Boris Johnson’s battle for survival has triggered a slew of memes across social media. Here are some highlights.
Cold War Steve
The collage artist is seen as the internet’s satirist of record for the British political system. So he clicked into gear immediately on Tuesday.
— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) July 5, 2022
Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling reunited
In political terms, it was end-to-end stuff yesterday for the sports broadcasters.
“What’s happening Kammy” 😳🤷🏽♂️ i dunno Jeff 😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/J3Wc96Mcx7
— Chris Kamara (@chris_kammy) July 5, 2022
Guffaws in the House of Lords
This isn’t a meme really, but it probably meets the definition of satire. The appropriately named Cabinet Office minister Lord True read out a statement about upholding public standards – prompting howls of laughter from the red benches.
Laughter in the Lords as Cabinet Office minister Lord True repeats for the benefit of peers what his colleague Michael Ellis told MPs earlier this afternoon in the standards in public life UQ. Even Baroness Evans, Leader of the House of Lords, seems to find it all a bit funny. pic.twitter.com/e4okBKabZ8
— Henry Dyer (@Direthoughts) July 5, 2022
Mock Succession credits
Footage of Tuesday morning’s grim cabinet meeting – why did Johnson let in the cameras? – was overhauled to look like the opening credits of that festival of parricide, Succession.
It's all going well. pic.twitter.com/iFMjPwQkUr
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 5, 2022
Would I Lie to You?
The latest iteration of a popular meme format of the comedy gameshow.
I once took an 80 seat majority and pissed it up the wall in less than 3 years pic.twitter.com/4TCr2zqyoP
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) July 5, 2022
Obligatory Thick of It references
There were several Thick of It-based memes yesterday but here is an example featuring the programme’s fictional Tory minister.
A short read of Sajid Javid’s and Rishi Sunak’s resignation letters: pic.twitter.com/gtO7g1VtnQ
— Leo Holmes 🌹🇪🇺 (@LeoHolmes1999) July 5, 2022
The mayor from Jaws
He is Johnson’s favourite character from the film after all.
"The Cabinet is open and everyone is having a wonderful time." #BorisJohnson #DowningStreet pic.twitter.com/8T7zQWhEMH
— The Daily Jaws (@thedailyjaws) July 5, 2022
Johnson as Gazza
This is from last month but it has not aged.
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) June 6, 2022
Count Binface weighs in
One of Johnson’s most dogged political adversaries also joined in.
#PMQs pic.twitter.com/iZBEUKjjeT
— Count Binface (@CountBinface) July 6, 2022
The Big Brother house
Davina McCall was redeployed outside a frenzied Downing Street.
“Do you want another one?” https://t.co/djjjRmo560 pic.twitter.com/xnDsVAjwTk
— mnrrntt OBE & 65 others (@mnrrntt) July 5, 2022
