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Micheal Gove made a comeback to the front bench last night.
Following the snap election which resulted in a hung parliament, Theresa May reshuffled her cabinet and Michael Gove is the new Environment Secretary.
Boris Johnson, who kept his job as Foreign Secretary, took the opportunity to make a bit of a rubbish pun about his frenemy.
It's a GOVErnment of all the talents. Welcome back to Michael!— Boris Johnson (@Boris Johnson) 1497207782
Boris is known for having an expansive vocabulary, so this really is a poor show.
This must be why the Telegraph pay him the big bucks https://t.co/4Yk4h69sDo— Jonn Elledge (@Jonn Elledge) 1497208715
And Twitter let him know.
@BorisJohnson https://t.co/ntmOZzMtcu— Douglas Walker (@Douglas Walker) 1497208454
@BorisJohnson everyone hates both of you— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) 1497208072
Nick Frost, of Shaun of the Dead fame said it was a "brilliant joke".
@BorisJohnson What a brilliant joke.— Nick Frost (@Nick Frost) 1497214025
@nickjfrost @BorisJohnson Yes. Boris is.— Phil Watson Esq. #FBPE 🇨🇭🇪🇺 (@Phil Watson Esq. #FBPE 🇨🇭🇪🇺) 1497214085
Some just tweeted GIFs of Gove.
@BorisJohnson https://t.co/BxHWkIzi8P— Alex (@Alex) 1497208070
Or Penguins.
@BorisJohnson Yeah, I'm sure you're all congratulating each other with little pats on the back. https://t.co/7WXOlSeYEb— Stu Rutherford-Hall 🦕💙🟩⬜️🟪🦖🦋 (@Stu Rutherford-Hall 🦕💙🟩⬜️🟪🦖🦋) 1497209083
Even the BBC got involved.
@BorisJohnson You had a go at punning, but let's leave that now... 😘— BBC Comedy (@BBC Comedy) 1497209248
Some people still aren't over the Tory leadership race.
@BorisJohnson Have your knife wounds healed from last time Boris?— Tricky ✊🏾✊🏻✊#FBPE (@Tricky ✊🏾✊🏻✊#FBPE) 1497207879
This guy may have been hoping for a job.
@BorisJohnson You missed out the trendy hashtag Boris. Something like #Govermydeadbody— Richard Dixon (@Richard Dixon) 1497208013
There were other pun suggestions too.
Well, JohnSON-of-a-bitch https://t.co/abD5wgnEvR— Elizabeth Day (@Elizabeth Day) 1497213127
It's a gOVERment with no talent. You're taking the Michael! https://t.co/4hXdbQXOj8— Fido (@Fido) 1497222348
Some people objected to the use of "talent".
@BorisJohnson It's a government of all the talents. WelCOme baCK to Michael!— James Harewood (@James Harewood) 1497208138
Gove himself, has had an interesting time on Twitter lately, using an interesting vernacular during the election debates.
Bang On https://t.co/PASKqE50vY— Michael Gove (@Michael Gove) 1496432605
It's not clear if this is a new Tory strategy or just a bit of fun, or maybe they're just trying to emulate Ed Miliband.
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