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| Labour uses owl tweet to woo voters | Labour uses owl tweet to woo voters |
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| The Labour press team on Thursday tweeted what might be their most popular policy yet, when they offered everyone their own free owl. | The Labour press team on Thursday tweeted what might be their most popular policy yet, when they offered everyone their own free owl. |
| Twitter took kindly to the offer, drumming up quite a bit of support for the rather beleaguered Ed Miliband and his team. | Twitter took kindly to the offer, drumming up quite a bit of support for the rather beleaguered Ed Miliband and his team. |
| I'm definitely voting Labour... #Owls pic.twitter.com/e3wszi8xWR | I'm definitely voting Labour... #Owls pic.twitter.com/e3wszi8xWR |
| The tweet linked to an undeniably wonderful video of an owl sitting on a pen; unfortunately it may have contained links to viruses. | The tweet linked to an undeniably wonderful video of an owl sitting on a pen; unfortunately it may have contained links to viruses. |
| @labourpress Warning: if people see this (pic) on the owl video, don't install the Flash update: it contains viruses. pic.twitter.com/w27zlkjrVB | @labourpress Warning: if people see this (pic) on the owl video, don't install the Flash update: it contains viruses. pic.twitter.com/w27zlkjrVB |
| The tweet was quickly removed, and was replaced with a response that was slightly ... laboured (if you'll allow me my own pun). | |
| We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo | We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo |
| And Labour continued... | And Labour continued... |
| For those asking, the owl tweet was a result of our twitter account being hacked. Hopefully we're out of the woods now. | For those asking, the owl tweet was a result of our twitter account being hacked. Hopefully we're out of the woods now. |
| We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo | We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo |
| Twitter was quick to respond with the hashtags #owl, #owlsforall and more. | Twitter was quick to respond with the hashtags #owl, #owlsforall and more. |
| For more information about the Labour owl policy, contact their press office on 28 28 20 | For more information about the Labour owl policy, contact their press office on 28 28 20 |
| Why is this Tory-led government so out of touch when it comes to owls? pic.twitter.com/XG35D2YsM2 | Why is this Tory-led government so out of touch when it comes to owls? pic.twitter.com/XG35D2YsM2 |
| Perhaps this could be reprinted as 'Owl in the Cabinet Office' #owls pic.twitter.com/NUtPkIz6UM | Perhaps this could be reprinted as 'Owl in the Cabinet Office' #owls pic.twitter.com/NUtPkIz6UM |
| Assuming they’re talking barn owls, @UKLabour’s “one owl for everyone" policy would cost about £5.1 billion | Assuming they’re talking barn owls, @UKLabour’s “one owl for everyone" policy would cost about £5.1 billion |
| Suddenly, Ed's sandwich adventures make sense #owls http://t.co/AtHHtEIdCg | Suddenly, Ed's sandwich adventures make sense #owls http://t.co/AtHHtEIdCg |
| Owls. Owls for everyone. pic.twitter.com/CkW6FsaVc9 | Owls. Owls for everyone. pic.twitter.com/CkW6FsaVc9 |
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