‘I'd prefer ACID but milkshakes will do’: Charity worker provokes outrage with Farage attack tweet
A UK charity worker has caused fury on social media after suggesting she would have preferred if it had been acid and not a milkshake that was hurled at Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage while campaigning in Newcastle on Monday.
In a tweet from her now-deleted account, Ruth Townsend, who is head of measurement and policy at charity Happy City, which focuses its work on ‘wellbeing’ applauded Paul Crowther, the man behind the milkshake attack on Farage. However, she ostensibly was a little annoyed it hadn’t been a more lethal substance.
Great that milkshakes have become a thing when it comes to the racists in our midst. I'd prefer acid but milkshakes will do for now I guess.
Ruth Townsley’s now-deleted tweet about #NigelFaragepic.twitter.com/c5aYXPKxwL
— Lucy Brown (@lucyfrown) May 21, 2019
Townsend’s remarks have prompted fury on social media. One Twitter user fumed “WTF is wrong with these deluded, twisted, malicious, oppressive individuals?” While others considered this “despicable” and “vile.”
I swear my head will explode if I see one more person who preaches love & tolerance spew more hate in a minute than I have in my lifetime! WTF is wrong with these deluded, twisted, malicious, oppressive individuals? 🙄🤦🏻♀️🤯
— Fiona Hallett (@Scattyfi) May 21, 2019
https://www.rt.com/uk/459908-charity-acid-farage-milkshake/