Ellie Abraham
Jul 12, 2022
Sky News
A photo of two of Boris Johnson’s last remaining supporters Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries standing together outside Number 10 has been turned into an instant meme.
The photo of the Johnson loyalists was taken this morning at 10 Downing Street where the pair held an announcement to say they are both backing foreign secretary Liz Truss in the Conservative leadership contest.
Dorries, the Culture Secretary, and, Rees-Mogg, Brexit Minister, stood side by side as they laid out their support for Truss, but little did they know that they were inspiring a new meme.
Screengrabs from the announcement have been turned into hilarious jokes online, with one Twitter user comparing them to the two figures in the famous 1930 American Gothic painting by artist Grant Wood.
They posted a side-by-side of the two images, along with the caption: “Great Britain Gothic.”
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\u201cGreat Britain Gothic\u201d— Disappointed Optimist (@Disappointed Optimist) 1657619596
Another Twitter user poked fun at another recent meme of a couple at a pro-choice rally with a sign reading, “We will adopt your baby”.
\u201cwe will adopt your children\u201d— Parker (@Parker) 1657620862
Writer Mollie Goodfellow joked: “ANGER from local mother as her son is EXCLUDED from school for dressing as a Victorian poor house owner AGAINST school uniform policy.”
\u201cANGER from local mother as her son is EXCLUDED from school for dressing as a Victorian poor house owner AGAINST school uniform policy\u201d— Mollie Goodfellow (@Mollie Goodfellow) 1657619452
Someone else said the image looked like the result of an AI that creates images from text descriptions.
They wrote: “Dall-E 2 prompt: ‘American Gothic in the style of a news broadcast featuring Conservative party MPs’.”
\u201cDall-E 2 prompt: "American Gothic in the style of a news broadcast featuring Conservative party MPs\u201d— mick lynch stan account (@mick lynch stan account) 1657619360
One person compared them to characters from Little Britain, while another channelled Only Fools and Horses writing: “‘Play it nice and cool Mogg, nice and cool…’.”
\u201chttps://t.co/IpsXU03mx7\u201d— Al Binns (@Al Binns) 1657621007
\u201c\u201cPlay it nice and cool Mogg, nice and cool\u2026\u201d\u201d— Nooruddean (@Nooruddean) 1657619592
We'll end on this rather cheeky one.
\u201cTwo looking for a third\u201d— Alexander Brown (@Alexander Brown) 1657623143
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