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The best of Tweet like a lefty #tweetlikealefty

Tom Winnifrith
Thursday 7 February 2013

If you do not understand that this is irony then you are probably a delided sour faced lefty. Perhaps we should put humour on the National Curriculum. Anyhow if you have missed #tweetlikealefty on twitter this morning here are some of the best comedy tweets.

@DanHannanMEP
What do you mean, give to charity? I’ve already called for higher taxes!

@DanHannanMEP
I support freedom of speech, but some opinions shouldn’t be tolerated in our society.

@DanHannanMEP
This isn’t about the deficit, it’s about fairness and equality.

@DanHannanMEP
If we reversed the Tory cuts, there’d be higher tax revenues and a lower deficit.

@DanHannanMEP
The trouble with referendums is people might not understand the question.

@DanHannanMEP
A one-off 20% wealth tax on the richest 5% would clear the UK debt.

@DanHannanMEP
Foreign aid is about showing that we live in a civilised society.

@DanHannanMEP
All cultures are equally deserving of respect; on the other, Western culture is uniquely destructive and bad.

@JustinianSecond
the labour front bench are from normal backgrounds

@JustinianSecond
I’m a lefty feminist of course I have a sense of humor

@JustinianSecond
Of course a postman who works himself into serious illness and a benefits cheat are both WORKING class

@finalconflict1
Guns in America harm people – ban them. Drugs here are great! legalise them!

‏@Free_Caledonia We need to tax the rich to pay for essential services like opera and ballet. #TweetLikeALefty

@4b2b
Journalist at the BBC. Views mine, not my employer’s. RTs not an endorsement.

@DavidJHannah
Socialism hasn’t brought poverty, despair and desolation to every country that has embraced it. They weren’t doing it right

@BBCPropaganda
The world was created in May 2010. Everything before that was Thatcher’s fault or didn’t happen.

@GibralTarik1
Capitalism is inhumane but competition is good for business

@Songbird_UK
Businesses and individuals should pay more tax than legally obliged to do so, except for me.

@Bazza_68
Everything can be paid for by taxing bankers #tweetlikealefty

@richarevans1
ah, but why borrow it when you can print it.

@UKIP_ete
Smoking, Sky and skunk are human rights

@markwrightuk88
Britain in the 1970’s was not socialist sorry

@FatCouncillor
Starbucks should be nationalised

@TomWinnifrith
It’s all because Thatcher! hated poor people

@BBCPropaganda
If everybody was paid benefits they would pay more tax so it wouldn’t cost anything.

@PeterAJTaylor
It’s the coalition’s fault Jessops, Comet & HMV have gone to the wall, not their piss-poor business models.

@DavidJHannah
This has been fun, but I’ve got to jet off to my conference on carbon reduction.

@Michaelto81
Let’s spend money on building roads and bridges. Any kind. Anywhere.

@VoluntaryAnarch
How can you say the BBC is biased? I agree with everything it says.

@WelshToy
Is #tweetlikealefty trending? that’s Thatcher’s fault.

@PaulChristian
I’m David Cameron.

And off topic another good tweet from today:

@sickipediabot
Chris Huhne wishes he could ‘turn back the clock’. Which let’s face it is yet another serious motoring offence. #CASSJAG

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