Three years ago, Rosie Holt thought she was on the verge of something big. The comedy play she starred in, The Crown Dual, received rave reviews and was all set to tour America for six months. Then Covid happened and instead Holt ended up holed up with her parents in Bath.
Becoming bored and frustrated, to pass the time she started tweeting little clips of herself pretending to be a toadying loyalist Tory MP defending the government. Before she knew it she was a social media sensation. Many who should have known better were convinced she was genuine. Philosopher Anthony Grayling called her as a “bald-faced emetic”. Writer Philip Pullman tweeted that he was “aghast”.
