Much like the rest of the UK, BBC News presenter and Alan Partridge star, Emily Maitlis is starting to grow a little sick and tired of politicians.
After last night's scenes in the Commons, when Theresa May's maligned EU withdrawal agreement was overwhelmingly rejected by MPs, several scenarios now look very possible.
These include a second referendum, an extension of Article 50 and a snap general election, all of which could be announced in the coming days.
While trying to get to the bottom of some questions on these very serious issues, she asked Labour's shadow international trade secretary, Barry Gardiner, what 'Brexit vision' would be on their manifesto.
Gardiner responded by saying:
To negotiate the deal set we have set out...
Maitlis then cut off Gardiner and asked if that will be on the Labour leaflets. This took Gardiner slightly back but he continued by saying:
Well... we will decide what our manifesto position is... as we normally do. It's a democratic party. It's not made up by one person on Newsnight, as you know.
Cue a passive aggressive rustling of her papers and brutal side eye towards the cameras. An exasperated Maitlis then replied:
It's not made up at all. People are literally pulling their hair out tonight.
The moment was captured by many on social media and has since become something of a viral sensation and people are loving the side-eye.
The reaction of @maitlis to @BarryGardiner’s waffle on #Newsnight is EVERYTHING TO ME RN. I bet she’s writing “CO… https://t.co/7INGtCD85q— Alex Andreou (@Alex Andreou) 1552432245
Emily is not having *any* guff from politicians tonight 🤣 https://t.co/TBeAz7ZMHo— Declan Cashin (@Declan Cashin) 1552431261
.@maitlis HAS FUCKING HAD IT. WE’VE ALL FUCKING HAD IT. https://t.co/5NVnYWNAI4— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@Hannah Jane Parkinson) 1552434435
TV gold, here, from Emily Maitlis, who illustrates what must be a common reaction when Barry Gardiner opens his mou… https://t.co/8WH6WykltO— Tony McDonough (@Tony McDonough) 1552437988
He's essentially a peak-Python Michael Palin character doing a long-form monologue designed to bore you into laughi… https://t.co/VYCbznW2Gc— IT'S YOUR DECISION, DANIEL (@IT'S YOUR DECISION, DANIEL) 1552433144
Emily Maitlis is 99.9% of the UK populations spirit animal. https://t.co/6am3YYSptM— Ryan Wills (@Ryan Wills) 1552437048
Others were trying to guess what she was scribbling down on her piece of paper.
Caught on camera, what Emily @maitlis is scribbling on her notes #newsnight https://t.co/GwAIaXtZTN— 1.21 GW (@1.21 GW) 1552431489
It even became a meme.
When the meeting could've been an email https://t.co/oO4A1MgsDk— James Delamare (@James Delamare) 1552466793
@mrjamesob @dholland422 As Emily Maitlis would say:- https://t.co/X8KnScNjkf— Hugh Sainsbury #FBPE (@Hugh Sainsbury #FBPE) 1552441524
We are all Emily Maitlis https://t.co/mVdrFvqyGv— Alice Jones (@Alice Jones) 1552432519
Maitlis side eye has knocked the planet off orbit. https://t.co/7EZtR0GHIl— Nick Walker (@Nick Walker) 1552432092
Partridge didn’t even get this reaction when he introduced himself to @maitlis in the lift https://t.co/tML2oZNryB— James Horncastle (@James Horncastle) 1552432639
HT The Poke
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