A tweet on the Labour Party press office Twitter account promising everyone their own owl has been blamed on a “bot”.
Earlier today the Labour press team confused a number of their followers by tweeting:
“Everybody should have his own owl.”
Some have blamed a “bot” for tweeting the message, while others have claimed the account had been hacked, but that did not stop a slew of puns and messages poking fun at “hoot gate” from commentators and news organisations alike.
I've always been Owl Labour #OwlMOV
— John Prescott (@johnprescott) June 19, 2014
Labour already back-tracking on owl pledge. Only 18-21 year olds who agree to education or training will get an owl. pic.twitter.com/vq1HAbAjFF
— John O'Farrell (@mrjohnofarrell) June 19, 2014
HOOT-GATE: Labour have introduced an absolute game-changer policy OWLS. OWLS FOR EVERYBODY. http://t.co/3BMR49esEd pic.twitter.com/xPyhG3HI73
— HuffPost UK (@HuffPostUK) June 19, 2014
Labour’s owl tweet turns a few heads http://t.co/1BXi47U78c
— Times News (@TimesNewsdesk) June 19, 2014
Labour uses #owls to woo voters in what could be their most popular announcement yet http://t.co/XtYK08x3Wz pic.twitter.com/yQTV9AB46X
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 19, 2014
Tories are insisting Labour's new owl policy is in fact a "spare owl subsidy"
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) June 19, 2014
Labour's current owl obsession proves what I have long suspected. They are completely "barny".
— Rees-Mogg (@JakeReesMogg) June 19, 2014
And so the Labour press team decided it was best to reply in kind:
We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) June 19, 2014
For those asking, the owl tweet was a result of our twitter account being hacked. Hopefully we're out of the woods now.
— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) June 19, 2014
