Hellfire103 to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoBoris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo IDwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1797arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipunitedkingdom@feddit.ukuk_politics@feddit.ukglobalnews@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1784arrow-down1external-linkBoris Johnson turned away from polling station after forgetting to bring photo IDwww.theguardian.comHellfire103 to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipunitedkingdom@feddit.ukuk_politics@feddit.ukglobalnews@lemmy.zip
minus-square@nutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-8•2 months agoWhy would this be the onion? Why should they let him vote without an ID
minus-square@GuntriggerlinkEnglish23•2 months agoYou’d think that the Prime Minister who implemented the rule to require a photo ID to vote would then not forget his own photo ID at the next time he tries to vote. Smells distinctly oniony.
minus-square@nutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-9•2 months agoseems like the opposite of irony to me. it’s exactly the policy he intended
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-22 months agoSatire is frequently ironic. The irony in this case is that he was turned away by his own policy.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoThe irony is that he was affected by his intended policy. Most conservatives rather notably don’t make policies that will do that.
Why would this be the onion? Why should they let him vote without an ID
You’d think that the Prime Minister who implemented the rule to require a photo ID to vote would then not forget his own photo ID at the next time he tries to vote. Smells distinctly oniony.
seems like the opposite of irony to me. it’s exactly the policy he intended
The irony is that he forgot, not that he was denied
The Onion isn’t ironic, it’s satire.
Satire is frequently ironic. The irony in this case is that he was turned away by his own policy.
The irony is that he was affected by his intended policy. Most conservatives rather notably don’t make policies that will do that.