YOU might think Labour Lords would be quite well versed in talking Scotland down by now ... but no, they're still making hilarious mistakes.
After Scottish football pundit Michael Stewart had shared a chart of the happiest nations in Europe, Labour peer George Foulkes decided to respond.
Stewart had said that with seven of the top 10 nations being European and similar in size to Scotland, it was evidence of the benefits independence could bring.
7 of the top 10 happiest nations in the world are similar sized European nations to Scotland
— Michael Stewart (@mstewart_23) March 30, 2018
It’s almost as if controlling your own country is beneficial
Here’s our potential right here Scotland👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/8DbL0f8VD4
Despite recommending that Stewart's geography teacher needed a word, it was Foulkes who made the basic error, seemingly forgetting how to count.
I must have a word with the geography teacher at Craigmount, Michael. Canada, Australia and even Sweden and New Zealand are all an awful lot bigger than Scotland. At the risk of upsetting Craig Levein, maybe you should stick to football. https://t.co/5FvWiLipOU
— George Foulkes (@GeorgeFoulkes) March 30, 2018
New Zealand, Canada, and Australia – those would be the other three, when someone says "seven out of 10"...
Stewart hit back, saying that he might need to have a word with the House of Lords maths department.
And other Twitter users weren't slow in pointing out Foulkes's hilarious gaffe either.
My God! And folk like you get to make our laws. It's time everyone in the archaic house you inhabit was put out to pasture and asked to repay the ridiculous allowances you claim.
— Jim Hagart (@JimHagart) March 30, 2018
He's talking about European nations you mug.
— Michael Murphy (@mikenaechat) March 30, 2018
new zealand population is 4.93 million? not bigger than Scotland at all
— barry marshall (@barrymarshall31) March 30, 2018
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