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Louis Staples
Nov 07, 2019
The election campaign is officially underway.
After days of controversy including a cabinet resignation and backlash to comments by Jacob Rees-Mogg about the Grenfell fire tragedy, Boris Johnson held a rally to officially kick off his campaign.
On the TV, it looked like there were loads of people cheering the PM on as he set out his agenda for the country, from Brexit to education.
But there’s just one problem.
Morning, media students: this is a shot of Boris Johnson's launch event. Now watch last night's TV news coverage of… https://t.co/6pY0aOJoWf— Paul Mason (@Paul Mason) 1573106010
Pictures from the event reveal a very different scene to how the Birmingham rally appeared on TV.
Instead of thousands of supporters, it looks like there were only a handful of people there.
Naturally, when the pictures emerged, people on Twitter had a thing or two to say about it.
Boris Johnson launches election campaign at Conservative party rally in Birmingham. https://t.co/CwN9uuvl8Z— Tim Ross (@Tim Ross) 1573070441
Fake promises to get Brexit done Fake numbers of hospitals being built Fake NHS stats Fake promises on schools Fake… https://t.co/tXiBO2OZcw— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1573113365
Smoke & mirrors: the image of the @Conservatives campaign launch versus the reality. #GE2019 https://t.co/tCafijwSBi— Laura Pidcock (@Laura Pidcock) 1573112375
This is Boris Johnson’s campaign launch. Labour gets more people than this to turn up for local canvassing sessions. https://t.co/q1BR8sby9O— Owen Jones 🌹 (@Owen Jones 🌹) 1573119497
Boris Johnson's campaign launch. If you look carefully past the 100 journalists, 50 MPs and 50 staff members you c… https://t.co/09SmkZhPWF— Matt Thomas (@Matt Thomas) 1573080872
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