The BBC political editor’s Tory ‘shredder’ analogy had nowhere to go and it’s glorious

Poke Staff. Updated October 20th, 2022

Here’s the BBC political editor Chris Mason giving us a little insight into just one of the problems facing the Conservative party right now.

We mention it because his ‘shredder’ analogy turned into a problem all of its own. Except not for the Tories this time …

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— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) October 20, 2022

Magnificent.

I love it when you realise a metaphor doesn’t work when you’re already half way through 😂😂

— David Woods (@djwwoods1995) October 20, 2022

I thought that too 😂 you could hear him slowing down as he realised he was walking into a verbal cul-de-sac

— Phil Prydderch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇺🇦 (@PJPrydderch) October 20, 2022

That is exactly what I thought when I saw this.

Reminded me of ‘my mind’s curtain cupboard’ or ‘kid gloves… over the oven gloves’.

— Dan Owens (@RedWedgie) October 20, 2022

Source Twitter @AccidentalP @NeilAWood