British Prime Minister Theresa May will be chairing a crucial meeting of senior ministers on Tuesday to seek a way out of the Brexit deadlock as the EU warns a no-deal departure is growing more likely by the day.
On Monday night, in a series of four indicative votes, MPs failed to find a majority on any alternative to Mrs May's divorce deal, an agreement they have already rejected three times.
The farcical political situation has caused a riot over memes and jokes on Twitter in particular in the last few days.
It's ironic that their Eurovision Song Contest entry was called Making Your Mind Up 😂#BucksFizz #TheresaMay #Parliament #Brexit #Funny #Memes #Meme #FunnyPics #FunnyPictures #FunnyMemes pic.twitter.com/NVicJA4X9i
— BewilderBugs (@BewilderBugs) 2 April 2019
Brussels has set Britain an April 12 deadline to pass the agreement, come up with an alternative or crash out of the EU.
Best #brexit meme I've seen in a while. pic.twitter.com/711W00S55J
— Helen Ashby (@HelenAshby72) 29 March 2019
"If the UK still wants to leave the EU in an orderly manner, this agreement, this treaty is and will be the only one," the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned on Tuesday.
Brexit is the definition of this meme pic.twitter.com/DgtruUd9xJ
— 🍊 captain tinkerbell 🧚♂️ (@hufflepuffmish) 1 April 2019
The EU has called an emergency summit for April 10 to agree on the next steps.
I still think about this Brexit meme pic.twitter.com/zMUodDVv1t
— 🐼 (@b1205) 27 March 2019
Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay suggested the government would try to bring Mrs May's deal back for a fourth vote this week, despite no suggestions it would be passed.
It's the Brexit hot take you've all been waiting for 👇👇👇 https://t.co/co9zeibV2w
— Tom Harwood (@tomhfh) 2 April 2019
Britain voted by 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the EU in a 2016 referendum but the deal Mrs May's government negotiated has been repeatedly rejected by Parliament.
When you show someone a meme in your camera roll and they start scrolling through your pics…#Brexit #indicativevotes2 #Meme pic.twitter.com/sWCnRrroxQ
— Nathan Wyn Jones (@NafNaf_97) 1 April 2019
The deadlock has caused several Remainers to quit both the Conservative and Labour Party to join a new group, called Change UK.
Saw this meme this morning and thought it was lacking a bottom box. I've added one. Hope this helps. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/3BEoT5WIU2
— Phil Smith (@mrmonkeyhat) 29 March 2019
On Monday night another Remainer, Nick Boles, whose Cambridgeshire constituency is solidly pro-Brexit, quit the Conservative Party.
"I have given everything to an attempt to find a compromise. I have failed chiefly because my party refuses to compromise. I regret therefore to announce I can no longer sit for this party," Mr Boles said.
When a pleb resigns from their job it means they don’t actually have the job anymore — When an MP ‘resigns’ it actually means they are sticking two fingers up to their constituents and will continue to be paid and enjoy all the perks of high office @NickBoles #Brexit
— Christopher John (@mrchrisjohn) 2 April 2019
But he cannot be forced to give up his seat and will sit as an independent.
How MPs just voted in the second round of #brexit indicative votes pic.twitter.com/wj0Y4J6M3i
— Institute for Gov (@instituteforgov) 1 April 2019
A meme that neatly sums up the merits of no deal Brexit (ht @BrimhamG) pic.twitter.com/OVr9ODXddx
— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) March 31, 2019
