This thread destroying The S*n's latest ridiculous Brexit front page is going viral for very obvious reasons
Ahead of crucial votes in the House of Commons today on numerous Brexit amendments, Britain's most absorbent hate-rag, The S*n, warned MPs not to 'betray Britain' by rebelling against Theresa May's increasingly flimsy government to implement a softer version of Brexit. The headline on The S*ns front page blared:
"As MPs vote on Brexit today, we say to them: You have a choice...
GREAT BRITAIN
OR
GREAT BETRAYAL"
And the front page also goes on to proclaim that "The Sun says":
"REBEL Tory MPs could today destroy their Prime Minster their Government and the Brexit the 17.4million majority voted for."
And behind their veiled threats, The S*n had helpfully photoshopped a collage of what at first glance appears to be a very British scene. Their pictorial amalgamation features such supposedly quintessentially British things such as The Mini, Windsor Castle and the Red Arrows, amongst many other crudely slapped together items:
However, as an incredible thread by Twitter user Otto English explains, it seems that either The S*n's editors know absolutely nothing about Britain's most iconic institutions, or they were trying to fool their readers into feeling a particularly misplaced sense of British pride. Otto's magnificent thread goes on to explain that almost every item The S*n had included on their front page was, in fact, not entirely British - with some even being completely foreign-made. Yes, the thread points out that far from being entirely British, The S*n had made the following massive oversights:
The sheep are German Black Headed Mutton sheep.
The Shard is owned by a Quatarian businessman, and was designed by an Italian
The Angel of the North was paid for by EU arts funding, and built with Indian steel
The Red Arrows motto is “Éclat” French for excellence
Stonehenge was built before the idea of nationalism, and government
Mini is owned by BMW, designed by a Greek
Alton towers was built by a German company
Winsor castle was built by a Norman Duke
The Loch Ness monster – is fictional, but if you’d like the push the point, the Scots voted 56% to remain
Fish and chips were invented by a Jewish immigrant
Pugin who designed the House Of Lords’ interior, was a French immigrant
Of course finally, the Sun is owned by that quintessentially British - albeit Australian born American citizen - Rupert Murdoch
https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1006294392032956416 https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1006295198492700674 https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1006295868314660864 https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1006420648451854337 https://twitter.com/Otto_English/status/1006296679975456768 Now that is a response that TRULY makes us proud to be British!