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Jessica Brown
Mar 23, 2017
The London Underground's message boards are sharing some much needed inspirational messages of support across the city today.
But some are fakes, like this one:
this London Underground sign is fake, I think, so probably don't share it. There are real things that are worth sha… https://t.co/3Uct881Hm5— Tom Chivers (@Tom Chivers) 1490263131
However, it was so good (or possibly convincing) that Tory MP Simon Hoare fell for it when he brought it up in the House of Commons this morning:
Would my right honourable friend agree with these words, written by a worker on the London Underground yesterday afternoon, penned on a public notice board shortly after the events. My judgement is that he or she speaks for the whole country irrespective of faith or creed.
Theresa May replied:
I think that is a wonderful tribute and in a very simple way has encapsulated everything everyone has said in the house today.
And, like any massively shared image on the internet, it's become a meme:
so good to see this on the tube today https://t.co/y8PW2BGSsy— Thomas Gorton (@Thomas Gorton) 1490263616
Inspiring https://t.co/W9D8fFjFhK— Gee Aitch Cee (@Gee Aitch Cee) 1490268719
@GeoffShadbold https://t.co/Zn2Tzpuxiw— IT'S YOUR DECISION, DANIEL (@IT'S YOUR DECISION, DANIEL) 1490267392
And here's the original, if you were curious what it said:
@TomChivers Excited that it will soon be 10 years since the real photo of that sign was taken. https://t.co/BNsyphAyEF— John Self (@John Self) 1490269976
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