Boris Johnson is finally going to resign – 27 funniest responses
It feels like we’ve been waiting for Boris Johnson to resign as prime minister even longer than he’s actually been prime minister.
But today his time was finally up after 59 Conservative MPs (at the time of writing) resigned and it turned out he was unable to staff the entire Cabinet with just Nadine Dorries.
We’ve read all the reaction – well, quite a lot of it – and here are our 27 favourite things people are saying right now.
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https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1544963167125704704?s=20&t=tvNQkCEccf-wiulCsXJaIQ
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https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1544960217015898113?s=20&t=KmW06rqUk-aH76LHYVwgTg
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I don't know if Carrie Johnson reads my tweets but Carrie, if you've been thinking of leaving him there will never be a funnier moment than right now
— Buckfast at Tiffany's (@DismalChips) July 6, 2022
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The biggest lesson for us all here is not to spend £840-a-roll wallpapering a flat that isn’t yours.
— Gary Burton (@TheOfficialGRB) July 7, 2022
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I won’t believe it till there’s a stake through his heart and the ground he’s coffined in is sewn with salt.
— Mark Gatiss 💙 (@Markgatiss) July 7, 2022
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It’s a bit like that phenomenon when someone wants to break up with their partner and marries them instead. I now want Johnson to stay forever, and for this madness to be the norm
— Frankie Boyle Updates (@frankieboyle) July 7, 2022
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You’ll be getting the text from your mum to say that Boris has resigned some time this afternoon.
— Fergus Craig (@FergusCraig) July 7, 2022
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Patel and Dorries seen stumbling round the back of Downing Street just now pic.twitter.com/4JkbKwjT4f
— Emma (@scousepie) July 6, 2022
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He’s going. Give it to Big Sam for the rest of the season.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 7, 2022
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what if he's written a resignation letter and also a non-resignation letter
— Jim Pickard 🐋 (@PickardJE) July 7, 2022
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— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) July 7, 2022
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https://twitter.com/quinlan_carrie/status/1544966004140285960?s=20&t=tvNQkCEccf-wiulCsXJaIQ
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BREAKING: Thousands of work events reported across the UK.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 7, 2022