Twitter hack subjects Labour to owls of laughter

A prankster has co-opted the official Twitter feed of the Labour party’s press office to pledge that ‘Everybody should have his own owl.”Despite being swiftly deleted the rogue tweet immediately went viral as social media users deluged the party with puns.Responding to the affair Labour later tweeted; “We had hoped our compulsory owl guarantee would be a head turning policy, but sadly it's no longer going to take flight. #tweettwoo." 

For those asking, the owl tweet was a result of our twitter account being hacked. Hopefully we're out of the woods now.

— Labour Press Team (@labourpress) June 19, 2014

Political opponents were quick to seize the opportunity however with Guido Fawkes intervening:

For more information about the Labour owl policy, contact their press office on 28 28 20

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) June 19, 2014

Others felt Labour policy may not be radical enough and called for a bigger giveaway in time for the general election.

More impressive than owls? Eagles! #owlgate pic.twitter.com/y9m9sAMKz2

— Angela Eagle (@angelaeagle) June 19, 2014