Talk:Heather Wheeler

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Dom Kaos in topic Twitter controversy

Twitter controversy

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As per WP:RECENTISM, I've deleted the recent additions regarding Wheeler's current Twitter controversy: while it is currently in the media, it may, in a few weeks, fade into the background again. I think it's best left here on the talk page until the dust settles. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 17:57, 23 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

In August 2016, following the 2016 Rio Olympics, the EU shared a modified medals table showing its combined member states in first place. In a response that was widely criticised, and which she later defended as a "tongue-in-cheek pop", Wheeler then tweeted a map of former imperial territories and claimed that the British Empire had won the 2016 Rio Olympics.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Withnall, Adam (August 23, 2016), "'British Empire' won the Olympics, claims Conservative MP Heather Wheeler", The Independent
  2. ^ Muir, Rod (23 August 2016). "Conservative MP celebrates performance of 'British Empire' in Rio". Total Politics. Retrieved 23 August 2016.