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Tory ex-minister John Redwood ridiculed over 'stupid' Twitter suggestion to fix NHS
A former Tory minister faced broad ridicule this morning, over his suggestion for tackling NHS backlogs.
John Redwood, previously most famous for pretending to know the Welsh national anthem, took to Twitter early this morning with his plan for fixing the health service.
“We hear how the NHS is short of beds,” he wrote at 6.43am.
“Why don’t managers put more in?”
Responses to the suggestion on the social network were quite uncomplimentary.
One user branded it “the stupidest tweet of the year” - beating out stiff competition from Elon Musk and Kanye West to take the top spot.
Another wrote: “I reckon they should just make all the people better, then they won’t need beds.”
“You know other people can see this, right?” another Twitter user quipped.
Nearly 5,000 people had replied to the tweet within a few hours of it being posted - many of them trying to explain the economics of universal health provision to the former Minister - some of them just posting cry laughing emojis.
Sir John, who was a key ally of Liz Truss during her leadership campaign, has called for Rishi Sunak to make sure the Conservative Party “regains its reputation for economic competence.”
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Dec 17, 2022
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We hear how the NHS is short of beds. Why don’t managers put more in?
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Dear me! It's his real account! He has actually typed this! 😳
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Dec 17, 2022
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We hear how the NHS is short of beds. Why don’t managers put more in?
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You know other people can see this right?
10:29 AM · Dec 17, 2022
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We hear how the NHS is short of beds. Why don’t managers put more in?
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And stupidest tweet of the year goes to...
Which brings us to Mr Redwood’s suggestion that NHS bosses could simply “put more beds in” to fix the issue, which is about as smart as a chancellor going ahead with a disastrous mini-budget despite allegedly being warned just how bad that would be.
Thankfully, Twitter was on hand to point out to Mr Redwood just how silly his tweet sounds.
“This must be a parody account, as I’m sure the real John Redwood would know the NHS just don’t have the staff to do that,” responded the political video account Haggis UK.
Another quipped: “Bit annoyed this parody account gets a blue tick.”
“Have you considered ordering some double decker ambulances too,” a third account mocked.
Others referenced the Tories’ inaccurate “40 new hospitals” line and reminded Mr Redwood that you kind of need nurses alongside the beds.
It is with considerable regret that we say it isn’t the first time this Conservative MP has sent out an unfortunate tweet.
His comments from August 2021 calling on climate activist Greta Thunberg to “concentrate on China” instead of the UK backfired, as did his suggestion to “just recruit and train some more” lorry drivers to fix the shortage sparked by Brexit and coronavirus.
He also described Rishi Sunak’s time as chancellor as a “Gordon Brown tribute act”, only for people to point out that the former Labour prime minister actually did a pretty good job when in charge – especially considering, you know, the whole financial crisis and everything.
So please, John, put the phone down.
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