On Wednesday evening, after the governmernt narrowly survivied a no confidence vote to remain in power, the prime minister Theresa May delivered a late-night speech outside of Number 10.
Her decision to deliver the speech at the end of an historic day in British politics, after winning the no confidence vote by only 19 votes, and a crushing defeat the day before of her Brexit deal, caused a stir.
After the PM ordered that a lectern be placed outside her front door, people began speculating that, surely, this would be big news. A general election? A resignation?
No, of course not.
In true Theresa May style, she literally told us nothing we didn't know before.
To sum it up, a yawn-fest.
Just after 10pm, the embattled PM stepped outside of her front door, and began to speak:
This evening the government has won the confidence of Parliament.
Overwhelmingly, the British people want us to get on with delivering Brexit.
I believe it is my duty to deliver on the British people’s instruction to leave the European Union and I intend to do so.
She then threw shade at MPs who voted against her Brexit plan on Tuesday, said she was 'dissapointed' in Jeremy Corbyn for not taking part in cross-party talks, and called on politicians to 'put self-interest aside'.
It all got off to a rather awkward start after May's speech was relegated to BBC 2 because of... a football game.
A moment of true Britishness amid the Brexit crisis: the PM's message to the nation will not now be carried live on… https://t.co/VrHgMy2jiD— Tom Newton Dunn (@Tom Newton Dunn) 1547674793
Gone to extra time in the Cup. Theresa may is to make an announcement at 10. BBC must be wetting itself.— Danny Baker (@Danny Baker) 1547674909
She always delays things. She’ll be fine. 👍🏻 https://t.co/GeVj8ES8VA— Gary Lineker 💙 (@Gary Lineker 💙) 1547674259
People were also just extremely underwhelmed by what she had to say.
🚨 Theresa May announces absolutely nothing 🚨— Sebastian Payne (@Sebastian Payne) 1547676382
Theresa May's big announcement is that it's now time to find out what parliament wants from Brexit, more than 900 d… https://t.co/C0EmqTFEwf— dan barker (@dan barker) 1547677326
News at 10: Theresa May makes another pointless announcement.— Idle Comment 🌱🐰🤗 (@Idle Comment 🌱🐰🤗) 1547676437
Is that it? Really? #Maystatement— Paul Waugh (@Paul Waugh) 1547676403
And also a little bit angry.
But some did manage to see the funny side.
Live pictures of Theresa May speaking in Downing Street. https://t.co/XPQYJXQkUF— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1547676322
Some took issue with her statement that the 'last 24 hours' have been unsettling.
Personally I've found the last 24 months "unsettling", never mind the last 24 hours. @theresa_may #BrexitShambles— Andrew Brindle (@Andrew Brindle) 1547676943
Theresa May: “last 24 hours have been unsettling for you” How about last 2.5 years?! #bbcnews #Brexit— Ozoda (@Ozoda) 1547676518
Many were amazed by the fact May had won the no-confidence vote by exactly the same margin as the... Brexit vote.
Wow. Twitter pointing out that it's a 52:48 victory for May. You couldn't make that up even if you tried.— Shehab Khan (@Shehab Khan) 1547667248
May has won the no confidence vote by 52:48 the comedy gods are on good form— Jim Pickard (@Jim Pickard) 1547666211
52 - 48: THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN 432 - 202: Have another crack in a few days— James Felton (@James Felton) 1547586997
Another 52:48 victory— Adam Parsons (@Adam Parsons) 1547666388
While others were concerned about Philip May getting his full 8 hours in.
I wonder what Philip will being doing while Theresa is giving her statement. Do you think he’ll already have gone t… https://t.co/nHCI20iYii— Mollie Goodfellow (@Mollie Goodfellow) 1547675359
HT The HuffPost
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