A TORY MSP has been mocked over a tweet claiming there was a “huge turnout” at a local Platinum Jubilee event – when his own pictures showed anything but that.
Liam Kerr jubilee post massively backfired, as he let down his monarch in the process.
Posting two pictures, standing alongside Tory MP Andrew Bowie in one, he tweeted: “Huge turnout at #DunottarCastle #Stonehaven to see the #PlatinumJubilee beacon lit. Wonderful occasion.”
Huge turnout at #DunottarCastle #Stonehaven to see the #PlatinumJubilee beacon lit. Wonderful occasion. pic.twitter.com/KSosLlr7FJ
— Liam Kerr (@LiamKerrMSP) June 2, 2022
We know numbers can be hard for Tories at times – for example, the horrifying, stark figures about the cost of living crisis they’ve presided over and the damage Brexit is doing to our trade seem to go straight over the heads of the likes of Kerr.
However, given that his picture contained only about as many people as the total of Scottish Tory politicians who have called for Boris Johnson to go – and the bar could hardly be lower – he set himself up to be mocked by social media users.
They obliged.
Huge if true https://t.co/yEBDBi7LcH
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) June 4, 2022
When you accidentally post the ‘Before’ Photoshop pics https://t.co/lCUVyz6gyg
— northernsky67 (@northernsky67) June 4, 2022
I suppose compared to a Tory party conference it’s a huge crowd. https://t.co/e2gFMGxUQ4
— Angry Indy Unicorn (@__H0rny___) June 4, 2022
This remake of THE WICKER MAN looks rubbish... https://t.co/arFHCgK9Jg
— Sasha Simic (@sashasimic) June 4, 2022
— Battenberg (@Battenberg91) June 4, 2022
Were they all....behind the fire?
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) June 4, 2022
Huge crowd? There’s just the two of you! Which one of you lit the bonfire? I suppose two Tories who are actually elected in Scotland is huge. Oh, wait a minute, only one of you is elected…🤷♀️🤣
— Eddie Remlip (@ERemlip) June 3, 2022
Good to see, despite the remoaner scaremongering, that health and safety standards have been maintained post-Brexit and the crowd was kept well back from the beacon.
— Stuart (@tsqtweet) June 4, 2022
IF there had been a ‘huge turnout’ you’d have posted photos of it I’ve watched bigger beacons on Guy Fawke’s night Auld Ruthie’s beacon appears to have been equally underwhelming & under attended Strathclyde Park fire lighter didnae exactly set heather alight either#DampSquib pic.twitter.com/ZZXUcgM2Ud
— 🏴Sheila McKenzie🏴 (@Sheilam19534814) June 4, 2022
I've seen bigger turn outs to the torching of a nicked Peugeot 306.
— woodo (@Mister_Woodo) June 4, 2022
We look forward to seeing Kerr’s praise of the Manniefest independence event going on in Golspie today. If this qualified as a “huge turnout”, then that festival will be blowing his mind.
