15 funny reactions to Mark Francois going biblical on the House of Commons
A few months ago, you probably hadn’t heard of Mark Francois – let’s face it, you probably wish you still hadn’t, since his notoriety is due to pompous and outraged rants on the topic of Brexit, with a hefty side of xenophobia as an unwanted extra. On Wednesday, the House of Commons voted to force Theresa May to extend Article 50 again, and Mark Francois was quite incensed.
This was his biblical response.
Mark Francois on MPs voting to extend Article 50 to avoid no-deal Brexit: "The public won't be impressed by this. Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." pic.twitter.com/XWSWYrHOj0
— LBC (@LBC) April 4, 2019
"Forgive them Father, they know not what they do," Mark Francois says of the Commons after it passes the Cooper Bill.
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) April 3, 2019
Quoting Jesus is always a bold choice, particularly when it’s in support of something that would disproportionately harm the poor, but the MP for Rayleigh and Wickford is all about the bold, probably because of his military background.
For this, and for so much else, he was in for some serious ridicule.
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“Father forgive them they know not you were at D-Day”
— Al Murray (Fat Cops) (@almurray) April 4, 2019
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Mark Francois now on his feet, with the traditional WAHH WAHHHHH WE LOST THE 17.4 MILLION WERE BETRAYED ETC point of order. He ends with “forgive them Father for they know not what they do”.
This is known as an E-R-Geesus Complex.
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) April 3, 2019
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Just turned on breakfast news half way through a feature on a new Pixar film about a furious toby jug that comes to life and can’t find its way back to a mythical kingdom and then I realised it was just Mark Francois interview.
— Chris Addison (@mrchrisaddison) April 4, 2019
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Francois has run out of World War 2 references and he's moving onto the Crucifixion.
What a guy. https://t.co/O9ZGafUyY9— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) April 4, 2019
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It’s only a matter of time now until Mark Francois spontaneously combusts.
— Mr Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) April 4, 2019
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Mark Francois is under the mistaken impression that he’s Jesus, presumably because every time he speaks someone yells “Oh Christ, please will you shut up” https://t.co/1wxzWiO9FR
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) April 3, 2019
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https://twitter.com/SheRa_Marley/status/1113570511584399364
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Francois is the absolute breakout star of Brexit. In six months he'll either be prime minister or on I'm a Celebrity eating kangaroos' testicles. Not as a challenge, as a snack he's smuggled in
— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) April 4, 2019
