This BBC sign language expert totally nailing Brexit is the best 12 seconds of TV you’ll see today
There’s been no shortage of comment on the Brexit ‘deal’ Theresa May struck to leave the European Union but no-one captured the chaos quite so well as this BBC sign language interpreter.
The sign language interpreter doing the Brexit Agreement on BBC News is perfectly conveying the perplexing fuckery of this situation #Brexit #BrexitChaos pic.twitter.com/bA66SYMXqN
— Ell Potter (@Pottell) November 15, 2018
The wonder of British Sign Language, and the sort of skills that can leave no-one in any doubt what’s going on.
(To be clear, as this tweet takes off & people add their own comments, I am not laughing at this incredible interpreter or at the deaf & signing community; I think the way she expresses this clusterfuck is amazing, and it's the most accurate analysis of Brexit I have seen today.)
— Ell Potter (@Pottell) November 15, 2018
And here’s what people made of it online.
One of the best analyses of Brexit I've ever seen. https://t.co/Pg7CTbYMSy
— Nicci French (@FrenchNicci) November 15, 2018
i love how she spelled out "sh1tshow" lol
— (@David__Keeley) November 15, 2018
This is SO good – Sometimes, it would appear, actions do speak louder than words. https://t.co/GbW2kieWoe
— Wyre Davies (@WyreDavies) November 15, 2018
That finger and thumb together shaking the wrist sign…. Is that the sign for "Brexit"?
— Zombywuf.sig\n– \n (@zombywuf) November 15, 2018
no, thats BSL for 'nothing'
— Rachael Bleakley (@bleaklers) November 15, 2018
Same thing.
— Alison Winter (@ofdiscontent) November 15, 2018
This is brilliant. A huge endorsement for the expressive power of sign language.
— Pete Flynn (@PeteFlynn5) November 15, 2018
Slightly disappointed that this is the sign for ”zero“, not ”Farage”. pic.twitter.com/zRl9xjmhQj
— Colin Green (@htmlhandyman) November 15, 2018
The Farage one is similar but much, much smaller.
— Peter B (@PBSport) November 15, 2018
And then there was this.
— North Ages (@NorthAges) November 15, 2018
