Our 25 favourite tweets of the week
It’s been an emotional week: the highs of the World Cup semi-final build-up versus the lows of the World Cup semi-final result; Jeremy Hunt losing the NHS job versus Jeremy Hunt becoming the top diplomat representing the UK to the world; the Thai football team leaving the cave versus Donald Trump arriving in Britain. We need some light relief.
Luckily, these 25 excellent tweets provide just that. In no particular order:
1.
“They were making jokes about our furniture at the weekend, and now their whole cabinet has totally collapsed.” pic.twitter.com/2ivJqEew6n
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) July 9, 2018
2.
Monday – Johnson resigns
Tuesday – Entire cabinet resigns
Wednesday – May resigns
Thursday – Queen abdicates due to lack of interest
Friday – Trump is taken to Madame Tussauds and told the Queen is just very still in real life— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 9, 2018
3.
🎶 It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie 🎶 pic.twitter.com/ONhso41kQI
— Tom (@tdawks) July 10, 2018
4.
me: *wistful* what if you could go back in time and relive a delightful meal with a loved one?
him: is it leftovers again?
me: it's leftovers again.
— Pru (@prufrockluvsong) July 11, 2018
5.
£10 on Its Coming Home sung on a slow loop by Birdy for the John Lewis Christmas ad.
— jennylandreth (@jennylandreth) July 11, 2018
6.
There was a man vaping so hard in the shop doorway just now that when I walked in I found myself saying 'Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to buy a pint of milk!'.
— cluedont (@cluedont) July 10, 2018
7.
"..so although it may be somewhat by default, I promise to serve the British people as Prime Minister to the best of my ability." pic.twitter.com/PWYGKEqaPx
— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) July 9, 2018
8.
What do you call your significant other? I don't can't say "boyfriend" coz we're both over 13, I can't say "husband" cox we're not married, and I can't say "partner" coz I'm not opening the fucking batting with him.
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) July 8, 2018
9.
When someone has a job title you didn’t know you wanted pic.twitter.com/TGpfcRzv4F
— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) July 11, 2018
10.
Harry asking me how it felt to win the “Palest Woman In Ireland” competition and whether I legally qualified for ghost status. 🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/JnKy4eAUNv
— Aisling Bea (@WeeMissBea) July 11, 2018
11.
-“Hey Prince George, Princess Charlotte. Did you enjoy watching the airplanes from the window?”
-“Yes, but we didn’t like those two ladies.”
– “What ladies? There were no ladies there. You were on your own.”
*Crackly gramophone music starts* pic.twitter.com/jTIfCiApwr
— SimonNRicketts (@SimonNRicketts) July 10, 2018
12.
Meeting the worst Foreign Secretary we’ve ever had amongst the destruction of Hurricane Irma in Anguilla. Disinterested and out of his depth he cared nothing for our situation. Good riddance pic.twitter.com/udzzpoZ7OW
— John McKendrick QC (@JohnMQC) July 9, 2018
