The seven best pisstaking tweets on the government’s ‘Brexit brainstorm’
Theresa May held a special session at Chequers to discuss the meaning of Brexit. As she had stated twice already that “Brexit means Brexit”, expectations were not especially high and some felt that the meeting might have been more useful at least a few months earlier, including @ItsAndyRyan, who said
“The UK Cabinet is trying to nail down what Brexit means. Let’s hope they get it all sorted out in good time before the referendum.”
Naturally, Twitter had a lot to say on the matter, but these seven tweets captured the mood in the most entertaining way.
1.
Theresa May is to chair a meeting of her cabinet in an attempt to figure out what 'Brexit means Brexit' means.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) August 31, 2016
2.
https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts/status/770938726172286976
3.
https://twitter.com/mutablejoe/status/771046880256163840
4.
"What does brexit mean?"
"BREXIT MEANS BREXIT"
"but"
"BREXIT MEANS BREXIT"
"Mrs May you can't just keep shouting that"
"BREXIT MEANS BREXIT"— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) August 31, 2016
5.
https://twitter.com/lukelewis/status/770933418725109761
6.
I love that "Brexit means Brexit" means that when you look up Brexit in a dictionary it will just say "Brexit (Proper noun)
1. Brexit"— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) August 31, 2016
7.
So. Today we learned Brexit means Brexit, and will be successful, not unsuccessful, and will achieve difficult things, not not achieve them.
— Hugo Rifkind (@hugorifkind) August 31, 2016
Perhaps the best suggestion of the day came from James Melville, who had a compelling vision:
“The new Crystal Maze should create a Brexit zone. Contestants desperately trying to leave but without the faintest idea how to do it.”
It could just be a winner!
