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UK: A ‘strong and stable’ van overturned in the wind and everyone’s making the same joke

BY GIANLUCA MEZZOFIORE From Mashable

After hearing the buzzphrase “strong and stable” being uttered endlessly during Theresa May’s campaign, a van with the slogan emblazoned on it overturned in the wind on a motorway.

Kevin @rascalblog
Oh god this is too perfect – a ‘strong and stable’ Tory ad van that had been driving round town blew over on the motorway.
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Nobody was injured when the van turned on its side on the M6, but motorists faced long delays as emergency services arrived on the scene and a 30mile-per-hour speed limit was put in place.

Social media users seized on the obvious metaphor. They also referenced that time a rainbow appearing during a Jeremy Corbyn speech:

liberalisland @LiberalIsland
Hey #tories your “strong and stable” van was weak and windswept today .. pretty much sums up your campaign. #GE2107

Dallo @dallo100
Omen? Tory ‘strong and stable’ advertising van overturns . Rainbow appears during Corbyn’s speech. Omen? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/election-tory-strong-stable-van-overturns-conservatives-theresa-may-advert-a7776136.html …

Pete Garrard @LiverpoolPeteG
A Tory “strong and stable” van blew over in the wind, causing a crash on the M6. Then a rainbow appeared over a Corbyn rally in Birmingham.

★ Unklerupert @unklerupert
The Tory strong and stable van got blown over today and this happened tonight in Birmingham, come on! #forthemanynotthefew

Strong and stable, indeed.

For more on this story go to: http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/tory-van-conservatives-strong-stable-general-election/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed#ZiO_MMkepqqm

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