Boris Johnson’s motorcade of vehicles was spotted going the wrong way down a one-way street and it’s become the latest in a string of memes using humour to make sense of the political situation in England.
Matt Chorley, editor of The Times Red Box shared a picture from Sky News on Twitter in which Boris’ car and a procession of others along with police escorts can be seen heading down a road that has rather obvious white arrows pointing the other way.
He captioned the photo:
Boris Johnson's motorcade going the wrong way down a one-way street. He's not big on the laws, is he?
Boris Johnson's motorcade going the wrong way down a one-way street. He's not big on the laws, is he? https://t.co/rBUHs62s9k— Matt Chorley (@Matt Chorley) 1569406226
People quickly pointed out that he had a police escort, and he probably wasn't the one actually driving...
@MattChorley @BenedictSpence You know he's not actually driving & it's the police who dictate the route?— Tony (@Tony) 1569407471
BBC reporter Laura Kuenssberg was one of the first to get in on the jokes
@MattChorley I've always thought the Prime Minister's outriders have a sense of humour— Laura Kuenssberg (@Laura Kuenssberg) 1569406291
...And the image was striking enough to become a metaphor for all things British politics
@MattChorley "I respect the one way system but I strongly disagree with it"— Joel Salmon (@Joel Salmon) 1569407559
@MattChorley https://t.co/4sMKJKW0EW— Henry Zeffman (@Henry Zeffman) 1569406401
The jokes came swiftly
@MattChorley 🎵Wrong way, down a one way street🎵 https://t.co/zW2paCoNcv— Christopher Fieldhouse 🚀 (@Christopher Fieldhouse 🚀) 1569408995
@MattChorley https://t.co/PGDfXCfNZg— Nathaniel Titley (@Nathaniel Titley) 1569407027
The prime minister returned earlier from New York and the UN Summit after 11 judges unanimously voted that his plan to suspend parliament for five weeks in the lead-up to Brexit was "unlawful."
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