Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio’s brutal takedown of Boris Johnson dressed as a cop was bang on target
There’s been no shortage of very funny – and often very brutal – responses to Boris Johnson dressing up as a police officer to announce his latest War on Drugs.
The Prime Minister is no stranger to raiding the dressing up box, but there was something about this outfit that particularly got people’s goat.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the government is ‘ramping up their campaign against the county lines network’, adding ‘we want everybody to grow up in safer streets’.
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 6, 2021
A few people took inspiration from the BBC’s much acclaimed police drama Line of Duty to mock Johnson in some style …
Line of Duty reveals new character investigated by AC-12 pic.twitter.com/L8SUTMukHT
— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) December 6, 2021
… and then it got even better when none other than Line of Duty creator and showrunner Jed Mercurio himself got in on the act.
Shots fired! Man down! Man down!
And here’s just a flavour of the love people had for that.
Twitter – Take the rest of the day off. It’s just peaked early.
— Greg Scott (@GregScottTV) December 6, 2021
And this is why Jed Mercurio is such a famed writer. Bravo. https://t.co/Db0SoYmGfr
— Sam Malin and the boy cat Lucy (@SamanthaMalin) December 6, 2021
Would literally love to see Boris interviewed by the trio. Hastings reaction to the constant obfuscation from BoJo would be a thing of beauty
— Rachel Love-Howseman (@rachlove31) December 6, 2021
That needs to be a comic relief sketch!
— laura (@laura64553416) December 6, 2021
— Matty Duggan (@mattyduggan) December 6, 2021
Tweet of 2021. 😂
— Martin Delaney (@1MartinDelaney) December 6, 2021
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