JK Rowling offers reward to secret tweeter who called the PM a 'truth twister'

An internal investigation has been launched after an official government social media account called Boris Johnson “offensive” and a “truth twister”.

By Robyn Vinter

Published 24th May 2020, 19:34 BST

Updated 24th May 2020, 19:36 BST

The tweet was removed after it became the most popular tweet from the account.

At 5.53pm, after the Prime Minister’s briefing, the official UK civil service Twitter account tweeted: “Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?”

The message became the most popular tweet ever from the account before it was deleted.

The Cabinet Office tweeted: “An unauthorised tweet was posted on a government channel this evening. The post has been removed and we are investigating the matter.”

Members of the public jokingly called for the tweeter to receive a knighthood and multi-millionaire author JK Rowling offered to pay a year’s salary to the culprit.