When Nigel Farage uploaded a picture of himself after seeing Dunkirk, who could have guessed that the internet would run amok with it?
Not Nigel, one presumes. Or perhaps he knew it would happen, cleverly engineering himself some free PR at the expense of being made to look a bit silly. Or perhaps he knew it would happen, and didn’t care.
Either way, he posted a picture of himself standing in front of a poster for Dunkirk to his Twitter feed. Apparently he loved the film (though you’d never guess it from his face) urging “every youngster to go out and watch Dunkirk”.
I urge every youngster to go out and watch #Dunkirk pic.twitter.com/wxqap6a2dP
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 25, 2017
He’s right, it’s a great movie. Youngsters, go and watch Dunkirk. It’s a great movie. Nigel agrees: it’s a great movie. A legion of noble Brits trying to escape the tyranny and chaos of mainland Europe? Great. Movie.
But you know what’s better than a movie, even a great movie? People with Photoshop and nothing better to do. Those people got a hold of Nigel’s glum-faced (probably supposed to be ‘respectful’ or ‘sombre’) advocation and ran with it.
I urge every youngster to go out and watch #policeacademy4 pic.twitter.com/d4BNuRXDeH
— Necro Supernaut XIII (@NecroButcher187) July 26, 2017
I urge every youngster to go out and watch Debbie Does Dallas. pic.twitter.com/SGy4Ayhhut
— John Rain 🥇 (@ItsJohnRain) July 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/huwlemmey/status/890161804508377092
I urge every youngster to go out & watch #suburbancommando pic.twitter.com/YlbJCOhijD
— joe heenan (@joeheenan) July 26, 2017
I urge every youngster to go out and watch #HardBrexxxit pic.twitter.com/WRzhB5owJM
— Mnrrnt and 207 others (@Mnrrnt) July 26, 2017
I urge every youngster to go out and watch #PaulBlartMallCop2 pic.twitter.com/bCawMhf8lN
— Sean Leahy (@thepunningman) July 26, 2017
I urge every youngster to go out and watch #PeppaPigDaMovie pic.twitter.com/W2893U2gP0
— Rod Kelly (@rodkelly50) July 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/davidclewis/status/890106491562332162
I urge every youngster to go out and watch pic.twitter.com/OnkZsPqVG5
— David (@davidclewis) July 26, 2017
I urge every youngster to go out and watch European Parliament pic.twitter.com/QMPaDF6gCo
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 26, 2017