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Louis Staples
Dec 19, 2019
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In the aftermath of a general election, new MPs travel to London from across the country to take up their new offices in Westminster and prepare for the parliament ahead.
With Labour's "red wall" collapsing, there's Tory MPs arriving in Westminster from constituencies that had been held by Labour for generations.
A new group of MPs, who now call themselves the "blue wall", met in Westminster and posted a photo of the meeting.
Welcoming (some!) of the new #BlueWall of northern Conservative MPs to Parliament tonight Working together we’ll… https://t.co/b94CYP1dF1— Jake Berry MP (@Jake Berry MP) 1576694264
Are you seeing what we're seeing?
Lots of people on social media have noticed a distinct lack of diversity in the picture, with almost every MP photographed being a white man.
And they really aren't happy...
This doesn't look like the North I know. https://t.co/WQwQgxJ9Gr— Lisa Nandy (@Lisa Nandy) 1576750797
the real northern powerhouse isn't made from a large group of identical mediocre white men, it's made from the rest… https://t.co/qrEWMgHmpS— dan hett (@dan hett) 1576741617
qwhite interesting https://t.co/lAKJVT8pz2— Helena Wadia (@Helena Wadia) 1576741592
oh thank goodness. white men across the land must feel so glad to finally be represented! https://t.co/lclag6Cn8G— Stella Duffy (@Stella Duffy) 1576744358
This isn't the only photograph that's produced this reaction. A photograph of a meeting of the ERG, a pro-Brexit MP group of MPs, generated a similar reaction.
This looks like the first annual meeting of people who find mayonnaise “too spicy” https://t.co/YVWvPYk4ID— James Felton (@James Felton) 1576673771
There’s something about this lot, and I can’t q-white put my finger on it https://t.co/1yhGbSZvYW— •𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔• (@•𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔•) 1576620075
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