Top trolling from Newsnight with this extraordinary end credits sequence
As the Tory MP resignation count has risen, it has become very difficult to keep track of who has and hasn’t jumped ship. On Wednesday, Newsnight helpfully shared the roll call, and they did it with style.
In case you missed it, #Newsnight replaced its end credits tonight with a list of all the ministerial resignations so far set to an acoustic version of Bittersweet Symphony pic.twitter.com/VPztjMc6OE
— Tom Hourigan (@TomHourigan) July 6, 2022
The John Lewis Christmas ad-esque music was a particularly nice touch. Here’s what people had to say about it.
Newsnight closes with sad music played over scrolling names – like the 'who we've lost this year' section of the Oscars pic.twitter.com/l92Lnug9ba
— Ian Ford (@ij_ford) July 6, 2022
hope this from the end of tonight’s newsnight gets a bafta for best comedy pic.twitter.com/xbt8j4UclO
— Ben Smoke (@bencsmoke) July 6, 2022
Iconic https://t.co/1OxMCptYwG
— Liam Thorp (@LiamThorpECHO) July 7, 2022
David Duguide, Will Quince, Selaine Saxby all big losses. Hearing Dwigt Rortugal could be the next to go.pic.twitter.com/ZXFJZxDDf6
— TheIainDuncanSmiths (@TheIDSmiths) July 6, 2022
Why is it like they all died 😭 #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/7nBIvgUUPk
— James (@jamestroe) July 6, 2022
Whomever came up with this deserves a raise because this is HIGH👏 CAMP👏!🤣 https://t.co/KUrgcx4ywD
— Anthony Draper (@AnthonyDraper20) July 6, 2022
Edwin Hayward had a prediction.
Glorious.
The Tories will presumably use this as ammo to have another pop at the BBC, and accuse them of covering none of the zero resignations from Starmer's shadow cabinet in the last 24H… https://t.co/gsdd0wNYWv
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@edwinhayward) July 6, 2022
Of course, the question mark after ‘Boris Johnson’ is no longer in question.
If Boris Johnson hasn’t resigned by 10am I will be forced to crap in his shoes. #DowningStreetSiege
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 7, 2022
NEW Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader today
— Chris Mason (@ChrisMasonBBC) July 7, 2022
That did the job. No need to thank me. https://t.co/Ds1AvAmcyP
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 7, 2022
Well done, Larry. Outlasted another one.
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