Moments before Liz Truss was announced as the country's new Prime Minister this afternoon, an undeleted tweet she made about paedophile Jimmy Savile resurfaced on social media.
Truss beat off competition from Rishi Sunak in a contest to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and become the country's premier.
However, some people couldn't help but poke fun at the old tweet where the incoming PM mourned the death of the notorious paedophile – whom she said was "always in good spirits."
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On October 29 in 2011, Truss tweeted: "Used to see Jimmy Savile at the Flying Pizza on Street Lane, Roundhay. Always in good spirits. RIP."
Savile, who was knighted by the Queen for his charity work, used his status to evade justice for his serial sex abuse for decades, before dying on the aforementioned date with no charges to his name.
Retweeting the decade-old tweet, Twitter talking head James Felton wrote: "This excellent judge of character is about to pick the cabinet."
In a second tweet, he added: "If I was prime minister I would think about deleting my 'I’m sad the notorious paedophile has died' tweet."
Many people commented on social media, with one saying: "There is always a tweet."
Another added: " Liz Truss can’t even manage a Twitter account, let alone a country."
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One more person wrote: "I'm not sure Saville's reputation ever fully recovered from the association with Liz."
The tweet had already been highlighted over summer, during the leadership campaign, but was not deleted by the new PM.
Savile was one of UK's most recognisable figures appearing on Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It.
He died at the age of 84 on October 29 2011, having been in hospital with pneumonia a short time before.
In an interview before he died, Savile said: "I've got a bounce back-ability, but this time I don't seem to be bouncing back."
In 2012, he was first exposed as a paedophile and Operation Yewtree was launched after a fresh flood of allegations were made.
The following year, a joint Scotland Yard and NSPCC report branded him one of the UK’s most prolific known sexual predators.
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