33 funniest tweets about Boris Johnson as the hapless PM clings onto power
Boris Johnson continues to cling to power (at the time of writing) despite the resignation of senior Cabinet ministers and more than 30 Conservative MPs in the last 24 hours.
His increasingly desperate (last?) day prompted no end of very funny comments on Twitter. We’ve read them all – well, quite a few of them – so you don’t have to, and here are 33 of the very best.
1.
Shall we all go out and bang pots when he goes?
— Owen Williams 🏴 (@OwsWills) July 5, 2022
2.
Fair play to Chris Pincher. I’ve had some big nights but never drank so much that it brought down a government.
— Fergus Craig (@FergusCraig) July 5, 2022
3.
I once took an 80 seat majority and pissed it up the wall in less than 3 years pic.twitter.com/4TCr2zqyoP
— Robin Flavell (@RobinFlavell) July 5, 2022
4.
It's going to end in a siege, isn't it?
— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) July 5, 2022
5.
It’s collapsing like a house of cunts.
— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) July 5, 2022
6.
Can't stop thinking about that £800-a-roll wallpaper. They should have put it up with Velcro.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) July 6, 2022
7.
It's starting to feel like one of those 'Police Camera Action!' episodes, where the driver knows it ends with him in a ditch but he's committed to the chase now and the thrill of destruction is what keeps him going more than any thought of escape.
— Rafael Behr (@rafaelbehr) July 6, 2022
8.
Who knew ‘being chancellor for a day’ could be an actual thing.
— Adrian Edmondson ❎ (@AdrianEdmondson) July 6, 2022
9.
— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) July 6, 2022
10.
“another Tory gone” pic.twitter.com/JiqEHcwZrI
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) July 6, 2022
11.
https://twitter.com/TobyonTV/status/1544703884689563649?s=20&t=ZnNrB-sf6wOC0IjFCtn09w
12.
does this episode of The Tories end with a siege and the PM and Mad Nad shouting you'll never take us alive from behind a locked stationary cupboard
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) July 6, 2022
13.
Johnson's just announced that he and Zelensky are expecting a baby.
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) July 6, 2022
14.
Someone in recycling has had a word and they’re now writing these resignation letters as a group pic.twitter.com/sfy18ZOJYT
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 6, 2022
15.
https://twitter.com/Dempster2000/status/1544670771443818496?s=20&t=n5dJJxgovO_MjXDGZBbblQ
16.
https://twitter.com/twlldun/status/1544678177083105281?s=20&t=n5dJJxgovO_MjXDGZBbblQ
17.
https://twitter.com/KirstyStricklan/status/1544375566501089282?s=20&t=hbAFH9OfTxe_HOwOBUZI4g