Boris Johnson’s leaving speech was even worse than you imagined – 27 favourite responses
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Tremendous resignation speech from @BorisJohnson rich with dignity and grace. For anyone who missed it and doesn’t have the time to listen to it in its entirety, I’ll paraphrase:
“I’m amazing. You all still love me. My party are a bunch of back-stabbing cunts.”#ByeByeBoJo— Jason Isaacs (@jasonsfolly) July 7, 2022
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not saying Boris Johnson hasn't taken his defenestration well, but he called it an "eccentric" decision and blamed it on a mindless "herd instinct" in Westminster
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) July 7, 2022
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https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1545008155154944000?s=20&t=wf7eZY–pGJ9vr2FFmut3A
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Typically graceless speech in the end. Predictably. Filled with retaliatory jibes at those who took him down.
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 7, 2022
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At least at the end Boris Johnson finally delivered a humble, coherent speech reflecting on his fail…
Nah, course not. Absolutely deluded drivel. He thinks he’s the victim.
If the Tories don’t get him out tonight they’re finished. pic.twitter.com/9C7HaEHGhE— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 7, 2022
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Soz 200,000 of your friends, family, parents died of Covid due to our mishandling but.. “thems the breaks” (theme tune plays)
— HappyToast ★ (@IamHappyToast) July 7, 2022
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I’ve seen 4 PMs quit before Johnson & with each it was sad on a human level, whatever you personally felt about them. Brown & his little boys, walking out of no 10. May getting tearful. With Johnson: nada. Snide, lacking in grace & self awareness.
— gabyhinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) July 7, 2022
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Boris Johnson quits as he led – boasting, blathering & blaming everyone but himself. What a terrible final speech by a man who turned out to be a truly terrible Prime Minister.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 7, 2022
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“Keep levelling up, keep unleashing the potential.”
Mate, you couldn’t be fucked to do a lockdown and tens of thousands of people died prematurely.
— Tom Peck (@tompeck) July 7, 2022
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The worst PM in history emphasised his isolation by inviting a few dozen of the nuttiest, inept and nastiest Conservative MPs to clap his resignation speech outside No 10 😂
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) July 7, 2022
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A terrible speech from Johnson. Not once used the word resignation, no apology and no contrition. Even in the end, he couldn’t even attempt some honesty. He’s destroying the party and the highest office in the land by hanging on.
— Adil Ray OBE (@adilray) July 7, 2022
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Paraphrase : The reason i stayed on was because i felt it was the honourable thing to do…
– who is that reminding you of… ?— emily m (@maitlis) July 7, 2022
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Poor little Johnson playing the victim – “after months of relentless sledging” – is hilariously pathetic.
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) July 7, 2022
26.
This is so bizarre. He’s delivering him speech to Steve Bray playing Bye Bye Boris in the background
— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) July 7, 2022
27.
[Exit Clown.]
— William Shakespeare (@Wwm_Shakespeare) July 7, 2022
In a nutshell, there was this, from the Guardian’s John Crace …
The digested resignation speech. 'Fuck the lot of you. I'm the best you're ever going to get'
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) July 7, 2022
And this!
It’s all over. Time for the end credits. pic.twitter.com/gtbZu3cJbn
— Jon Harvey (@jondharvey) July 7, 2022
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