Anyone who had the pleasure of tuning into PMQs today will know that Boris Johnson well and truly lost the plot.
Up against questioning from Starmer about the controversy surround funding of his Downing Street flat and the alleged comments he made about “bodies piling high” during the pandemic, he unravelled in real-time.
Before we knew it - he was frothing about how great Brexit has been, pointing the finger at Starmer and shouting so loudly his microphone crackled. This went on for nearly two minutes.
Yes, Boris Johnson lost his temper all right, and if he thought he could so without evoking the derision of those on social media, he thought wrong.
In fact, the heated moment from the PM quickly went viral and inevitably became a meme.
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Here’s a round-up of some of the memes from the moment that Boris Johnson went from ‘loveable buffoon’ to shouting toddler:
What a difference today #PMQs https://t.co/Yk31m6uH4U— Chris Webb (@Chris Webb) 1619610452
⏰ https://t.co/PEog7puZE7— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE) 1619612471
https://t.co/aLoVoTgkRK— barney farmer (@barney farmer) 1619612127
Just saying... #PMQs https://t.co/7Djy1hzxyd— Matthew Highton (@Matthew Highton) 1619611730
https://t.co/Ro4nUy5Qum— Tom Sings || New DARKO tunes coming soon (@Tom Sings || New DARKO tunes coming soon) 1619613114
promise I won’t get angry about politics tonight four beers later: https://t.co/PosQWVXTyO— Parker (@Parker) 1619612102
Boris Johnson with real ‘Super Sunday outrage at Old Trafford’ vibes. https://t.co/gkBKHIc9K1— Pete Evans (@Pete Evans) 1619609633
Not sure I'm on board with this new creative direction for Cobra Kai Season 4. https://t.co/WS24CSTV7N— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@Dmitry Grozoubinski) 1619612597
When you spot a rogue piece of John Lewis soft furnishing https://t.co/KyeesewLpe— Ben Machell (@Ben Machell) 1619611927
It was very similar to the woman yelling a cat meme from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
#PMQs https://t.co/hL2tQzhu8j— Joe Gilmore (@Joe Gilmore) 1619611122
https://t.co/FFCLNRAdmY— Steve Peers (@Steve Peers) 1619612700
https://t.co/zkCOhKCHhg— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@Hannah Jane Parkinson) 1619616592
He was also compared to football manager Kevin Keegan (by Starmer’s own team) and his famous rant against Sir Alex Ferguson at the height of the Newcastle and Manchester United rivalry in the mid-1990s:
Keir Starmer's official spokesman just described Boris Johnson's PMQs rant as his "Kevin Keegan moment"... https://t.co/PJBKHfdoy0— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1619612136
Keegan #PMQs https://t.co/X27IfCbUqq— Moog (@Moog) 1619614110
Major Sleaze does a Kevin Keegan #PMQs https://t.co/pH0IJjOY1p— Jonathan Ashworth (@Jonathan Ashworth) 1619612624
Overall not the best performance from Johnson week. We’ll see if he calms down next Wednesday.
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