CHANNEL 4 News host Jon Snow has provoked a storm on social media after appearing to be confused about the Good Friday Agreement.
The veteran broadcaster posted a message to his more than one million Twitter followers on Monday asking what would have happened if the Good Friday Agreement had been put to referendum - obviously forgetting it was.
His question, "have you ever wondered what would have happened if the Good Friday Agreement had been put to referendum" was greeted with hundreds of replies, with most pointing out his error.
The award-winning journalist, who has been a vocal opponent of the EU referendum on Brexit, had been tweeting on Monday about recent referendum results in Hungary and Colombia when he made the mistake.
The Good Friday agreement was put to a referendum in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on May 22 1998, with a large majority in both jurisdictions voting in favour.
In Northern Ireland, voters were asked to ratify the deal while in the south, they were asked to approve a change to the constitution of Ireland.
In the north, it was passed with 71.1 per cent of the vote and in the Republic, it gained an even bigger 94.4 per cent.
Mr Snow later deleted his tweet without explanation.
One woman said: "You know nothing of the 1998 Good Friday Referendum, Jon Snow", while another user joked: "Can we chalk this one up to not having his coffee yet?".
BBC journalist William Crawley asked : "Do you mean if it had been put to a referendum across the UK?" and another Twitter user added: "I think I'll give Jon Snow the benefit of the doubt and say he meant a referendum in the UK as a whole".
