The Department for Communities and Local Government have announced that they’re planning to double littering fines from between £50 – £80, up to £150 if you don’t pay your fine on time.

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Fair enough I guess, littering is a shit thing to do so extortionate fines are a good deterrent.

But what really took the piss, is that Communities minister Marcus Jones kick-started a new campaign called #CleanForTheQueen in an attempt to get us cleaning the streets ourselves, or risk making the Queen feel sad.

We wish you a #HappyNewYear! Now, let’s make getting things #CleanForTheQueen a priority for #2016! pic.twitter.com/l7Dl1qADxy

— Clean for The Queen (@cleanforqueen) January 1, 2016

Naturally, no one was really up for it:

https://twitter.com/TBones49/status/683235056400351232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/aileen_mcgibbon/status/683318351687467008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/Poppyheywood/status/683319954196852736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Instead of #CleanForTheQueen, we should clean up our democracy, ridding it of its hereditary and unelected positions once and for all.

— Republic (@RepublicStaff) January 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/TheProtestBoard/status/683312152946589696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/chrismurraylaw/status/683315479000252416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

#CleanForTheQueen

That's what we need in these hard times; to all do our bit for the most fortunate person in the country. For free.

— Metal Gear Solidarity (@MGearSolidarity) January 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/CelestineBee/status/683283050084564992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

#CleanForTheQueen , because #ScrubTheStreetsPeasants doesn't have quite the same ring to it

— Josh☭ (@pauperprintsS) January 3, 2016

There are over 100k kids homeless in Britain but this gov't top priority for 2016 is #cleanforthequeen

— John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) (@Harryslaststand) January 2, 2016

It's a shame that #CleanForTheQueen is catchier than the more accurate #StopSavagePoliticallyMotivatedCutsToCouncilBudgetsForTheQueen

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 2, 2016

https://twitter.com/mrs_bremner/status/683280696161472512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/samlovesalfie/status/683316036586848257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/hnnhclln/status/683268849907724288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

So I guess the streets are about to get grimier, if anything.

Still, nowhere near as brutal as when Conor McGregor told her to go F herself.