20 May 2014

Government minister Lynne Featherstone gets election date wrong

Lib Dem MP and international development minister Lynne Featherstone is a bit calendrically challenged on Twitter.

(Photo By Lynne Featherstone declares polls open… on the wrong day. Photo: Getty)

The Lib Dem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, and a minister at the Department for International Development, Lynne Featherstone, has announced on Twitter that the polls are opening today – for the local elections on Thursday.

Polling day today! Polls open till 10pm – let’s change our council for the better – https://t.co/KO7zsGBTJj

— Lynne Featherstone (@lfeatherstone) May 20, 2014

You know what they say: vote two days early, vote often.

*** UPDATE ***

Featherstone’s deleted the tweet, but here it is captured by Politwoops:

DT @lfeatherstone: Polling day today! Polls open till 10pm – let’s change our council for the bett… https://t.co/uSRGBTSLpb

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