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The 14 funniest takes on Boris Johnson’s Brexit talks dinner with Ursula von der Leyen

In three weeks, the UK will cease operating under EU regulations as the Brexit transition period comes to a close, yet the two parties have failed to agree a deal.

On Wednesday evening, Boris Johnson attended a dinner with the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in an effort to iron out the major differences that are preventing a smooth way forward.

Or, as this very funny parody account put it …

It was an inauspicious start, with the PM clearly unaware of anti-coronavirus measures.

Any hopes of a swift conclusion were in vain.

At the eventual conclusion …there was still no conclusion. The EU described the discussion as “lively”, while the UK said it had been “frank”.

Twitter’s reaction to the whole thing was also lively and frank.

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