You have to watch the moment Angela Eagle was told Boris Johnson has been made Foreign Secretary
Labour leader challenger Angela Eagle was literally lost for words when she learnt that Boris Johnson has been made Foreign Secretary.
The look on her face is priceless. She’s just broken.
Watch the clip – it’s only 30 seconds long, look for the moment where she just realises her whole speech is pointless and there’s a new, baffling, frightening political reality in town:
This is how @angelaeagle reacted the moment she found out Boris Johnson was the new foreign secretary #reshufflehttps://t.co/1MPy3BsdHB
— Press Association (@PA) July 13, 2016
Transcript:
Oh Boris is fun, he’s great isn’t he bouncing around, going to be the next Prime Minister and all of that, and all of that…[interrupted by shouting from audience]
And they never actually… put him…
[more audience noise]
They’ve just made him Foreign Secretary?
[Angela turns from camera in despair]
[Audience laughter]
[Angela turns back to camera lost for words]
[Audience shouts ‘noooo’]
Also worth watching is States State Department spokesperson Mark Toner who has to stifle smiles and laughter at hearing the news, then turns on a dime to do serious face.