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Facebook caveman blunder for Medway Labour Party members

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 22:41, 30 March 2018

Updated: 22:52, 30 March 2018

A Labour Party meeting being broadcast on Facebook Live descended into farce when somebody accidentally added a caveman filter.

The blunder saw members of the Medway branch appearing in front of a prehistoric backdrop for a large section of the meeting.

At one point, an oblivious Cllr Tris Osborne had a black caveman wig sitting on top of his head.

An unusual look for Cllr Tris Osborne (1346940)

It is thought that whoever was filming the meeting had previously downloaded an app promoting the movie Early Man - and accidentally activated it during the broadcast.

The unusual addition was spotted by social media expert Ed Jennings, who tweeted: "So it seems @MedwayLabour accidentally broadcast part of their Facebook Live stream yesterday with a caveman filter on - doing this to poor Tris Osborne."

Prehistoric scenes for Medway Labour (1346938)

But organisers took the situation in good spirits, with Medway's official Labour Twitter account replying: "At least people are watching it right? Maybe we should do this more often!"

Cllr Osborne also saw the funny side, saying simply: "Another day in local government..."

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