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Louis Staples
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Another day, another day of political developments that make the mind boggle.
In today’s news, a full-scale cabinet coup is reportedly underway. Prime minister Theresa May’s cabinet colleagues are reportedly preparing to tell the PM that her time is up, lining up David Lidington and Michael Gove as potential “caretaker” replacements.
But despite the fact that May’s Brexit deal still looks unlikely to pass, with no-deal Brexit looming, people have managed to see the funny side things.
Because what’s more British than making jokes about an impending disaster?
Larry the Downing Street cat was an early frontrunner to replace Mrs May.
@DaveGuy87217570 @ShippersUnbound YAY! Our Larry for PM! @Number10cat https://t.co/7qdiJK7fR5— Sparkle #NoVaccinePassports (@Sparkle #NoVaccinePassports) 1553378405
With all this coup talk @Number10cat is standing firm at No10 😅🐱 https://t.co/gFvjfJGSeT— Ian (@Ian) 1553380018
Others sarcastically referred to the lack of viable replacements.
The great thing about the #CabinetCoup is that there’s such a rich pool of talent to choose from! So many intellec… https://t.co/kotKOzkxfb— Patrick Strudwick (@Patrick Strudwick) 1553413878
“Says here David Lidington could be the next Prime Minister” “And who the fuck is that?” “That’s you, David” “Nope, still no bells”— James Felton (@James Felton) 1553428383
Though many were more than happy for the latest round of drama.
@alexwickham #GTTO #GeneralElectionNow https://t.co/Cp88vnrIR9— Ian B (@Ian B) 1553339455
@ShippersUnbound https://t.co/cQKTWDO9Hx— Joe Ray (@Joe Ray) 1553375809
Then there were the inevitable Uri Geller jokes after the magician wrote a bizarre letter suggesting he would use telepathy to stop Brexit.
If the rumours are true and Theresa May is facing a cabinet coup tonight, I think we all need to be very careful ab… https://t.co/t9YzZwCFqO— Declan Lawn (@Declan Lawn) 1553379340
*One letter from Uri Geller later* https://t.co/RUxWuo5779— Matt Murphy (@Matt Murphy) 1553378766
And those who were secretly loving the chaos...
"..And now we cross live to Tory HQ" #CabinetCoup #MayMustGo https://t.co/0vS9lhDSUJ— Gillian (@Gillian) 1553379879
@ShippersUnbound https://t.co/YjjRHHnKtT— John Baker 🇮🇸🇱🇮🇳🇴🇨🇭➕🇬🇧 (@John Baker 🇮🇸🇱🇮🇳🇴🇨🇭➕🇬🇧) 1553377049
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