This is how Theresa May's cabinet members looked while they watched her disastrous speech

Alex Barrett
Wednesday 04 October 2017 15:30
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May addressed the annual Conservative conference on Wednesday, 4 October 2017.

It went about as badly it could have possibly gone, due to a number of factors.

Poor planning meant that comedian Lee Nelson handed her a p45 form live on stage.

She also appeared to borrow lines from The West Wing, lost her voice, and the sign behind her fell off the wall on which it was hanging.

It was a seriously memorable, if poorly executed centrepiece for conference.

Here's how a few of her cabinet members reacted as her disastrous speech progressed:

Amber Rudd, Home Secretary:

Picture: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images(OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary:

Picture: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images(OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Picture: REUTERS/Hannah McKay(REUTERS/Hannah McKay)

Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(Getty)

Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer:

Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Wire(Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis:

Picture: REUTERS/Hannah McKay(REUTERS/Hannah McKay)

Picture: EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA(EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA)

Secretary of State for Environment, Michael Gove:

Picture: AP Photo/Rui Vieira(AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Not a lot of smiles, there.

More: The most awkward moments from Theresa May's disastrous speech

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