David Davis has handed in his resignation as Brexit Secretary
The move comes days after Theresa May won the cabinet’s backing for her Brexit plan. Davis handed in his letter at around midnight on Sunday night. In his resignation, he gave his opinion that: "The general direction of policy will leave us in at best a weak negotiating position, and possibly an inescapable one."
He also said that he thought it “look less and less likely” that UK will leave the single market and customs union.
Davis' tenure in the role has been, like everything connected to the government's Brexit stratergy, somewhat controversial and often directionless.
Which means that of course, there were plenty jokes on Twitter.
The best was based on the meme of the moment, Harry Maguire talking to his girlfriend.
https://twitter.com/barry88quinn/status/1016094688909168640?s=21
And of course there was a Simpsons reference.
https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/1016092917587496962
And here are some of the rest.
https://twitter.com/news42/status/1016099854114873345
https://twitter.com/TooManyEmmas/status/1016088836642951168
https://twitter.com/stephanieboland/status/1016210065387409408
https://twitter.com/janemerrick23/status/1016088721391804417
https://twitter.com/AngryScotland/status/1016208416350654465
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