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Greg Evans
Dec 11, 2019
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This general election hasn't been short of mishaps, glaring gaffes and typos on campaign leaflets have been a prominent fixture.
Just a few days ago an image of Lib Dem leaflet from Cumbria which featured the phrase 'insulting every home' went viral.
We haven't seen many prominent parliamentary candidates fall foul of such an embarrassing mistake, until now.
Micheal Gove, the Tory minister and Brexiteer, seems a tad late in distributing his leaflets for Surrey Heath but one has now come to light.
A tweet by Donna Wishart, featuring Gove's leaflet announces the Tory as:
A stong local voice for Surrey Heath.
Yes, read that again:
A stong local voice for Surrey Heath.
That my friends is literally what it says on the leaflet. 'Stong.' Not strong but 'stong.'
If the Conservatives can’t even spell ‘strong’ what hope have we actually got? https://t.co/4Lnaxv0TSu— Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said (@Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said) 1575895820
As Wishart pointed out:
If the Conservatives can't spell 'strong' what hope have we actually got?
If the Conservatives can’t even spell ‘strong’ what hope have we actually got? https://t.co/4Lnaxv0TSu— Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said (@Donna Wishart - What the Redhead said) 1575895820
As you can imagine, there were a lot of jokes about the embarrassing mishap for Gove.
To be fair I think stong is probably about right https://t.co/tayGriKYTD— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) 1576058070
@genuineplacebo GOOD Lord and the man was once Education Secretary I do despair— Liska 🌸 (@Liska 🌸) 1575919611
@genuineplacebo "Stong and Stable"— The Reverend (@The Reverend) 1575896024
@genuineplacebo @kimwillsher1 @michaelgove is stong as a wet flannel— Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman (@Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman) 1576056440
@genuineplacebo Look, I think we've all had enough of experts telling us how to spell.— Glenn Burgess (@Glenn Burgess) 1576055745
To be fair I think stong is probably about right https://t.co/tayGriKYTD— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) 1576058070
https://t.co/sMcNqvqAxr https://t.co/vZCGvVud1Z— Craig Mac Ádaidh (@Craig Mac Ádaidh) 1576058042
We would suggest reading the Urban Dictionary definition of "stong" but it is very NSFW, so perhaps do it in your own time.
HT: Metro
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