
but ultimately, it'll form a building block, a stepping stone towards a winning future shaped by your heroics 👏🏽🏴❤️ https://t.co/oWmT0KEO5m— Johnny Vegas (@JohnnyVegasReal) August 20, 2023
Congratulations Spain….
And thank you Lionesses for all you've done for women in tbe UK.
I know it won't feel like it right now, but from an old bird whose early dreams were stopped by the "system", you have given us such hope for the future (long after I've gone). Thank you ❤️— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) August 20, 2023
Gutted. But what a run, and what a tournament. Thank you, Lionesses – you’re the only team that’s ever inspired me to fill out a wall chart 😂. I loved watching every single match.
Huge congrats to Spain.— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) August 20, 2023
Rishi Sunak also had a few words for the team.
We believe it was more a case of getting the expression mixed up than a damning indictment of the team’s efforts.
Unless Sunak just embraced the snark.
Tweeters were quick to react to his gaffe, and the results were very entertaining.
1.
Ah, that old inspirational sports phrase “Leave nothing out there”. https://t.co/3nQUCKtCeC
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) August 20, 2023
2.
#Sunak couldn’t even get this right. The term is ‘left EVERYTHING out there’ …. he really is a sloppy mess https://t.co/ocHMRlhIfr
— Natalie Rowe (@RealNatalieRowe) August 20, 2023
3.
You left absolutely nothing out there.
For 19 minutes you gave the full 10% and never kept your eye on the ball. It was real end-to-side stuff & the umpire did us no flavours.
But at the start of the day, the better side drew. We’ll be back in 3 years.
It’s a funny young game. https://t.co/UOSRmg8YqJ
— 🤦♂️ Andrew James Carter (@Carter_AndrewJ) August 20, 2023
4.
The only things missing were the UK's Prime Minister and the President of the FA 🤷♂️
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) August 20, 2023
5.
‘England left absolutely nothing out there’ pic.twitter.com/f4Ljr20hbM
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) August 20, 2023
6.
definitely not the phrase https://t.co/UKoILpzsQa
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) August 20, 2023
7.
The Lionesses social media manager has the opportunity to do the funniest block possible https://t.co/Rr5L7jsmcy
— Sophie Hall (@SophLouiseHall) August 20, 2023
8.
Rishi’s as sick as a sparrow https://t.co/m2m2hIKm9C
— Fancy Brenda 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (they/she) (@SpillerOfTea) August 20, 2023
9.
I agree with Sunak…
You gave it absolutely nothing 👊🏼
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) August 20, 2023
