Yesterday across Britain there were local elections, where the Liberal Democrats were the surprise winners, as the public rallied against the Tories and Labour's Brexit policies.
This will leave the two main parties licking their wounds this morning but it was not for the want of trying as Boris Johnson did his bit, encouraging supporters to vote just like he had done.
Johnson declared in a tweet that he voted Conservative in the local elections before deleting the post. Unfortunately for the former foreign secretary, what goes on the internet tends to stay on the internet.
The website Politwoops captures and saves all tweets that are deleted by members of parliament and sure enough, Johnson's now infamous tweet is now on that very website.
Picture: Politwoops
This complete gaffe from Johnson was picked up by comedy writer and Twitter maestro James Felton and the Tory leader hopeful soon found himself being completely and utterly roasted.
It’s almost as if this Johnson’s chap is a liar. https://t.co/7IHqy2V0aO— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1556831429
Boris Johnson is a compulsive liar. You cannot trust a single word he says. https://t.co/eam9kPRPYK— David Lammy (@David Lammy) 1556870970
The man that some Tories consider making Prime Minister. https://t.co/wOlV54t8mU— Yannis Koutsomitis (@Yannis Koutsomitis) 1556831440
@davidschneider Voted. Haven’t voted. It’s such a fine line innit.— Sanjeev Bhaskar💙 (@Sanjeev Bhaskar💙) 1556837955
Update:
Thanks to a tweet from The Times political correspondent, Henry Zeffman, it has since emerged that Johnson did vote in the South Oxfordshire election, which is where he lives.
Understand Boris Johnson *did* vote in the local elections - in South Oxfordshire, where he has a home. (Cons lost… https://t.co/BXrxMGAsu8— Henry Zeffman (@Henry Zeffman) 1556879335
It still poses the question as to why Johnson deleted the tweet but as Zeffman suggests it may be because it's not great optics for the MP of Uxbridge and South Ruislip to admit that he doesn't live in his constituency.
@hzeffman Interesting. Any explanation for why he deleted the tweet?— James Felton (@James Felton) 1556879781
@JimMFelton I think because as the MP for Uxbridge it's not great to admit that you spend lots of time not in Uxbridge— Henry Zeffman (@Henry Zeffman) 1556879835
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