Here’s the reason the Tory fuss over fake Rishi Sunak ‘pint’ pic is hilarious
Not quite right: this image has been photoshopped to make it seem the pint of ‘Black Dub’ was badly-poured by Tory leader Rishi Sunak. The giveaway should have been the look in the eyes of the woman behind him, which is comedy – as is the response of the Conservative Party that once re-modelled its entire press office to convey lies about a previous party leader.
When Labour MP Karl Turner tweeted (can we still use that word, now that platform has been reduced to a letter ‘X’?) an image of Rishi Sunak, apparently having poured a pint of real ale very badly, handing it across a bar – to apparent shock from a woman behind him – who could have predicted the squeal of outrage from Conservative Central HQ?
It seems the image is a fake and the Tories were scandalised that somebody had used it to lie about their leader.
Who knew that the only people now permitted to lie about their leader are the Tories themselves?
What?
That’s not how it is?
But, but, but… the Tories do lie about their leaders – all the time! If you don’t recall, perhaps these words will jog your memory: “Factcheck UK.”
Given the Conservatives’ condemnation at that photoshopped image of Sunak pulling the pint…
Which do you think is more damaging/misleading?
That picture?
Or this:https://t.co/030UZ5xUp6
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) August 2, 2023
I wrote about this at the time – which was during the 2019 general election campaign.
During a televised leader debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV, CCHQ’s press office spontaneously re-branded itself as “Factcheck UK” in order to whitewash anything Johnson said, in the hope that the voting public would be gullible enough to believe it.
Very few people were – as I reported:
The Conservative Party seems to be getting desperate.
Its press office resorted to the dirty trick of pretending to be a ‘fact check’ organisation during the ITV leaders’ debate – presumably so it could tweet a (false) claim that Boris Johnson won the confrontation.
Well, that didn’t work!
Not only did people take extreme offence at the pretense…
Have approached Twitter for its stance on CCHQ rebranding its account as "FactCheckUK". pic.twitter.com/mJ7ZZsulNh
— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBG) November 19, 2019
… but they also decided to have their own laugh at the Tories’ expense.
Take a look at some of these examples:
You’re just a bunch of pussies. If you had any balls you would have done it. We rock. Food banks are ace. https://t.co/6QdTuSle29
— Ralf Little 💙 (@RalfLittle) November 19, 2019
Fact: Corbyn wants to put Thatchers Ghost in a jar and hurl it into the sun
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) November 19, 2019
The Conservative Press Office would never appear to be something it isn’t in order to spread disinformation. We resent the accusation. Also Boris Johnson has loads of kids but won’t say how many. https://t.co/CKWpvnUex7
— Ralf Little 💙 (@RalfLittle) November 19, 2019
FACT: the tories don't care about you and brexit is stupid
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) November 19, 2019
Fact: David Cameron fucked a pig and now we all have to leave the EU
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) November 19, 2019
Way to go, Tories. Not only did your man mess up his big TV appearance…
But you’ve also ensured that nobody will believe another word to come out of your publicity machine.
And now they’ve just reminded us that they lie, constantly and compulsively.
That’s probably not a good idea when they’re trying to win the public debate over global warming.
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