Theresa May dancing in South Africa is every bit as awkward as you’d expect – our 15 favourite comments

Prime Minister Theresa May has been visiting South Africa, as part of an African tour on which she hopes to drum up post-Brexit trade. As a polite woman, when asked to join in with some dancing, she obliged – and it can only be described as excruciating.

[WATCH]: Prime Minister #TheresaMay at ID Mkhize Senior Secondary in Gugulethu, Cape Town. @SABCNewsOnline @SAgovnews @KhayaJames @UbuntuRadioZA @PresidencyZA @DBE_SA pic.twitter.com/lanmSeKWAS

— DIRCO South Africa (@DIRCO_ZA) August 28, 2018

These 15 people couldn’t contain their scorn.

1.

Dubstep Theresa May pic.twitter.com/Lvug14TP4F

— Olaf Falafel (@OFalafel) August 28, 2018

2.

Thoughts:
1. Her advisers must really hate this woman and enjoy dreaming up these tortures.
2. If you mute the sound and play Status Quo, it all makes much more sense. https://t.co/oKgY2jaDGm

— Aditya Chakrabortty (@chakrabortty) August 28, 2018

3.

Theresa May dances like she’s had her freedom of movement surgically removedpic.twitter.com/PaiSEtcRE9

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 28, 2018

4.

When your aunty Sheila has had 6 Bacardi and Cokes at a family party and the DJ puts on Come on Eileen. https://t.co/YlmsVUXEeJ

— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) August 28, 2018

5.

Mrs May this morning treating bewildered African schoolchildren, through the medium of dance, to an interpretative choreography entitled …..
"My smooth handling of the Brexit negotiations" 🙂 🙂 https://t.co/K0RWT0KhId

— Alex Taylor (@AlexTaylorNews) August 28, 2018

6.

The terrible awkward dancing is the most related and human she has ever appeared https://t.co/ZMsOAMkcL0

— Jonn Elledge: The Adventure Continues (@JonnElledge) August 28, 2018

7.

Watch we whip, watch me No-No https://t.co/bJD3OZBXFg

— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) August 28, 2018

8.

How dare she steal my dancing style. https://t.co/j9U50li8lx

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) August 28, 2018