- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a General Election on Wednesday, May 22
- This will give UK citizens the opportunity to vote for a new political party to run the country
- Of course, the Internet couldn’t help making a few jokes about the whole drama!
It’s the day the UK has been waiting patiently for for what feels like eons.
But last week current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called the first General Election since December 2019.
While the UK may have had another two PMs since Boris Johnson was elected just over four years ago, citizens didn’t actually ask to be led by first Liz Truss, and then Sunak – so this is the first time in forever that they will be able to use their voices.
In a battle that will see all political parties – but mainly the current Conservative government and the Labour party, led by Sir Keir Starmer – go head to head, the Internet couldn’t help but be caught up in the drama of it all.
And where there is drama, there are jokes – as these users showed us via Twitter/X…
As news of an election set in, voters were already bracing themselves for how deranged the next month is set to be
While all eyes were on the door of 10 Downing Street, viewers couldn’t help but notice the residents had been doing their online groceries order… which led to a cheeky bit of free advertising
Others simply followed along online
Unfortunately for Sunak, the British weather was not on his side – and people online mocked him mercilessly
…the tweets just kept on coming
Others thought he bore a striking resemblance to none other than Alan Partridge
As Sunak brought up his role as Chancellor during the Covid-19 pandemic, people couldn’t help but cringe
Things went from bad to worse as protestors started blaring out D:Ream’s hit Things Can Only Get Better – which was used as the New Labour leader Tony Blair’s campaign song in 1997
While the whole debacle may have looked like a sketch show, clips from the TV comedy The Thick of It (once again) provided hilarious comparative moments
Others questioned Sunak’s competence as a leader based on the time he decided to stage his announcement
While some begged him to take pity on their summer holidays
(Although others were circling like vultures for a week in the sun)
And gig tickets
A few thought Sunak may have staged an election at the start of July so that he could have an extended holiday of his own
The general consensus was that the speech could have gone a lot better
And although many joked about Sunak’s policies
And plotted the Conservative party’s demise
Others pondered that Labour is perhaps no better
And thought there are only two real contenders in this nightmare: the Tory party’s David Cameron, and former Labour leader Ed Miliband, who went head to head in 2015
Political leaders come and go, but one guy is always a constant… Tobias Gough, the ‘hot podium’ guy
As well as the true star of the show, Larry the Downing Street cat
While it’s all fun and games though, this is the only tweet that really matters from the whole debacle: please register to vote!
And for heaven’s sake, don’t, as Boris Johnson recently did, forget your voter ID when July 4 comes around
