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
Windsor castle built by Norman duke
Mini designed by Greek Alec Issigonis
Shard designed by Italian Renzo Piano
Loch Ness monster – fictional like sovereignty
Alton Towers Smiler built by Gerstlauer a German firm
The Sun newspaper owned by Australian born American Rupert Murdoch pic.twitter.com/qTKBj2HSWl— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 11, 2018
Fish and chips invented by a Jewish immigrant. Stonehenge built by people who wouldn't have understood the concept of nations. The Red Arrows motto Éclat is French for "excellence"… but apart from that…. top marks
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 11, 2018
Pugin who designed interior of Parliament was the son of a French immigrant
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 11, 2018
Hilariously the sheep breed is German black headed mutton.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 12, 2018
— Otto English (@Otto_English) June 11, 2018
Now that is a response that TRULY makes us proud to be British!
