DUBAI: Twitter erupted Wednesday over Britain’s formal triggering of Article 50, which sets in motion the country’s exit from the European Union.
The British ambassador to the European Union arrived at the bloc’s headquarters Wednesday ahead of the formal handover of a historic letter announcing Britain’s intention to leave and before that, British Prime Minister Theresa May was photographed signing the letter on Tuesday.
In true Twitter spirit, the occasion has sparked a slurry of funny memes and tweets about Brexit and, specifically, May’s expression when she signed the letter.
“Dear Diary, today I [annihilated] the future of the youth, pandered to morons, ignored all the facts and ruined a country,” one Twitter user captioned the photograph.
“’Hello, is that Sky? This is Theresa. I’d like to cancel my subscription but I want to continue to have access to your services’,” one user joked with a photograph of May making a phone call.
Some chose to share cartoons.
Others took a different route.
“Theresa May looks like a kid that’s traded away their best Pokémon card and then realized they made a terrible mistake#BrexitDay,” one user said.
Some were happy, however.