
People are mocking a resurfaced Conservative party tweet promising that Boris Johnson's Brexit deal is "oven ready".
The tweet is now heavily ironic, given that Johnson has threatened to walk out of Brexit talks if a deal isn't negotiated by mid-October, making a no-deal Brexit a firm possibility once again.
And now the whole Brexit process has been thrown into more uncertainty by reports that Johnson plans to "rip apart" elements of the Withdrawal Agreement he negotiated with the EU last year.
Well this is awkward..... https://t.co/xPOZVoNSPv— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) 1599431609
Recently, Johnson admitted that coming to an agreement with the EU is "very difficult", while leaked government documents reportedly suggest that preparing the UK's borders for post-Brexit trade is "proving unmanageable".
This would be terribly embarrassing if he had based his entire election campaign around having a Brexit deal ready to go... right?
It’s literally what they campaigned on. https://t.co/zUXCsQHaO1— Prof Paul Bernal (@Prof Paul Bernal) 1599461928
This has aged well https://t.co/CTf7jQPjnn— badly-drawn bee...🐝 (@badly-drawn bee...🐝) 1599425356
They lied. https://t.co/iOUFKSouFO— Chris Bryant (@Chris Bryant) 1599460130
People are making suggestions as to what is really in Johnson's microwaveable Brexit box.
It seems all it contained after all was red-tape, some chlorinated chicken & international shame... https://t.co/59lH7Ei6Lb— Peter Whiteley (@Peter Whiteley) 1599426321
the meal in question https://t.co/gjIqdiG2cy https://t.co/Id0NCuWaLh— carx (@carx) 1599429121
There's nothing in the box 😨 https://t.co/lvXDGuTtz9— Richard Atkinson (@Richard Atkinson) 1599431084
And questioning what that 'Ding!' sound really is.
Ding! (Oh, but it's the lie detector, not the microwave) https://t.co/RcYEabSUn0— sam wollaston (@sam wollaston) 1599465123
Ding! Our Brexit deal was a bait and switch scam. https://t.co/lK3ERVtQst— Alexis Conran (@Alexis Conran) 1599460125
It's certainly not the sound of a finished Brexit deal coming out of the microwave.
Or should that be oven? It's always been unclear...
@Conservatives This doesn't make any sense. If it's ready, why do we need to put it in the microwave?— Evolve Politics (@Evolve Politics) 1575388908
The UK left the EU on 31 January and entered a transition period until 31 December.
If a deal isn't successfully negotiated within this period, the UK is very likely to crash out in January next year.
So far, it seems that Johnson's plan was actually as half-baked as his oft-repeated metaphors.
Remind us all how your Brexit deal is "oven ready" again?