Budget 2014: Tweeters Mock Grant Shapps' Beer and Bingo Tax Advert
Hardworking social media users have responded to a Grant Shapps' Budget tweet about beer and bingo tax cuts.
The Conservative party chairman has been roundly criticised for sending a celebratory tweet that was perceived as patronising "hardworking people".
Shapps, who was reacting to chancellor George Osborne's 2014 Budget, said cutting beer duty by a penny and halving taxes on bingo halls from 20% to 10 would help "hardworking people do more of the things they enjoy".
#budget2014 cuts bingo & beer tax helping hardworking people do more of the things they enjoy. RT to spread the word pic.twitter.com/5vbL7RDAg5
— Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) March 19, 2014The MP's intervention provoked a furious - and humorous - response on social media, with some highlighting the "Tory toff" tag the party is so desperate to shed. Here are some of the highlights:
ROFL: http://t.co/HKCUASiE8W #torybingo pic.twitter.com/GTiSc7gyqt
— David Doyle (@D_J_Doyle) March 20, 2014Ah! I see that pic needs a #torybingo hashtag. Thank you from the heart of my bottom Grant Shapps. pic.twitter.com/n2boyfphun
— beaubodor (@beaubodor) March 19, 2014In case you missed it, someone fixed Grant Shapps' Bingo budget ad (vi @MattLlt) pic.twitter.com/WqToN41dsZ
— CelebYouthUK (@CelebYouthUK) March 20, 2014Poor guys. Spent all day avoiding the budget & came home to see Grant Shapps' tweet. #torybingo pic.twitter.com/k4YuxLfFtF
— beaubodor (@beaubodor) March 20, 2014
'I'd like two litres of white lightning and a scratch card. Yes, I'm just like you.' pic.twitter.com/JHZFzxQXZf
— Jamie Reed (@jreedmp) March 19, 2014RT @grantshapps I resign, Thirty Nine! #torybingo pic.twitter.com/qiOvOGAOxb
— beaubodor (@beaubodor) March 20, 2014
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