Poke Stick. Updated January 26, 2022
The front page of the Daily Mail went viral today, but for reasons they probably wouldn’t have wanted.
With Sue Gray’s much-anticipated account of alleged Downing Street parties during lockdown due to be released as early as Wednesday - a day after it sparked a police investigation - the Mail had this to say.
And his message was warmly received by Jacob Rees-Mogg. Well, of course it was.
The mail is right, we need a sense of proportion. pic.twitter.com/DOjIuofH7B
— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) January 26, 2022
Aside from the “Leader” of the House of Commons, these are probably the only 9 answers you need.
1.
It is deeply unpatriotic to encourage voters to overlook violations of the law by their elected leaders. pic.twitter.com/C9u33t35Wv
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) January 26, 2022
2.
— Henry Mance (@henrymance) January 26, 2022
3.
Insult voters - good plan https://t.co/aFfmY5LnMr
— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) January 26, 2022
4.
I was about to say that it seemed unwise for the Daily Mail to insult their readership in this way, but then I realized they are probably too stupid to even notice. pic.twitter.com/fkXi4kmIAE
— Miffy🏳️🌈 (@miffythegamer) January 26, 2022
5.
Tens of thousands dead, millions separated, schools closed, jobs lost, elderly relatives isolated, funerals and weddings canceled — and your leader ate cake and popped champagne corks while footmen sang “Happy Birthday to you.”
Enough share for you Jacob? https://t.co/gs32JQ6OEx
— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 26, 2022
6.
Interesting line from the Mail that breaking lockdown rules is a trivial matter - don’t remember the Prime Minister told us that pic.twitter.com/uOSi9ksvnJ
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) January 26, 2022
7.
The Mail spectacularly underestimates the nation’s anger at the law-breaking parties being held when people were dying and their loved ones making the greatest sacrifices.
Like Johnson and his fellow criminals…they will regret it. pic.twitter.com/ggQFps1h3o— Reece Dinsdale 💙 (@reece_dinsdale) January 25, 2022
8th.
If you don’t think the police investigation into the Prime Minister is serious news, you’ve lost all news.
If you think your readers don’t care about lockdown violations, you will lose them too. https://t.co/ztYekaJnT8
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) January 25, 2022
9.
God forbid anyone lose their sense of proportion. pic.twitter.com/pb8sWIdN2P
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) January 25, 2022
Finally this.
Which they would definitely say if Keir Starmer’s 10 Downing Street were under police investigation https://t.co/H4vMQVMZR0
— Richard Bacon (@richardpbacon) January 25, 2022
And the.
After all, it was the public’s fault that the prime minister broke the law https://t.co/VYVLtCmbNd
— Justin Madders MP (@justinmadders) January 25, 2022
And this too.
It’s not a good ray of hope for an unfolding national disaster, but the Daily Mail’s new editor’s decision to back Johnson looks like one of the worst decisions in Fleet Street history.
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) January 24, 2022
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Ian Hislop’s dismantling of MPs via their own interest register was brilliantly done