The Attorney General shouted at Parliament and became a hilarious meme – our 11 favourites
The very shouty Attorney General, Conservative MP Geoffrey Cox, made an impassioned plea to the House of Commons to support Theresa May’s Brexit deal – that went well. This was his very dramatic appeal.
"You are not children in the playground, you are legislators."
Attorney General Geoffrey Cox criticises MPs for ‘playing with people’s lives’ over Theresa May's Brexit deal and says it would be the ‘height of irresponsibility’ for any legislator to consider a no deal scenario. pic.twitter.com/mY4M4q6wwJ
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 15, 2019
He shouted
“What are you playing at? What are you doing?”
Labour MP Angela Rayner wasn’t impressed by his theatrics, and made it plain in this reaction.
Geoffrey Cox thinks he's Rumpole of the Bailey again hogging all the time up when so many MPs wish to speak in the #MeaningfulVote debate. l liked Rumpole but Geoffrey is boring everybody into submission with his endless waffle and his amateur dramatics, time to depart the stage!
— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) January 15, 2019
Many people thought his rant was too versatile to be confined to politics and he quickly became a meme.
1.
Me when WhatsApp says 'typing…' for more than ten seconds. pic.twitter.com/TZfaGQz1uk
— Richard Morris (@imrichardmorris) January 15, 2019
2.
Erik Lamela: *steps onto the pitch*
Me: pic.twitter.com/Xma0BkPan5— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) January 15, 2019
3.
When people say milk goes in tea first https://t.co/HREIIu2kdf
— Ian Ford (@ij_ford) January 15, 2019
4.
Me, whenever Arsenal do anything. pic.twitter.com/EWKeYoi26V
— Daley (@DaleyAFC) January 15, 2019
5.
https://twitter.com/FPL_Fly/status/1085261222755385345
6.
Geoffrey Cox furious no strawberry gloss doughnuts were included in the Krispy Kremes order pic.twitter.com/D1xNKqI4Rv
— JOE Politics (@PoliticsJOE_UK) January 15, 2019
7.
Me when I find out someone owns a Nintendo Switch but doesn’t own Breath of the Wild pic.twitter.com/V6plqQibWz
— Chris Godfrey (@ChrisPJGodfrey) January 15, 2019
8.
Me when I hear other people say iOS updates slow down your iPhone. pic.twitter.com/NhWdQ7OyRm
— Richard Morris (@imrichardmorris) January 15, 2019
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https://twitter.com/SpillerOfTea/status/1085318480583450624
10.
Me: *raises taxes to above 5% in SimCity*
SimCity: pic.twitter.com/ADkP2LPqgo— Richard Morris (@imrichardmorris) January 15, 2019
11.
Me reading any and all news in recent years. https://t.co/3ZLwNjjBkU
— New Dad Faraday (@MarmiteJunction) January 15, 2019
One Twitter user beautifully illustrated Cox’ booming voice.
'What are you playing at? pic.twitter.com/mNkbyXmbiv
— Brian Spastani (@BrianSpanner1) January 15, 2019
H/T: Indy100