This Conservatives’ official Twitter account disappeared and the Lib Dems’ brutal response will surely not be bettered
To lose a general election is one thing but to lose your Twitter account, well, let’s face it, it’s frankly incidental but it still felt like it neatly summed up the state of the Conservative Party when this happened.
NEW: The Conservatives appear to have deleted their X account pic.twitter.com/FLtrZPPhfM
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) July 8, 2024
And it prompted no end of very funny responses as you might imagine.
After being shagged over a barrel in the election the Conservatives delete their Twitter account. Things really could not be going better. pic.twitter.com/OkeehIh99L
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) July 8, 2024
The UK is healing. pic.twitter.com/6prUuq0FGp
— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) July 8, 2024
'been a bit much lately as some of you know. too many snakes here and I need to give myself some space right now. if you're a real friend you know how to reach me x' https://t.co/eT35NdpzfQ
— Hugh Brechin (@HughRBrechin) July 8, 2024
end of days…..? https://t.co/daG29V8j3w
— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) July 8, 2024
Possibly the most honest metaphor that account has posted in some time… https://t.co/ylG499VVLB
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) July 8, 2024
something went wrong is correct https://t.co/ipSztmliLN
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 8, 2024
That’s one way of putting it pic.twitter.com/4v3HY6Wzkf
— Jack Blackburn (@HackBlackburn) July 8, 2024
But surely no-one said it better than a rival official political party account – the Lib Dems.
Something went wrong.
Don’t try again. pic.twitter.com/4S8GZ3J3Fk
— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) July 8, 2024
Mega oof.
— Jam (@Carefree_Jam) July 8, 2024
To conclude …
Well played https://t.co/agxRZcW8FJ
— Cllr Adrian Chapmanlaw (@adechapmanlaw) July 8, 2024
And just in case you’re worried for them, just to reassure you that the @Conservatives account is now back up and running. Well, it’s back up at least.
Source @LibDems