Of all the brilliant gags about the protestors occupying a traffic island, this one was simply magic

Poke Staff. Updated August 8th, 2024

You will probably have seen by now the fabulous footage of the protestors in Blackpool doing their very best to take their country back by … occupying a traffic island.

The clip went wildly viral after it was posted by ITV’s Paul Brand.

Cheers in Blackpool as two men raise British and English flags on a roundabout shouting “England til I die” and “Take the island back”. Things here remain peaceful but tense. pic.twitter.com/7cE3ZVQctQ

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) August 7, 2024

The moment prompted no end of brilliant gags but surely no-one said it better than @DachshundColin.

The Tragic Roundaboutpic.twitter.com/irYQFbTuwq

— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) August 7, 2024

Bravo.

Put a fence around it, give them their island. I’m sure they’ll have basic services and a simple form of government up and running in no time.

— Crypto Autistic (@AspieJames) August 7, 2024

And it sent ‘tragic roundabout’ trending on Twitter which made the whole thing even better.

I’m not sure if the Tragic Roundabout quite beats man getting a brick in his nuts or woman falling over with a bin on fire but it’s definitely up there #farrightfails pic.twitter.com/RJu2tIXQKu

— dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) August 8, 2024

And the icing on the cake was surely this!

The Tragic Roundabout
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— Matt (@matthew26point2) August 8, 2024

But what would Brian and Dougal make of it all?

Thank you so much for making me laugh tonight ❤️

— Toni Miller (@tonisha_miller) August 7, 2024

Mate you’re on fire

— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) August 7, 2024

Brilliant.

Not exactly the historic ‘raising the flag at Iwo Jima’ moment Farage, Yaxley-Lennon & the mob were hoping for I’d imagine.#FarRightFail

— Terry Overall (@terryoverall) August 8, 2024

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