When Monday’s Telegraph ran a notebook column on the Panama Papers and claimed David Cameron’s “fate” was to be “trapped in wealth”, much of the internet – Twitter in particular – was having none of it.
Let's take a moment to feel sorry for the Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/3bOBog4OCz
— Steve Anglesey (@sanglesey) April 11, 2016
“You often hear of people being ‘trapped in poverty,'” the piece reads, “but it is also possible to be trapped in wealth. This is David Cameron’s fate.”
Steve Anglesey, Digital Content Director at ArchantDigital, was one of the first to use the hashtag #TrappedInWealth after criticising the editorial, and shortly afterwards it began trending on Twitter.
Obviously, chaos ensued.
Help David escape the trap of wealth by making him unemployed. #TrappedInWealth pic.twitter.com/r7nOJPWonh
— Bozwonk (@lolwarlol) April 11, 2016
I thought I was #trappedinwealth once, but it turned out I hadn't transferred my rent across yet. I was scared for a split second. #empathy
— RustyCage (@cage_rusty) April 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/hippy_jon/status/719493195562946561
https://twitter.com/Ally__Jam/status/719477589014929410
https://twitter.com/CosyFT/status/719481062477406208
At this dificult time our thoughts and prayers are with those more fortunate individuals #Trappedinwealth pic.twitter.com/DEbhnDeSpl
— Peace, Love & Sour Power (@alanknox) April 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/AbiWilks/status/719435957678829571
@AbiWilks pic.twitter.com/PBCVnRrTS7
— @CyclingJourno@toot.bike John Stevenson (@CyclingJourno) April 11, 2016
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