Today is the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, it’s also the day Marty McFly went to in the Back to the Future. The jokes got tiresome pretty quickly...
Sadiq was keen to establish his man-of-the-people street cred:
Don't go #BackToTheFuture with the Tories – I've pledged to freeze fares for flying cars. https://t.co/0y4G3xUqtz pic.twitter.com/S8pF8YIFWH
— Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) October 21, 2015
The Scottish police took a break from arresting journalists:
If you're driving today remember that 88mph is over the speed limit & you might end up in the future! Watch your speed #BackToTheFuture
— Police Scotland (@policescotland) October 21, 2015
DWP thought this was a good idea:
‘Pensions? Where we’re going we don’t need pensions…’ #DontIgnoreIt #BackToTheFuture https://t.co/fWkyXT9qBY pic.twitter.com/G1Pjx7P2oO
— DWP Press Office (@dwppressoffice) October 21, 2015
Some guy held a hover-board protest outside parliament:
People tried to stop the inevitable:
https://t.co/O15lF62YDK petition asking MPs not to mention Back to the Future
— Tom Chivers (@TomChivers) October 21, 2015
But to no avail:
American politicians were even more egregious in their co-option of Back to the Future Day. Check out this as from Senator Marco Rubio:
And presidential candidate Carly Fiorina:
Obviously the Guardian live-blogged it:
The Guardian isn't just live blogging Back to the Future day, they started 7 hours ago https://t.co/mb37QjjGBx pic.twitter.com/63nAqe7O9X
— Patrick Smith (@psmith) October 21, 2015
The future is terrible…
