The shot of this triple reaction to a Brexit MP’s Newsnight remark deserves an award
All over the country, viewers of Newsnight facepalm, swear, shake their heads and other such things at some of the statements made by guests on the BBC’s flagship political programme, Newsnight. But on Wednesday, when Brexiter Bernard Jenkin was interviewed, a canny director captured three other guests in varying forms of incredulity.
Watch what happened.
ICONIC reaction shot here from @LaylaMoran @BarryGardiner and @Sandbach on @BBCNewsnight just now (👏 👏👏 studio director for catching it!) #newsnight pic.twitter.com/SxAVpG60XP
— Maya Rostowska (@maya_rstw) September 25, 2019
“I mean, think of the strain the prime minister’s under …”
Yes, will nobody think of the poor man who dismissed female MP’s fear of being murdered as “humbug”?
Here are a few less dramatic responses to Jenkin’s comment and the studio reaction.
After the horrific comment Boris made in parliament, his representative on #Newsnight compounds it with this awful, awful gaffe.https://t.co/aDhaPr1Us3
— Lindsay Bruce (@RogueCoder250) September 25, 2019
staggering complacency, I bet he was one of those who cheered Johnson when he made his bullying, crass rant https://t.co/qUtENmwSTY
— Rosalind Gourgey (@rgourgey1) September 26, 2019
MP Peter Grant translated the exchange into plain English.
Utterly crass from Bernard Jenkin. “Yeah, these female types get
emails threatening them and their sprogs every day but hey, poor Boris was actually forced to come to work this morning”. https://t.co/0IBO96IbQo— Peter Grant MP (@PeterGrantMP) September 25, 2019
Source: Newsnight via @Maya_rstw Image: Newsnight
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