An MP no-one’s heard of resigned and these 15 responses will make your day better
Amid the turmoil of resignations, reshuffling and journalistic post-mortems, you could be forgiven for missing the announcement that Chris Green MP, former Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Department for Transport, had also quit the government.
I have handed in my resignation to the Prime Minister as PPS. Brexit must mean Brexit pic.twitter.com/zncKir9AsB
— Chris Green (@CGreenUK) July 9, 2018
Those who noticed, however, all had the same reaction:
1.
STOP PRESS. Chris Green has resigned.
No me neither.
— Marcus Aurelius #FBPE #NoMeltdownPlease (@Marcus_Aure1ius) July 9, 2018
2.
Googling ‘Chris Green MP’.
— Tom Watson (@tom_watson) July 9, 2018
3.
Chris Green has resigned to spend more time with his family, as they also don't know who he is.
— Oonagh (@Okeating) July 9, 2018
4.
This is like when the inventor of Sainsbury’s own brand coco puffs died on the same day as Michael Jackson. https://t.co/gAYs0Otci9
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 9, 2018
5.
BREAKING: Another DEVASTATING blow for Theresa May as Westminster is ROCKED by the high-profile resignation of Chris Green I think he’s called. https://t.co/JqsaVGy6M8
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) July 9, 2018
6.
Whatever your politics are, this Tory infighting is damn entertaining. Here is Tory MP, Simon Hart, reacting badly to the resignation of Chris Green pic.twitter.com/dCY8Nb9a0l
— The Pileus (@thepileus) July 9, 2018
7.
Oh, no, not Chris Thingy!
— Gary Bainbridge (@Gary_Bainbridge) July 9, 2018