It’s Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt to be the next Tory leader and PM – the internet reacts

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will go head to head to be the next Tory leader and prime minister, after Michael Gove lost out in the final vote by Tory MPs today.

Jeremy Hunt to face Boris Johnson in race to be next UK PM after Michael Gove is eliminated in latest Tory leadership ballot https://t.co/kB5cAsIJg9 pic.twitter.com/Oa2mjgvgUU

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 20, 2019

It was a close-run thing, with Hunt winning 75 votes, two ahead of Gove’s 75 (Johnson got 160).

Here’s something to read to help you save off the despair while you let that sink in.

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https://twitter.com/DancingTheMind/status/1141758802099875842

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Alien vs Predator https://t.co/5CQCJGyB7G

— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) June 20, 2019

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Boris Johnson claimed £16.50 expenses for a Remembrance Day wreath. And £237 for a 7 mile taxi ride.

Millionaire Jeremy Hunt admitted breaching anti-money laundering laws, brought in by the Tories, when he set up a company to buy 7 flats.

One of them will be your next PM.

— Rachael Swindon #WeAreCollective (@Rachael_Swindon) June 20, 2019

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So our new PM will either be someone people have repeatedly referred to a as "c*nt", or that Jeremy guy.#ToryLeadershipContest

— Phlegm Clandango (@Cain_Unable) June 20, 2019

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Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt

The guy who fucked the NHS and the guy who fucked everything else. Awesome. This country just keeps on giving.

— Present But Not Involved 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@AngryPassenger5) June 20, 2019

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https://twitter.com/timothygillan/status/1141757894754484224

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Neither of them really stands for anything. Hunt because he lacks the imagination, Johnson because he lacks the capacity. Happy days.

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) June 20, 2019

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So we have the guy who compared the EU to the Soviet Union versus the guy who compared it to Nazi Germany. Fantastic.

— Anand Menon (@anandMenon1) June 20, 2019

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https://twitter.com/JulieOwenMoylan/status/1141754659763302402

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Sarah Vine RN pic.twitter.com/u7whVVDvID

— Lily Allen (@lilyallen) June 20, 2019

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https://twitter.com/katebevan/status/1141757866803679232

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The spoiled ballot was Michael Gove, who accidentally wrote "Pick meeeee!"

— Oonagh (@Okeating) June 20, 2019

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Hunt vs Johnson
Two of the most hated people in the country, who would never have won the general election in 2017 are now going to be crowned as Prime Minister by 100,000 Tories.
But we're the democratic ones in Europe, right?#ToryLeadershipContest

— Femi – REGISTER TO VOTE BY 18 JUNE (@Femi_Sorry) June 20, 2019

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Trying to decide if I’d rather have Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt as prime minister is like trying to decide if I’d rather have syphilis or gonorrhoea.

— kyra (@ST1NGRAYROBB) June 20, 2019

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https://twitter.com/RamAlbumClub/status/1141761180882612225

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Johnson v Hunt
Or as we know it, the Barclay brothers v Rupert Murdoch.

— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) June 20, 2019

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Attention, peasants. Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will be your next Prime Minister. Now return to your work stations.

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) June 20, 2019

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Cheer up. Only a month of the Tory Leadership Contest to go. pic.twitter.com/don8a2vEpl

— The Poke (@ThePoke) June 20, 2019