'Raise a glass': UK Treasury faces backlash after hailing pubs reopening on Saturday
Offical Twitter account encourages patrons to ‘grab a drink’, but tone accused of being in poor taste given UK’s Covid-19 death toll
The Treasury has been accused of taking an irresponsible approach to the coronavirus epidemic after a backlash to a post on its official Twitter account that hailed Saturday’s scheduled reopening of England’s pubs.
“Grab a drink and raise a glass, pubs are reopening their doors from 4 July,” the tweet read, while a graphic carried the message: “Pubs are back”.
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