Ruth Davidson’s wheat-field tweet about Theresa May

Conservative Scottish Conservative leader

What was posted

Ruth Davidson posted a photograph of herself running through wheat at an Edinburgh city farm, playing on Theresa May’s account of doing the same thing as a child.

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Why it mattered

May’s interview answer had become a campaign-era joke. Davidson, who led the Scottish Conservatives, gave it a second run on Twitter by staging her own version.

Sources

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