An extensively shared post on Facebook declares to reveal a tweet from minister Nadhim Zahawi puzzling the stars Leslie Phillips and Lesley Joseph.
The Facebook post seems a screenshot of a tweet published by Mr Zahawi which checks out: “RIP Leslie Phillips, an excellent starlet, matured viewing Birds of a Plume”.
The exact same image has actually likewise been distributed on Twitter with numerousshares
It was revealed on 8 November that Leslie Phillips, who was understood for appearing in the Carry On movies, had actually passed away. Nevertheless Mr Phillips did not appear in Birds of a Plume. The screenshot appears to reveal Mr Zahawi blending him up with Lesley Joseph, who did.
A lot of the talk about the Facebook post criticise Mr Zahawi for obviously puzzling the 2 stars.
Nevertheless, we can discover no proof that Mr Zahawi ever published this tweet from hisofficial Twitter account The tweet does not appear in search, and the typeface in the screenshot is various from the typical Twitter typeface.
Complete Truth has actually called Mr Zahawi to validate whether he ever published this tweet, and will upgrade this short article if we get a reaction.
The screenshot published to both Facebook and twitter has a watermark in the leading right corner suggesting that it was published by a satirical Facebook page. The Facebook page in concern states: “All watermarked memes are produced by the page administrators and as such are the copyright of the page administrators. All memes are jokes, not claims and must be taken within comical context.”
It for that reason appears that the image was initially published as a joke, however a few of the talk about the posts now show it is being taken seriously. The joke might be a recommendation to a real error Mr Zahawi made on Twitter in the past, where he puzzled star Dennis Waterman (who passed away in Might) with music manufacturer Pete Waterman.
The phrasing in the screenshot shared on social networks is practically similar to the post where Mr Zahawi made this error.
This is not the very first time we have actually truth examined produced screenshots professing to be tweets by MPs, with tweets supposedly from Nadine Dorries going viral on social networks.
Image thanks to Chris McAndrew
