Boris Johnson shocked the nation on Thursday when he announced he wouldn't run for the leadership of the Conservative Party, despite literally everyone expecting him to after he captained the Vote Leave campaign.
Needless to say, the people of Twitter took the opportunity to launch a few jokes at the expense of their favourite messy-haired target.
There was a man called #Boris
Who had his eye on high office
He campaigned to Leave
in the hope of a heave
but tactically he was a novice
— Alan Kinsella (@electionlit) June 30, 2016
So mortified by the general behaviour of Boris Johnson that I'm considering having plastic surgery.
— Matt Lucas (@RealMattLucas) June 30, 2016
Boris pulls out 52 years after his dad should have done.
— #VotegateUK #Quixote (@Wirral_In_It) June 30, 2016
Lots were tapping into the fact he broke up the UK's relationship with the EU and divided the country - then decided to run off
Clearly Boris doesn't subscribe to the "you break it, you own it" school of thought.
— Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) June 30, 2016
@BorisJohnson You spineless c$&t You lead this ludicrous campaign to leave EU. Win, and now fuc& off to let someone else clear up your mess.
— Ewan McGregor (@mcgregor_ewan) June 30, 2016
Reporting a hit and run. Wanted for causing an accident last week and failing to stop at the scene #boris pic.twitter.com/1EjdxEAYbz
— Kris Coverdale (@kriscoverdale) June 30, 2016
Isn't that an old Bullingdon Club practice: smash up a place for a jape and then leave some prole to tidy it up after them?
— Bill Ridgers (@billridgers) June 30, 2016
Boris is like the guy who shows up at the party uninvited, starts a fight, throws the TV from the balcony, shits in the pool and leaves.
— Soviet Sergey (@SovietSergey) June 30, 2016
.@BorisJohnson Boris this fire you lit is burning the house down. Boris? pic.twitter.com/T6kodKEDf4
— Jamie Smart (@jamiesmart) June 30, 2016
There's an irony in Boris failing to clean up his own mess, despite being the candidate to most resemble a mop. pic.twitter.com/8FphEYkNOt
— Chris Presswell (@ChrisPresswell) June 30, 2016
Boris Johnson's brexit plan: pic.twitter.com/raEIByNHLN
— Lisa (@biscuitahoy) June 30, 2016
Everyone was frankly stunned by the cattiness going on between Gove and Boris
Netflix reporting a massive drop in viewership of House of Cards: "We think people are looking for escapism, not reality TV."
— Feargal McKay (@fmk_RoI) June 30, 2016
In fact, BoJo's name has already become a way of describing the situation
Urban Dictionary: A Boris https://t.co/CQ4ppc0eq3 pic.twitter.com/QK4PBrhq7A
— James Whatley (@Whatleydude) June 30, 2016
The reaction from journalists was much the same as those of the British public
The best reaction to the announcement that Boris Johnson has ruled himself out of the leadership race pic.twitter.com/Y5i4gGv9hq
— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) June 30, 2016
And people drew parallels with many, many TV shows
"I'm joined by our crisis correspondent Spartacus Mills. Spartacus, this is huge history happening, isn't it?" pic.twitter.com/cciPTUY1Oq
— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) June 26, 2016
*mutes 'House Of Cards'*
*mutes 'Thick Of It'*
*mutes 'Game Of Thrones'*
— Kit Lovelace (@kitlovelace) June 30, 2016
And we can only imagine how David Cameron must've felt
Exclusive pic of David Cameron as Boris Johnson pulled out of leadership race pic.twitter.com/MLrE9k6ACn
— Emily Ashton (@elashton) June 30, 2016
Many people started to ponder what he might do now that his prime ministerial hopes have been trashed
Has Boris decided not to stand to focus on his bid for #ENG manager? We know he likes to get stuck in... pic.twitter.com/7M18KiuGAp
— Ladbrokes (@Ladbrokes) June 30, 2016
But, really, did he ever have a chance?
Boris ruled himself out a long time ago let's be honest. pic.twitter.com/78JdhBXsp2
— eight bit (@undead8bit) June 30, 2016
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