29 scathing reactions to the government’s drastic u-turn on Christmas plans
16.
Tier 4 wasn’t even in the syllabus but has showed up in the exam???
— MXM (@mxmsworld) December 19, 2020
17.
The tories only cared about us buying everything we needed for Christmas. As long as that happened they didn’t need us to actually have Christmas
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) December 19, 2020
18.
so…what Chris Whitty is saying is….London and the South have the fancy gentrified version of the virus
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) December 19, 2020
19.
Anyone need a lift to Barnard Castle? pic.twitter.com/SfsN6frxJv
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) December 19, 2020
20.
Remember all of three days ago, when the PM mocked Keir Starmer for wanting to cancel Christmas?
Happier times.
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) December 19, 2020
21.
"You, boy, what tier is this?" pic.twitter.com/6AgHSw8ex6
— Toddington_Matt (@HXValley) December 19, 2020
22.
if you’re wondering what the “mutation of the virus” is its a bit like when Ukip split from the Tories
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) December 19, 2020
23.
Wonder if the tier system will get up to the same number as the fast and furious franchise
— •• (@agirlcalledlina) December 19, 2020
24.
Hi @waitrose, I’ve bought a large Turkey but I’d like to swap it for 12 tubs of ice cream instead. And a bottle of gin. Can I do this in store?
— Nicola Keaney (@NicKeaney) December 19, 2020
25.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer finally unveils grand scheme to cancel Christmas, by making Boris Johnson do it three days later.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) December 19, 2020
26.
BBC just said this was ‘sobering news’. Not if I can help it.
— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) December 19, 2020
27.
Starting to feel that being governed by a cowardly indecisive attention-seeker reliant on a cabinet of intellectually dull sycophants and one-note ideologues during a health crisis is not as fun as the posters all suggested.
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) December 19, 2020
28.
Christmas might be cancelled but at least we’ve all got No Deal Brexit to look forward to, eh?
— Sharon O'Dea (@sharonodea) December 19, 2020
29.
Tier 1: Normalish Christmas
Tier 2: Christmas but stand over there
Tier 3: Christmas but grandma's in a Zorb
Tier 4: No Christmas for you— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) December 19, 2020
With Christmas 2020 effectively dead in the water, there was really only one thing left to say.
Only 371 sleeps till Christmas.
— Adam Pearson (@Adam_Pearson) December 19, 2020
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