Ahead of polls opening on Thursday, parties are making desperate last-minute efforts to woo voters – and it would seem like the Green Party’s weapon of choice is humour.
First up, Ladbrokes tweeted this.
A Ladbrokes customer in London has had £1,000 on the Greens to win most seats at 1000/1. Will win £1m in the unlikely event they are right.
— Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) June 7, 2017
To which the party replied with uber-quick wit.
CAROLINE! THAT WAS THE LAST OF THE ELECTION FUND! https://t.co/yY1FX7N3yI
— Green Party (@TheGreenParty) June 7, 2017
Politics is traditionally quite stiff upper lipped and staid, so it’s refreshing to see a party poking a bit of fun at itself. They are cheekily insinuating that co-leader Caroline Lucas placed that bet using the party’s funds.And their efforts to bring a bit of comedy to the campaign trail haven’t gone unnoticed.
Brilliant :-)
— Cliff O'Sullivan (@cliffsull) June 7, 2017
Fair play ????
— Stuart (@stuart180) June 7, 2017
Best grand spent on viral marketing yet.
— beemoh (@beemoh) June 7, 2017
??????
— Jake (@Jonesylufc88) June 7, 2017
As election fever reaches its peak, this kind of light relief is very welcome.And if the anonymous better does indeed get it right, with odds at 1000/1 they’re looking at a cool £1 million. Not bad for a day’s work.
