Tony Blair’s post-lockdown locks caused a Twitter storm – 23 well-styled reactions
When Tony Blair puts his head above the parapet, social media is usually flooded with a mixture of outrage at whatever he’s said, and people complaining that they’ve somehow found themselves in agreement with him.
Usually, however, his head is fairly well groomed, rather than sporting a luxurious mullet.
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— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) April 27, 2021
It was a bit of a distraction, to say the least.
That thing where you can't hear a word the person is saying because you're just looking at THEIR HAIR pic.twitter.com/QxziyDqcAw
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) April 27, 2021
Blair’s comments were lost under a sea of comparisons – none of them flattering.
These were our favourites.
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Tony Blair morphing into the possessed Vigo painting in Ghostbusters pic.twitter.com/OUahzeOEtm
— Marcus Barnett (@marcusbarnett_) April 27, 2021
2.
In a few years, Tony Blair will find himself stuck on earth because his granddaughter is settled at school and the Chameleon Circuit of his Tardis is broken. pic.twitter.com/ozFcD44T5d
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) April 27, 2021
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He-e-e-e-ere's Tony! pic.twitter.com/EgUbshYA6y
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) April 27, 2021
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Blair Lockdown Hair Watch: We have passed the Charlie Kray stage and are now stuck somewhere between famed Italian vintner and David Dickinson. pic.twitter.com/1YhwzOjcdB
— . (@twlldun) April 27, 2021
5.
Why do I feel like I'm about to be asked to liquidate my savings to invest in an Executive Success Program? pic.twitter.com/41RXDnjGzW
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) April 27, 2021
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'answer me these riddles three,
if you wish to seek the WMD' pic.twitter.com/L0pFGmaeb9— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) April 27, 2021
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If you say WMD three times he crawls out of the screen 45 minutes later pic.twitter.com/uw5Vf6MLk9
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 27, 2021
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Everybody knows you never go full Peter Stringfellow pic.twitter.com/pB2Zg0kQYv
— Giles Paley-Phillips (@eliistender10) April 27, 2021
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— ︎Dean (@DeanRed123) April 27, 2021
10.
“Yeah we let our son smoke it at home. You know back in the day me and my wife used to smoke it a bit too. We just think if he’s gonna do it we’d prefer he do it at the house, so yeah, pass it along son! Haha, no, but seriously” pic.twitter.com/vNHSwfDbVb
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) April 27, 2021
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Why is Blair announcing he’s out of rehab, clean for the first time in 15yrs & will be joining Status Quo & Jethro Tull on stage for a rock legends gig in Hyde Park this September pic.twitter.com/1eNli5MbL5
— tom jamieson (@jamiesont) April 27, 2021
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"I'M THE LIMOUSINE-RIDIN', JET-FLYIN', KISS-STEALIN', ARMS-DEALIN' SON OF A GUN AND A 16 TIME WORLD CHAMPION BABY"
– Tony Flair pic.twitter.com/7l1qj9zRfq
— Dai Lama (@WelshDalaiLama) April 27, 2021