Hugh Grant’s NSFW rant is everyone’s favourite Boris Johnson takedown right now
Boris Johnson’s got the Queen’s consent to suspend Parliament for much of the run-up to his Brexit deadline and Hugh Grant’s not happy, he’s not happy at all.
You will not fuck with my children’s future. You will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two world wars to defend. Fuck off you over-promoted rubber bath toy. Britain is revolted by you and you little gang of masturbatory prefects. https://t.co/Oc0xwLI6dI
— Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) August 28, 2019
The actor’s response prompted no shortage of responses itself.
I sort of wish that this was the speech he'd given to Billy Bob Thornton in Love, Actually. https://t.co/ljyODjtRXc
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) August 28, 2019
Politically fucking livid Hugh Grant is the best Hugh Grant. https://t.co/uNvBWJMRHT
— Kate Young (@bakingfiction) August 28, 2019
A central component of the Johnson strategy rests on driving opponents completely round the twist. https://t.co/xeEK9hzpVr
— Iain Martin (@iainmartin1) August 28, 2019
Fair comment. https://t.co/4SSqO0Yh21
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) August 28, 2019
And from this Boris Johnson parody account …
I'll put you down as a 'maybe'
— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) August 28, 2019
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