A gastropub landlady’s rant about a Labour MP who ‘scrolled Instagram, only ordered a starter and left no tip’ became a self-own for the ages – 22 tasty takedowns
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"Hi, Daily Mail? I was hoping you could let the entire country know my pub is run by a horrible cow who spies on customers and rats them out to the press for doing nothing wrong whatsoever. You don't have to actually tell people to swamp me with one-star reviews, that's implied." https://t.co/YFkW8XxTyB
— Tomos Doran 🏴 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 (@portraitinflesh) April 12, 2026
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Aside from being such a weird way for a pub owner to behave, the irony is that @JoeMorrisMP is one of most hardworking champions in Parliament for the many businesses across his rural constituency. Hey ho. https://t.co/0fAbTaAxSz
— Kevin Craig (@KevinCraigUK) April 12, 2026
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Every day I lobby and advocate for #UKtourism – its economic and social good, ability to create jobs and to provide the backdrop for people’s happiest memories – and then you get unprofessionals undermining the sector through their bitterness and thirst for spotlight. Don’t visit https://t.co/YVRngLAWZV
— Bernard Donoghue (@bernarddonoghue) April 12, 2026
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I wonder if she tips her bin men? Or her cleaners? Her nurse? Her hairdresser? Her retail assistant? Her postie?
Or does she suspect she can pay her employees less if people tip more? https://t.co/b9eUZiCgNA
— Harry Eccles (@Heccles94) April 12, 2026
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https://t.co/NraYh5rHLD pic.twitter.com/SDml2fu7jR
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) April 12, 2026
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Landlady at the Rat Inn denies she's a bit of a miserable so-and-so, and shows photo of the Labour MP being offered a complimentary course. https://t.co/oIecjsNeSz pic.twitter.com/E6jWpR6Dd3
— Inevitable Gassy (@OldGassy1984) April 12, 2026
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“MP not hungry enough to order the full roast scandal” https://t.co/UfjDYtmIum
— teresa smith (@treesey) April 12, 2026
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To be clear, no MP, be them Labour or Reform, should be treated like this. The woman in this story has revealed far more about herself than any customer – if she has any left after admitting she spies on people’s private phone messages.
— Benjamin Butterworth (@benjaminbutter) April 12, 2026
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How to wreck your own pub. Complain to the Daily mail because someone has only had a starter, moan because she makes her staff rely on tipping and spy on what people are looking at on their mobile phone. Unhinged place. Nice looking pub, unhinged owner https://t.co/LsK98vA4gh https://t.co/JtlaqlzRtX
— Dr Iain Darcy 🍉 🇮🇪 💚 (@doctoriaindarcy) April 12, 2026
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Dear @DailyMail. A couple just came into my local pub. He ordered HALF a Guinness and she had a slimline tonic. Even WORSE, they ordered ONE packet of dry roasted peanuts, TO SHARE. Not one tip was given to the bar staff! For £5000, I'm prepared to give you the full story
— Vince. Insanitas Mundi. #VoteLabour🌹 (@Vinc_Ev_) April 12, 2026
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A heroic effort from the Daily Mail and the landlady from hell – they've made the public feel sympathy for a Labour MP
— Synistrall (@synistrall) April 12, 2026
Luke Charters, the Labour MP for York, had a shocking confession.
The truly preposterous thing about the Daily Mail story about the landlady of the “Rat Inn” complaining about an MP ordering a starter is this:
It is not exactly a slow news week.
We have a war in Ukraine and Iran.
Plenty of serious issues here at home.So do read on, because…
— Luke Charters MP (@lukejcr) April 12, 2026
We expect Richard Tice to call for his resignation in 3… 2…
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