Most brutal Theresa May takedown you’ll see this week
Just tremendous this, by Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns. We’ve seen Theresa May taken down plenty of times before, but never with quite such lethal precision as this.
This is the moment Theresa May wished @edballs hadn't lost his seat to Andrea Jenkyns, even though Andrea is in her own party. One of the most devastating single-sentence questions ever asked in Parliament pic.twitter.com/bNVHiRty4l
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) July 19, 2018
Whatever your politics, you have to doff your cap at that one (although, as we’ll see, not everyone agreed).
This is what people made of it online.
1.
That glare Mrs May gives is tremendous.. the question far more so.
— G Hulett (@Georginho1987) July 19, 2018
2.
Theresa May's face tells you everything you need to know. Well done Andrea Jenkyns – one very brave, honourable lady #MayMustGoNow https://t.co/sB4tiTtjvW
— vanessa coleman (@madamvanessa) July 18, 2018
3.
https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1019540366603714560
4.
Andrea Jenkyns is currently
doing a better job at holding May to account than the leader of the Labour Party.— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) July 18, 2018
5.
https://twitter.com/Tim_R_Dawson/status/1019572377162743808
6.
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1019628339231850496
And just in case you were wondering …
PM has confirmed that Brexit means Brexit after her backbencher Andrea Jenkyns asked at #PMQs when Brexit had become Remain
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) July 18, 2018