Brexit memes flood the Internet as ministers quit over May's deal

Jokers today flooded the Internet with Brexit memes as Cabinet ministers continued to walk out over Theresa May’s draft withdrawal agreement. This Twitter user showed a row of clowns queueing up to replace Dominic Raab after he resigned as Brexit secretary 

Others suggested Mrs May’s position had gone nuclear, with one person sharing an image of a mushroom cloud with the caption, ‘Let’s go over to Brexit discussions right now’

One user referenced Monty Python and the Holy Grail, satirising Theresa May’s ability to carry on despite repeated setbacks during Brexit negotiations 

Comedian David Baddiel suggested he should take the role of Brexit secretary only to resign so Mrs May could say ‘No Deal is better than a Baddiel’ 

Stuart Hollis tweeted a photo of the International Development Secretary in a jumping position on swimming show Splash and quipped, ‘Live footage of Penny Mordaunt deciding whether to resign or not’ 

Mrs May was the target of many of the Brexit memes on Twitter – including this one showing her running from a burning building  

The Prime Minister’s Commons mauling at the hands of Labour MPs and her own Tory rebels was made fun of in this post 

The Simpsons was a popular theme for Brexit-related GIFS, with this Twitter user posting an image of Homer with a sign reading, ‘The end is near’

Mrs May was compared to a man trying in vain to stop the ceiling falling in this humorous GIF 

Meanwhile, Joe McMillan shared a photo of a lorry driving down a road with its load on fire next to the wry comment, ‘In other news, at least Brexit is going down well’

Labour Councillor Drew Gale called the Brexit process an ‘absolute farce’ and demanded Mrs May call a general election 

New York-based businessman Jim Osman posted this GIF of Elmo from Sesame Street in front of roaring flames 

Strong and stable? Not so, suggested David O’Sullivan in this tweet, which he captioned #BrexitChaos

Following Mr Raab’s resignation, this Twitter user showed a dog sitting in a burning house and quipped, ‘Theresa May going into parliament today’

Adrian Hawley jested that Noel Edmonds should be brought in to ‘sort out this mess’ – as at least he’d decide straight away if it was ‘Deal or No Deal’

This Twitter user thought this image of Mrs May grimacing best summed up the state of the Brexit process 

Richard Alexander Lugner shared a GIF of a pair of weighing scales with the arrow pointing to ‘bad’ to summarise the state of the negotiations

Frankie Leach compared MPs reacting to Mrs May’s Brexit statement in the Commons to characters in the Simpsons 

Cristina Sarraille shared this image from the hit film Pulp Fiction to sum up how Mrs May might be feeling this morning 

This Twitter user Theresa May had as much control over today’s Brexit developments as a toddler playing Jenga  

Ross from Friends was the inspiration for this Brexit-related tweet by Hayler Thompson 

Another Twitter user made fun of Mr Raab for resigning over the Brexit deal despite it having been his job to negotiate it 

Jonathan L Howard suggested the former Brexit secretary was like a cartoon character sprinting away from exploding bombs 

Pia Josephson was another Twitter user to post this meme showing a dog inside a burning house to sum up the state of the negotiations 

‘Hannah W’ attacked Mr Raab for resigning over a Brexit deal that ‘he helped negotiate’  

Chris Adams suggested he could provide politicians with drafts of their resignation letter to save them the trouble 

Memes about Mr Raab’s resignation as Brexit secretary were a common theme for online jokers 

Christopher Snowdon thought he had something to offer to the role – gormless optimism 

‘Major Bloodnok’ share a picture of the character’s on BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! and joked they resembled Mr Raab, chief Brexit civil servant Ollie Robbins and EU negotiator Sabine Weyand

Ewa Lewszyk joined hundreds of other people on social media giving their reaction to today’s Brexit developments 

‘Theo’ joked that the wave of Cabinet resignations resembled a crowd of stick men falling off a ledge 

Ross Wishart shared a GIF of a man happily riding along in a horse and cart until it falls apart when he hits a bump 

Alan Lawson compared Mrs May’s Brexit deal to jumping off a cliff, using the popular hashtag #BrexitChaos

A scene from Community showing Donald Glover walking in on a room full of fire and chaos was used by this Twitter user to represent the Brexit negotiations 

This GIF, posted by Twitter user Christopher Farrelly, showed rats scuttling out of a nuclear power plant with the caption ‘live scenes from Westminster’ 

Nairn McDonald made fun of Mrs May’s reaction to her Brexit secretary’s resignation by posting this GIF 

This Twitter user shared a gif of someone walking out of an upstairs window to mocked Mr Raab’s resignation 

Monty Python’s Black Knight inspired Sara Boutall in this Brexit-related post on Twitter 

Kieran Barry was another person to use a scene from Pulp Fiction to sum up what was going on 

This GIF of a man walking into an empty room summed up Mrs May’s situation for one Twitter user