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A unautorised tweet was published by the united kingdom Civil Services of driving recently, causing an uproar in the social media | Image credit: Twitter
The joke came in the backdrop of widespread criticism that the Conservative Boris Johnson government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- News18.com
- Last Update: May 25, 2020, 1:08 PM IST
A trick tweet posted anonymously through a government official handle on Twitter created a great scandal in the United Kingdom on Sunday, and even attracted the attention of Harry Potter creator JK Rowling.
On Sunday, the united kingdom, the Cabinet Office official asa took to Twitter to report an “unauthorized “tweet” had been published of a government to handle the Sunday without the knowledge of supervisors.
Unauthorized tweet was posted on a government channel this evening. The post has been removed and we are investigating the matter.
— The cabinet Office (@cabinetofficeuk) May 24, 2020
The government also reported that the tweet had already been deleted and that the matter was being investigated.
Although it was difficult to decipher the cryptic tweet, netizens soon found out the particular tweet in question that seemed to have been published anonymously.
On 24 May, the uk Civil Service’s official Twitter handle posted the following tweet: “Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with the truth twisters?”
The tweet became viral before being taken down. The joke came in the backdrop of widespread criticism that the Conservative Boris Johnson government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As more and more citizens of the shared network that, many including the writer JK Rowling praised the anonymous prankster to come up with the best way to resign ever.
Responding to the Cabinet Office’s tweet regarding the joke, Rowling wrote, “When you find out who it was, please let us know. I want to give you a year’s salary”.
Rowling was not the only one who came to the joker of the defense. Many on the internet, said this type of incidents demonstrated that the government of the united kingdom of “the mask falls” under the toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
From today, the uk had more than 36,000 deaths from coronavirus, and more than 2.6 lakh confirmed cases.
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