33 favourite takedowns of the Tories’ latest bogeyman – the anti-growth coalition
18.
Calling ‘Brexit-deniers’ anti-growth may be the most hilarious thing I’ve ever heard. Say what you like about Remainers, they weren’t trying to slow down the economy
— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) October 5, 2022
19.
This bit about “the anti-growth coalition is just bizarre”
She’s putting a carrot on the nose of the majority of the population and shouting “witch”. It’s a pretty lame divide-and-conquer attempt.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) October 5, 2022
20.
Truss has really tapped into the mood of the country. Just the other day our plumber was moaning about "the bloody anti-growth coalition, coming over here, stopping our growth…"
— Scott Payne (@spayne128) October 5, 2022
21.
The pound is part of the anti-growth coalition pic.twitter.com/NkdSwRnV3N
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) October 5, 2022
22.
Going to start a Barnet Chapter of the Anti-Growth Coalition, spend the weekend hitting the streets in Hendon to stop growth. “Are you growing? Stop that.”
— Davey Six-Toes (@HutchinsonDave) October 5, 2022
23.
"But we beat the anti-growth coalition son. " pic.twitter.com/ZyhLP0IPlL
— Gordon Barclay (@GordonJBarclay) October 5, 2022
24.
‘The anti-growth coalition wants to shut the beaches’ pic.twitter.com/qHsAgwnYcT
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) October 5, 2022
25.
This year's "Chaos with Ed Milliband". https://t.co/NziYVVdLwt
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) October 5, 2022
26.
Given that Anti Growth Coalition is just a made-up phrase that we've all just heard for the first time this morning and kind of doesn't mean anything, I'd say the last thing this choice is is clear. https://t.co/BOCcg4RmYU
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) October 5, 2022
27.
‘Anti-growth Coalition? Fack off. We’re the Coalition against Growth.’ pic.twitter.com/8M3YLRbTJp
— Balderdash (@notDcfcBoss) October 5, 2022
28.
you know the tories have hit a maximum failstate when their best attempt at a dunk becomes a hilarious meme and everyone is like yeah i'd like to be in the anti-growth coalition plz
— Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵🇭🇺🇦 (@paperghost) October 5, 2022
29.
As Liz Truss reeled off the components of 'anti-growth coalition', she somehow forgot to mention people who pile up money in the Cayman Islands rather than invest in Britain
— David__Osland (@David__Osland) October 5, 2022
30.
That was the Anti-Growth Coalition with ‘Pork Markets’. #ConservativePartyconference pic.twitter.com/HKH1W7hTOA
— Stephen Carroll (@StephenTweeted) October 5, 2022
31.
Aboard the Guardian’s minibus back to London after Tory conference we’ve just established that, contrary to stereotypes, all but two of us are part of the “South London pro-growth coalition”. Get in. 🚐
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) October 5, 2022
32.
The “anti-growth coalition” or to give it its full name “everyone who doesn’t agree with me is literally Extinction Rebellion”.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) October 5, 2022
33.
A reminder of the results of the Conservatives’ own “anti-growth coalition”. pic.twitter.com/F67QTUOsZn
— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 5, 2022
Human rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan had a crucial question.
*When* will voters have a choice?? https://t.co/fRjih5cSDU
— Shoaib M Khan (@ShoaibMKhan) October 5, 2022
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