Rishi Sunak’s promise to protect the nation from having to use seven bins was thoroughly trashed – 29 favourite reactions
As you probably know, Rishi Sunak made a big announcement from Downing Street yesterday.
In a complete debunking of the power of prayer and mass-wishing, it wasn’t that there’s to be a general election anytime soon, but that the government will be rolling back on its green policies on the path to achieving net zero.
"Your planet may be destroyed, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"#GeneralElectionNow #NetZero pic.twitter.com/HZ9LoyEgBu
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) September 20, 2023
In his speech, the PM listed some of the policies the government won’t be implementing, claiming that they would hurt the ordinary working family too hard. He shared them in a tweet.
We will never impose unnecessary and heavy-handed measures on you, the British people.
We will still meet our international commitments and hit Net Zero by 2050. pic.twitter.com/XjXQzGVaCN
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) September 20, 2023
It was immediately apparent that the policies weren’t on the cards in the first place, leading to some very entertaining mockery.
It’s a start, I suppose, but I won’t be happy until he’s also banned elbow grease, tartan paint and glass hammers. https://t.co/zt3SGPlZef
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) September 20, 2023
Other proposals scrapped by Sunak:
– Forcing homeowners to have 16 different bins for different coloured cardboard.
– Forcing everyone to buy a Penny Farthing.
– tax on farts.
– No cups of tea during Corrie.
– Children to be used as loft insulation in Victorian homes.
— ʟᴀʀʀʏ & ᴘᴀᴜʟ (@larryandpaul) September 20, 2023
— Sophie Plowden (@sophieplowden) September 20, 2023
"The plan to make you kill your cat with your bare hands and then eat it raw? Scrapped." pic.twitter.com/DxxblCzFRa
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) September 20, 2023
I'M STOPPING STUFF I JUST MADE UP:
X Tax on Spoons
X Pixie Burglaries
X Purple Lightning
X Compulsory Bed Sharing
X Parking Spaces For OttersA NEW APPROACH TO REACH POLL ZERO.
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) September 20, 2023
However, one non-policy in particular came in for extra ridicule.
These tweets perfectly captured the mood.
1.
Sorry I haven't been here much tonight – I had to put all my bins out.
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) September 20, 2023
2.
Just got back into the Uk after a two week Canadian tour, and while the compulsory car share from Heathrow was a surprise, it was lovely to hear how everyone else is handling the new meat tax and storing their 7 bins.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) September 20, 2023
3.
I just feel like if you had achieved literally anything in government you wouldn’t have to pretend you’ve blocked some 7 bin mandate and legally-enforced car pools to win votes https://t.co/XlTF8cBSxB
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 20, 2023
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— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) September 20, 2023
5.
People. Actual people. Actual people who get paid to do it, sat in a room and constructed that list of pledges for Seven Bins Sunak to read out. And then they passed it round and all felt it was completely reasonable and then the leader of a nation went on telly and said them. ♀️
— @[email protected] (@mrchrisaddison) September 20, 2023
6.
Rishi Sunak tried to present himself as honest and full of integrity in contrast to Boris Johnson.
By 'scrapping' a load of nonsense policies which never existed in the first place – compulsory car sharing? everyone having to have 7 bins? – he's underlined how he's no different.
— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) September 20, 2023
7.
Sir, a seventh bin has been added to people's homes. pic.twitter.com/JZIzznqIUa
— Sooz Kempner, so-called "comedian" (@SoozUK) September 20, 2023
8.
YOU BOY, WHICH OF THE SEVEN BINS IS IT THIS WEEK pic.twitter.com/O3K011dT1d
— SHANE REACTION (@imshanereaction) September 20, 2023
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"Seven bins, love, yes, SEVEN bins. See, you need seven bins because you need the recycling and the composting and the small electricals and the food waste and the cardboard and the general waste and garden waste. Seven bins, you see?" pic.twitter.com/L5ocWDb3TX
— Kate Bevan (@katebevan) September 20, 2023
10.
Seven bins Rishi? Seven? That’s insane pic.twitter.com/vn0I2LQwiR
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) September 20, 2023
11.
“2023 became a year of exhausting crisis for Britons. With at least 7 bins to empty, every day had become bin day. It was a never-ending rotisserie of recycling and refuse, and most homeowners took to actually sleeping in the bins, so terrified were they of the Sisyphean cycle” https://t.co/eHquYGIx1a
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) September 20, 2023
12.
brb just going outside to gleefully smash up my seven different bins
— Sooz Kempner, so-called "comedian" (@SoozUK) September 20, 2023
13.
‘Seven bins for the Dwarf lords, in their halls of stone…’ pic.twitter.com/9H0RcgLKxZ
— Scott Innes (@Flying_Inside) September 20, 2023
14.
The seven bins are:
Paper
Plastic
Glass
Food
Dog turds
Toenail clippings
Unexpectedly deceased relatives— Fancy Brenda ️️⚧️ (they/she) (@SpillerOfTea) September 20, 2023
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"Bins to the southwest sir. Seven of them." pic.twitter.com/bXiICujksh
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) September 20, 2023