AHEAD of today’s Cabinet reshuffle, in recent days senior figures in the Tory party have been referencing children’s cartoon characters and superheroes.
On Tuesday, Boris Johnson’s top political strategist bizarrely referenced PJ Masks when asked about the PM’s HS2 announcement.
WATCH: Dominic Cummings claims PJ Masks will do better job than Cabinet
Then this morning we had Jacob Rees-Mogg – in hiding since his insensitive comments about the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster – going on about Daddy Pig (we’ve never heard of this and wondered if he was referring to David Cameron) and Thomas the Tank engine.
Maybe what they’ve been doing is been preparing us for the cartoonishly bad graphic the official Tory Twitter account is tweeting out.
Ever considered what the worst superhero movie of all time would look like?
Wonder no more...
🔵📢 OFFICIAL: @RishiSunak has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer @HMTreasury 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/CmplWc5J1K
— Conservatives (@Conservatives) February 13, 2020
🔵📢 OFFICIAL: @RobertBuckland remains Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State @MoJGovUK 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/ghxZZyuLoC
— Conservatives (@Conservatives) February 13, 2020
🔵📢 OFFICIAL: Priti Patel @patel4witham remains Home Secretary @ukhomeoffice. 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/r21Ydl3eRT
— Conservatives (@Conservatives) February 13, 2020
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