John Bercow's Brexit Clips
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John Bercow's Brexit Clips refers to snippets of British Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow shouting numerous words in an effort to calm the House during the January 15th, 2019 Brexit vote in which Parliament overwhelmingly rejected Theresa May's Brexit deal. The clips were paired with various captions to humorously take it out of context.
Origin
On January 15th, 2019, during a rowdy exchange amidst arguing over Brexit, Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow attempted to call the House to order and delivered a loud, lengthy cry of "Order!"
How to maintain order during a Brexit vote in the House of Commons like Speaker John Bercow. #TheMoment pic.twitter.com/H2lYjMLG0H
— CBC News: The National (@CBCTheNational) January 16, 2019
Spread
The clip quickly began seeing spread on Twitter as people paired it with numerous captions. Some popular examples include a tweet by @mrjoshz that gained over 12,000 retweets and 44,000 likes (shown below, top). Another tweet by @WelshGasDoc gained over 370 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below, bottom).
When you ask your flatmate whether you should cook or get a takeaway pic.twitter.com/Jzdo7cpdSQ
— Joshua Zitser (@mrjoshz) January 15, 2019
Me when the person at the front of the queue in Costa can’t make their bloody mind up: pic.twitter.com/VPB1ggzGem
— Dave Jones 🏴🏳️🌈 (@WelshGasDoc) January 15, 2019
In another moment from the section, Bercow shouts "Unlock!" The clip spread in a similar fashion. User @TommyWTF1 posted the clip with a joke that gained over 2,400 retweets and 8,600 likes (shown below, top). User @ScotCuthbertson made a joke that gained over 40 retweets and 260 likes (shown below, bottom).
Me shouting at my phone when it doesn’t recognise my thumb print #BrexitVote pic.twitter.com/zUjoSAVzOy
— Tom Bellingham (@TommyWTF1) January 15, 2019
Me repeatedly pressing the button as I walk closer to the car. pic.twitter.com/ntl1lYJQwF
— Scott Cuthbertson (@ScotCuthbertson) January 15, 2019
The jokes were covered in two separate Twitter Events pages[1][2] as well as The Guardian.[3]
Various Examples
Me in the queue behind the 90% of people that haven’t pre-rehearsed their Starbucks order in their head pic.twitter.com/KxzUv1Eb2b
— Paul (@so_paulo) January 16, 2019
When you are with a group of mates in a restaurant and they take fooking ages asking the waiter about what ingredients are in the food.
— D3Marc0 (@atouchofthomas) January 16, 2019
pic.twitter.com/Z7uiJ8k4kQ
when my mum asks me if i wanna walk to dominos or order pic.twitter.com/AEZtMQ5UvH
— nadia🌞 (@nadiakamalli) January 16, 2019
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