Yahoo News UK government is being trolled over a tweet about a bridge
LONDON — The Foreign Office Twitter account wants us to know that Great Britain will soon be home to the world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge.
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Queensferry Crossing in Scotland is set to open in 2017.
Except the bridge featured in the tweet below is not Queensferry Crossing.
Opening in 2017, the 2.7 km Queensferry Crossing will be the longest 3 tower cable-stayed bridge in the world #DesignisGREAT #GlobalBritain pic.twitter.com/3pTCUl1WnN
— Foreign Office (FCO) (@foreignoffice) November 29, 2016
It is of another bridge in Scotland called Forth Bridge, a UNESCO world heritage site that completed construction in 1890.
The FCO labelled the image, indicating that they intentionally used a photo of a different bridge.
That hasn't stopped people expressing their confusion and amusement.
@foreignoffice So why show a bridge opened in 1890 ?
Are you mad ?— Malky MacMalcFace (@MalcolmMackinno) November 29, 2016
Several suggested alternative images that could be used.
@foreignoffice You've used the wrong image, I think. THIS is the Queensferry Crossing. pic.twitter.com/6sqnOXmHt4
— Citizen Of Nowhere (@ClatchardCraig) November 29, 2016
@ClatchardCraig @foreignoffice I'm afraid you're mistaken. THIS is it. pic.twitter.com/uZGxZSRXcH
— MajorBloodnok (@MajorMcBloodnok) November 29, 2016
@MajorMcBloodnok @ClatchardCraig @foreignoffice no this is the Fifth Firth o Forth crossing pic.twitter.com/YavpZR3ruV
— Yon birkie coof (@ron_mould) November 29, 2016
One proud citizen took the Foreign Office's lead and showed off another great triumph of British infrastructure.
.@foreignoffice I'm sure you will also want to welcome the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route pic.twitter.com/1on9mh8Ql8
— Mark McDonald (@markmcdsnp) November 29, 2016
And then Scottish Twitter jumped in and things got political.
@PoliticsScot @dtaylor5633 Now, now. Once they have an ambassador to Scotland they'll be better briefed on Scotland.
— tartanroots (@tartanroots) November 29, 2016
@foreignoffice Built by many Nationalities, paid for by the @theSNP Scottish @scotgov
— Ronald McCallum (@RonaldMcCallum1) November 29, 2016
@foreignoffice The wrong bridge in pic, and it was built by the *Scottish* gov. Your Britishy British flag of Britishness can't hide that😉
— Ben McFadden🎄 (@BenMcFadden10) November 29, 2016
@celtic_spring @foreignoffice Exactly, retract your tweet you imperialist disks!
— Tartan Pimpernel 2.0 (@sporan1314) November 29, 2016
