Feb 16, 2019
Our man is most likely replying to a series of tweets posted by Tim Montgomerie, a conservative political activist, blogger and columnist. Hugh’s examples are of failed ventures or a wrong outcome made right. ‘Peanuts in Tanzania’ refers to an effort more commonly known as ‘the groundnut scheme’, while Lance Armstrong, an international cycling athlete, was relieved of his titles after he admitted to using banned drugs to win the Tour de France. As for the Birmingham Six, they are men from Northern Ireland, then currently living in Birmingham, who were wrongly accused of the bombing of two pubs in 1974.
(Thanks to Stephen/@tweedy151 for letting us know Hugh was responding to Mr. Montgomerie.)