People are pointing out the huge hypocrisy in an Alastair Campbell tweet

Self-awareness can be a tricky thing, as Alastair Campbell found out today.

Leading Brexiteer Arron Banks had taken aim at journalist Carole Cadwalladr for calling Nigel Farage "on false pretences".

So you rang through on false pretences. Sums up your entire approach to journalism! https://t.co/N7hHuC41N4

— Arron Banks (@Arron_banks) June 11, 2018

A friend had managed to get through to the former Ukip leader, but he put the phone down on Cadwalladr when she tried to ask him questions.

Banks lashed out at the journalist on Twitter, prompting a response from infamous Labour spin doctor Campbell, who is pro-EU.

It was an understandable reaction, especially given Banks's other antics today ... but his line of attack was quite something.

As opposed to destroying a country on false pretences you muppet https://t.co/yNGOzhospB

— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) June 12, 2018

Campbell came back with one of the most hypocritical tweets of all time.

Staggeringly, the man forever associated with the release of the "dodgy dossier" that was used to justify war in Iraq failed to see the irony of his remark.

Fortunately, Twitter users were there to give him a heads-up.

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Some might say brexiteers "sexed up" a "dodgy dossier" in which they warned the EU could "launch WMDs in 45 minutes" oh no wait that was you wasn't it?

— Phil McDuff (@Mc_Heckin_Duff) June 12, 2018

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The children of Baghdad and Basra would agree you criminal. https://t.co/Bt4canQtNz

— Ross Greer (@Ross_Greer) June 12, 2018

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Destroying countries . . . now where have we seen that before, I wonder? pic.twitter.com/G58y1WQHaY

— Just Johnny (@Johnny_TooBad2) June 12, 2018

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Omg Alastair Campbell actually just tweeted this.....I suppose he's an expert in the subject tbf https://t.co/0RvftE10V6

— Socialist Ski (@SocialistSki) June 12, 2018

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True, that would be bad..You sure know about it, right, Mr Campbell?? pic.twitter.com/fxEuNHODxc

— Audrey (@AudreyAurus1) June 12, 2018

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Irony meter off the scale with this one.👇 https://t.co/Fla9uTg14y

— Child of Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@ChildOfAlba) June 12, 2018

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irony is dead https://t.co/43HBV4fqpI

— Eddy39 (@eddygraham39) June 12, 2018

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He seems to have forgotten about Iraq hasn't he ??..

Selling diaries is probably more important.

— Simon T James (@SJT78508478) June 12, 2018

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I can’t believe you actually had the front to write this.

— Lynn Kelly (@Sparkyxxx) June 12, 2018

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Remind me who issued the dodgy dossier to journalists again Alastair? 🤔

— Just J #MMT (@consbyname) June 12, 2018

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This tweet will go down in history as the most hypocritical of all time.

— The Dark Side 🉐 (@yfg7434) June 12, 2018

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I think Alistair Campbell would know more about 'destroying a country' than most. #Iraq

— Arthur Crown (@CeasarorRome) June 12, 2018

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And the 21st Century Prize for lack of self-awareness goes to...

— Scottish & British (@ScotBrit2014) June 12, 2018

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The worst people of the last decade are angry at the worst people from this decade and neither have any self awareness. https://t.co/PyD5ChDYA8

— Shafik Mandhai (@ShafikFM) June 12, 2018

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Mate https://t.co/H4Ji4S7CEa

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) June 12, 2018