The Labour Press Team ruffled some feathers (yep.) this afternoon by tweeting: “Everybody should have his own owl”. They deleted it, but here’s a screengrab:
Photo: Twitter
Pundits are labelling it Labour’s second Claws IV moment.
Although this is one of the most popular pledges Labour has come up with of late, this mole is a little concerned at the sexist nature of the policy. Why only “his”? Miliband and his circle of white, privileged, owl-wielding cronies have some questions to answer.
Here he is in the Commons:
Why is this Tory-led government so out of touch when it comes to owls? pic.twitter.com/XG35D2YsM2
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— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) June 19, 2014
Labour’s response:
We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it’s no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) June 19, 2014
Pun Nation.
Update
The Labour Press account now says the owl announcement was a result of a hack:
For those asking, the owl tweet was a result of our twitter account being hacked. Hopefully we’re out of the woods now.
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) June 19, 2014
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