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Kate Plummer
Jun 07, 2022
Rees-Mogg's comments on Theresa May confidence vote resurface after Johnson survives
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Theresa May turned up to vote in Boris Johnson's no confidence vote in nothing less than a full ballgown and people loved it.
According to a number of reporters present at Westminster ahead of the vote, the former PM also rocked up to the vote in sequin encrusted heels before going to speak at a 'Platty Joobs' dinner. It's just a shame nobody took any pics, as apparently they weren't allowed.
She didn't say which way she intended to vote but it must have been an ironic moment given that she survived a vote of confidence in December 2018 – but resigned just five months later, only to be replaced by? Boris Johnson.
Life comes at you fast.
With that in mind, people thought it was an iconic move:
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\u201cI am now more interested in pictures of Theresa May\u2019s ballgown than anyone else\u2019s vote rn.\u201d— Stace Williams \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Stace Williams \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1654536643
\u201cThis is a mood.\u201d— Amanda Ferguson (@Amanda Ferguson) 1654544633
\u201cStyle\u201d— Mistinguette Cat (@Mistinguette Cat) 1654541442
\u201cTelling my kids this was Theresa May coming to vote no confidence in Boris Johnson\u201d— WILL LLOYD (@WILL LLOYD) 1654537749
\u201c@AdamBienkov Ultimate roast\u201d— Adam Bienkov (@Adam Bienkov) 1654536731
\u201cI fully support normalising ballgowns: on the school run, to the office, to parties, at work events \ud83d\udc40 #theresamay\u201d— Victoria Richards (@Victoria Richards) 1654538387
But some didn't want to let the former prime minister off the hook for her own conduct in office:
\u201cNot iconic. A Tory is a Tory.\u201d— Aleesha Khaliq (@Aleesha Khaliq) 1654538235
\u201cmum can you come pick me up they're girlbossing theresa may\u201d— Imogen West-Knights (@Imogen West-Knights) 1654537445
\u201cI know we all can't control ourselves when a politician does something *slightly* interesting because they're so boring but this aint a slay queeen moment, she is still Theresa deportation May\u201d— Tara Jane O\u2019Reilly (@Tara Jane O\u2019Reilly) 1654539255
Johnson went on to win the vote but narrowly so it looks like conversations about his future will rumble on.
Fair play to May though, whatever you think of her it is always worth doing things with pizzazz.
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