Lib Dem leader Ed Davey destroyed a ‘blue wall’ with an orange mallet – 9 funniest brickbats

John Plunkett. Updated June 18th, 2021

The Lib Dems were celebrating a huge electoral upset today whey they took everyone by surprise by overturning a huge Tory majority in the Chesham and Amersham by-election.

It prompted lots of talk about the chances of the Lib Dems winning in other so-called ‘blue wall’ seats and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey took the idea very literally indeed. By doing this.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey demolishes a “blue wall” with a small orange hammer to represent his party’s victory in Conservative seat Chesham and Amersham pic.twitter.com/o4tqjhwNZe

— Joseph Cassidy (@josephdcassidy) June 18, 2021

What better way to celebrate a stunning electoral win than inviting the entire internet to take the piss out of you? Which it promptly did.

Here are our 9 favourite responses.

Paddy Ashdown would have just kicked it in #justsayin https://t.co/clxdAzaQhR

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) June 18, 2021

https://twitter.com/_harveyy99/status/1405819670402420738?s=20

Is it just me or does "when a really strong orange force goes against a blue wall" sound a bit like taking a 10.30pm piss in a pub urinal? https://t.co/XGRw05zbyL

— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) June 18, 2021

https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1405826934890713088?s=20

https://twitter.com/robinince/status/1405830719507767301?s=20

https://twitter.com/Will_Tanner/status/1405835004240961536?s=20

https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1405830626377404417?s=20

Who tells them these things are a good idea? Seriously, who? https://t.co/CnTLgWaiSQ

— Larry & Paul (@larryandpaul) June 18, 2021

From concept to delivery, this has to be among the most Lib Dem things I've ever seen. https://t.co/p3K3NF8RuY

— Andrew Smith (@andrew_graeme) June 18, 2021

Source Twitter @josephdcassidy