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8 best jokes and funniest moments of the BBC General Election Leader’s debate

Oh this election debate, where to begin? Well of course it was mostly shouty dickheads, and you were best off watching something else, but we were there, monitoring the debate and social media for jokes so you don’t have to.

Mostly dominated by the elephant not in the room – the absence of Theresa May – who essential ducked out because she’s increasingly crap at public engagement, treating it mostly as an opportunity to squeak “strong and stable” and “brexit” whilst looking like she’s about to shit herself.

Here’s the 8 best moments.

1. Great line from Caroline Lucas

Source: https://twitter.com/TheGreenParty/status/870005090148659200

2. Poor Amber Rudd

3. “Our prime minister is getting trolled by a box set”


Caption by @DasJarg

4. Let’s all try this excuse
https://twitter.com/JonnyOwenFilm/status/869966118936563715

5. An extended riff from Adrian Edmondson with went on for several tweets but this was the best one:

6. A line good enough from the front page of a newspaper

7.Tim Farron spitting straight fire and telling the audience to switch off

8. Amber Rudd having the audience openly laugh at her when she said “Judge us on our record”
https://twitter.com/big_man_joshy/status/870008936132362240

See. Better than watching it. Just the funny bits.