Over on Twitter the always brilliant @SoozUK posted a thread of the numerous Conservative leadership wannabes as ’90s British cars and it’s fabulous.
Just when you think you’ve found your favourite, along comes the former chancellor of the exchequer …
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THREAD: The Tory leadership candidates as 90s British cars.
JEREMY HUNT: Ford Mondeo. Zero edge no matter how slick the design is. There was talk that they listed to the left but they want everyone to know they’ve DEFINITELY fixed that now. pic.twitter.com/WA6ej6iSCW
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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SAJID JAVID: Rover 100. A brand you can trust? A modern Mini? One of us? A safe pair of hands? Deeply uncool, woefully unreliable and horribly uncomfortable even in top spec. pic.twitter.com/qTa3m7jlPY
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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LIZ TRUSS: Nissan Patrol. This deathtrap will cost you a fortune in maintenance and running and endangers all who encounter it yet it remains unscathed. Deeply stupid. Terrible for the environment. pic.twitter.com/AxKO0LRtac
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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SUELLA BRAVERMAN: Chrysler Viper. Takes the approach of absolutely roaring on to the scene with maximum torque to really make an impact but quickly reveals poor handling and woeful reliability. Thirsty as hell. pic.twitter.com/JJB8gmzGkF
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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KEMI BADENOCH: Aston Martin Vantage. Initially seems fresh and powerful but the underpinnings are ancient, expensive and worrying. pic.twitter.com/0k9wIxFX2Q
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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NADHIM ZAHAWI: Jaguar S-Type. A reassuring exterior tells us this is good old-fashioned values, confidently presented. But the interior is a different story. A mess that falls apart at the slightest sign of trouble. Notoriously unreliable. pic.twitter.com/pN59xJAqbG
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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GRANT SHAPPS: Vauxhall Omega. Unexciting and there’s something very off-putting about it despite the tedium…but you also keep finding things about them that you LIKE because the rest of the fleet are so grim. And that’s annoying. pic.twitter.com/UwP07Vyu7E
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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TOM TUGENDHAT: Land Rover Defender. No-nonsense, gets the job done and sells himself on being “what you see is what you get”. But at the end of the day they’re still a corporate machine, highly expensive and, well, conservative. pic.twitter.com/n3JcqDFGio
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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PENNY MORDAUNT: In an effort to be all things to all people they manage to appeal to precisely nobody. pic.twitter.com/p7sczK9wqH
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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RISHI SUNAK: Nissan Micra. Small, cute, reasonably priced….what could go wrong?
Fucking. Everything. pic.twitter.com/MQgW7USz6m
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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REHMAN CHISHTI: Austin Montego. Just….wut? pic.twitter.com/pEctpd984Q
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
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Thank you for enjoying my thread of Tory leadership candidates as 90s cars. I will add more as more launch their campaigns. In the meantime if you want to encourage more of this behaviour you can throw me a coffee here:https://t.co/tbqBxkiQQj
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 11, 2022
And just a little bit of the love that Sooz’s latest thread generated.
Glorious. And a grim reminder of how dreadful some cars were in the 90s… https://t.co/loyOwI1MAs
— Lucie McInerney (@LucieMcInerney) July 11, 2022
This is excellent https://t.co/zihxUpppTa
— Peter Campbell (@Petercampbell1) July 11, 2022
SOOZ CAR THREAD KLAXON https://t.co/QO82mYw8q6
— Alex Goy (@A1GOY) July 11, 2022
Assuming Patel would be something with bull-bars. Maybe a commercial vehicle that has different regulations on its impact on civilians (I mean pedestrians).
— Chris Waller
(@ChrisWaller) July 11, 2022
This probably. pic.twitter.com/efU86ngDjR
— Callum McCauley (@Calcoholic1) July 11, 2022
Source: ThePoke
