‘Seven bins? Not on my watch mate’: Sunak’s green pledges spark ridicule on social media

PM's claim he has rescued the electorate from multiple recycling bins a particular focus of online lampooning

Rishi Sunak's pledge to scrap a series of green measures has prompted ridicule from critics who say they were never a reality - and on social media have taken on a life of their own.

You boy, which of the seven bins is it this week?" read the caption above an image of Scrooge - from the 1951 adaptation of A Christmas Carol - in a tweet lampooning the prime minister's claim he had spared people from being forced to recycle in as many different bins.