LAST NIGHT, THERE was a bit of a kerfuffle over the use of a graph by Fine Gael on Twitter… which culminated in a TD calling a Twitter user a “moron”.

It all started when David Kenny criticised a graph tweeted by Fine Gael, which was supposed to illustrate the drop in unemployment over five years.

Lowest unemployment rate in five years. #allaboutjobs #dail pic.twitter.com/KdSCQ9kyE0
— Alan Farrell TD (@AlanFarrell) November 26, 2014

Alan Farrell TD / Twitter

The graph was criticised as “nonsense” by Kenny in a tweet to Deputy Farrell.

Farrell responded: “yes, of course you are right. A circa 25% reduction in unemployment since taking office is nonsense. Moron.”

Now Kenny has created his own graph for the Deputy (in which the axes are mixed up):

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Read: A Twitter row over this incredibly vague graph climaxed with a FG TD calling a voter a “moron”>

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