Mayday! Mayday! Top 10 tweets after Theresa May’s ‘dementia tax’ U-turn

TV reactions to May's shambolic news conference:

•BBC Panic
•Sky Manifesto of Chaos
•ITV Buckled
•C4 Weak & Wobblypic.twitter.com/6eBaQr7u9U

— Eoin (@LabourEoin) May 22, 2017

Theresa May suffered her worst day of the election – and probably her prime ministership – after announcing a dramatic U-turn on her plans for social care after they were dubbed a ‘dementia tax’ by critics.

We’re used to governments backtracking on their election manifestos, just not before they’ve actually been elected.

Here’s what Twitter made of it.

1.

This headline has not aged well since Friday morning. pic.twitter.com/3u02wF452W

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) May 22, 2017

2.

Nothing like a strong and stable U-turn. https://t.co/YDfDlktYUm

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) May 22, 2017

3.

Labour's Deputy Leader Tom Watson pictured with Theresa May's social care policy just now pic.twitter.com/02gtJ6jnnU

— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) May 22, 2017

4.

The Smiths – Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before (feat. Theresa May) pic.twitter.com/THaUAZkgOJ

— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 22, 2017

5.

TV reactions to May's shambolic news conference:

•BBC Panic
•Sky Manifesto of Chaos
•ITV Buckled
•C4 Weak & Wobblypic.twitter.com/6eBaQr7u9U

— Eoin (@LabourEoin) May 22, 2017

6.

"Shh. I definitely did not make a major mistake. I definitely did not. Look at the other guy. Please.” pic.twitter.com/VC4XJJ9p8Y

— SimonNRicketts (@SimonNRicketts) May 22, 2017

7.

Theresa May has been PM for 10 months and has U-turned on: Brexit, NI rise, workers on boards, snap election, her entire social care policy

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) May 22, 2017

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#StrongAndStable pic.twitter.com/y7waZOZHPa

— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) May 22, 2017

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The comment on social care policy could be the biggest U-turn we've seen for at least…a few weeks. pic.twitter.com/iDNRiKwP95

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) May 22, 2017

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PM takes yet another prepared question and still fluffs her lines. There is a whole lot of burning rubber in Wrexham today. #GE17 pic.twitter.com/mvRyfzy8dO

— Lewis Dunsmore (@LewisDunsmore) May 22, 2017