Tory Attempts To Distract From Theresa May's 'Painful' Andrew Neil Interview Backfire

Theresa May is REALLY NOT enjoying this interview with Andrew Neil. Palpably wants it to end. Very uncomfortable #bbc1

— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) May 22, 2017

I actually think this format works better than a debate. Puts the politicians under much greater pressure.

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) May 22, 2017

Can't we just get Andrew Neil to negotiate with the EU?

— Patrick Kidd (@patrick_kidd) May 22, 2017

Andrew Neil interviewing properly on prime time on BBC1 is a thousand times more informative than a leaders' debate.

— Ian Moss (@_IanMoss) May 22, 2017

This may be the first election in which the Tory leader is a liability and yet still their main asset.

— Philip Collins (@PCollinsTimes) May 22, 2017

The choice is clear: low taxes with PM @theresa_may or higher taxes with Jeremy Corbyn. #VoteConservative

— Philip Hammond (@PhilipHammondUK) May 22, 2017

Pm is absolutely right, we can only fund the NHS properly if we have a strong economy #GE2017

— Amber Rudd (@AmberRuddHR) May 22, 2017

Conservatives in Government have got more people in work & introduced the National Living Wage, boosting pay for 1.7 million #BBCElection

— Priti Patel (@patel4witham) May 22, 2017

It really matters for the future of our country who is Prime Minister and negotiates Brexit #VoteConservative pic.twitter.com/78LKD8TgSp

— Therese Coffey (@theresecoffey) May 22, 2017

Strong and clear from the Prime Minister @theresa_may on social care - so older people don't have to worry about cost of care @afneil

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 22, 2017

Strong performance by PM @theresa_may w/@afneil. There are 17 days to polling day – let’s back her to get Brexit right and secure our future

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 22, 2017

11 days after the election the EU wants to start Brexit negotiations - it’ll be @theresa_may or @jeremycorbyn. Only @theresa_may can deliver pic.twitter.com/CseULwBnAY

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) May 22, 2017

The Cabinet has been very dutiful in copying and pasting those tweets from CCHQ pic.twitter.com/vZetR1ea23

— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) May 22, 2017

Hi it's Lynton. Just tweet something about strong and stable performance, strong hand Brexit, blah blah.

— hrtbps (@hrtbps) May 22, 2017

The choice is clear: Theresa May getting control of our borders, or Jeremy Corbyn who doesn't even want to reduce immigration #GE2017

— CCHQ Press Office (@CCHQPress) May 22, 2017

We have set out plans to increase NHS funding by £8bn - thanks to our strong economy #GE2017

— CCHQ Press Office (@CCHQPress) May 22, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn's plan to pay for elderly care: increasing the basic rate of income tax to 25p for millions of working people #GE2017

— CCHQ Press Office (@CCHQPress) May 22, 2017

This is a lie. https://t.co/G5eIy2XUXs

— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) May 22, 2017

@CCHQPress You are now at the point where you are just fucking lying.

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) May 22, 2017

This is what is known in the trade as a very bad reply to retweet ratio. It's also a very bad tweet. pic.twitter.com/cgVvRVVtOJ

— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) May 22, 2017

@CCHQPress FAKE NEWS

— Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb) May 22, 2017

An astonishing lie. Labour have ruled out tax hikes for 95%. Tories haven't. Labour says the top 5% should pay a bit more. Tories oppose. https://t.co/bpT3zwiy5H

— Owen Jones (@OwenJones84) May 22, 2017

LOL ---we're in deep doo-doo so let's make something up. https://t.co/3Lo3eW4IMV

— Ed Miliband (@Ed_Miliband) May 22, 2017