9 funny things people said about this picture of Theresa May and Vladimir Putin
Not-for-much-longer prime minister Theresa May met with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Japan today and it’s fair to say the mood was … icy.
A frosty-looking Theresa May meets Vladimir Putin for one-to-one talks, their first since former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury last yearhttps://t.co/C1HxVZvmZ1 pic.twitter.com/bSwHgmrUfO
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) June 28, 2019
The pair shook hands at the summit but May remained stony-faced throughout.
Theresa May looking the very definition of stony-faced as she met scourge of liberalism Vladimir Putin earlier – pic from the fab @StefanRousseau pic.twitter.com/0W9Ng6zfEg
— Heather Stewart (@GuardianHeather) June 28, 2019
It naturally prompted lots of comments on Twitter, and here are 11 of the best.
1.
When your mum told you to shake your brother’s hand after the pair of you were fighting pic.twitter.com/wCO0ZWenP7
— joe heenan (@joeheenan) June 28, 2019
2.
TFW they make you work your notice period and go to that client who you hate for a meeting pic.twitter.com/QH0tDnOsMH
— Disappointed Optimist (@disappoptimism) June 28, 2019
3.
Kylie and Jason have not aged well pic.twitter.com/sIeKe2tHcb
— The Poke (@ThePoke) June 28, 2019
4.
Putin: I’ve got you a bottle of perfume as a small farewell gift.
— Campbell (@modicomm) June 28, 2019
5.
Nothing personal Vlad, she looks like that all the time.
— Vanessa Atalanta 🇬🇧 (@VanessaAtalanta) June 28, 2019
6.
So Theresa May shook Putin's hand but refused to smile at him. Well that's put the fucker straight.
— Stu. (@dysondoc) June 28, 2019
7.
Not my best work pic.twitter.com/BNLDGwzDQo
— OliverM (@Goug4) June 28, 2019
8.
“You said there would be wheat fields.”
“I lied…”
— Robert Fletcher (@robertmfletcher) June 28, 2019
9.
Red Sparrow, your mission is over
— Karl Baird (@Jorarl) June 28, 2019
To conclude …
Vladimir Putin reacts to news that he’s to receive a bollocking from Theresa May: pic.twitter.com/oRP3eTIFWw
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) June 28, 2019