The last few years have been full of political debate and turmoil, and the cherry on the cake has come in the form of the Tory Party scandals. (It turns out that during various lockdowns, members of the Conservative Party were having a bash around Downing Street for various reasons, including to celebrate BoJo’s birthday!) So, in order to distract from the ridiculousness of it all, here are 20 of the most hilarious memes about Boris Johnson’s lockdown parties.
1. Some people have fashioned their anger into… something creative
Well, we have to give top marks to these creative souls- good effort indeed.
@sugarcoatedsisters BYOB #bojo #ukpolitics #ukhumour #borisjohnson #drinksparty #gardenparty #tories #toriesout #byob #partygate #politicalcomedy
2. And they’re not the only ones using parodies to get around the ridiculousness
There ain’t no party like [another] Downing Street party pic.twitter.com/Nru94iep4n
— Crispin Mount (@CrispinMount) January 11, 2022
3. But it’s okay, no reason to be upset, after all, the police are saying it’s fine…
Met police hq currently working out how they can say a party of 100 in no10 downing Street didn't break any rules pic.twitter.com/gBVH3caIHE
— Leftycrank MP for Ceres (@Naramsin20) January 10, 2022
4. After all, we’ve all been there, right? It’s okay BoJo
In fact, this couldn’t be any more relatable…
Boris when accidentally stumbling across his own party in the back garden #PMQs pic.twitter.com/371y9jK2Fp
— Rizzla ʷᵉ'ʳᵉ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵉ (@loopyrizla) January 12, 2022
5. Sometimes, things just get out of hand. Work events are unpredictable!
You heard it from the man himself- he thought it was a meeting! (In fact, our work meeting looks like this too.)
'I believed implicitly that this was a work event.’ #PMQs pic.twitter.com/9qxVLWkHjZ
— Sarfraz Manzoor (@sarfrazmanzoor) January 12, 2022
6. Not all of us have the social abilities to tell events apart, after all
Boris Johnson for 25 minutes on 20 May 2020 pic.twitter.com/pFqIz6dIqr
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) January 12, 2022
7. Surrounded by people drinking? Wine and cheese? Music? Nah, can’t be a party…
Just to clarify this again, it was a work meeting!
Boris being in the garden but not knowing it was a party. #PMQs pic.twitter.com/7xCKlJpGrN
— Lou (@LP__92) January 12, 2022
8. Let’s be real, did anyone expect anything less from the man who started the pandemic off by telling us to sing Happy Birthday?
(And
🚨 BORIS ATTENDED THE PARTY!!!!! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/CZaFEo2FPE
— Cosmo Queen (@rxbbie_ap) January 12, 2022
9. And the scripts they’ve all followed since the parties? We couldn’t have written better…
"I walked outside for some fresh air, I thought it was a work event not a party, as drinking at work is what I do" – Boris Johnson pic.twitter.com/vl8gU8o56M
— Duffeh | 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@Duffeh_Leeds) January 12, 2022
10. The only resident of Downing Street that we can trust
“Unlike Boris Johnson I can tell you that I wasn’t at the Downing Street drinks party during lockdown because, unlike Boris Johnson, I don’t think the rules are just for other people.” pic.twitter.com/SQtJx4e25b
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 11, 2022
11. Diane Abbot, everyone’s favourite party organiser, offered her help
If I had known Boris was having all these parties at Downing St. I could have got him a sound system to borrow pic.twitter.com/d2vaozYwv0
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) January 11, 2022
12. You know the country’s in a state of shock when Ant and Dec break out the political statements…
It seems that things have gotten serious.
Good evening, Prime Minister! 👀🤭@antanddec #ImACeleb pic.twitter.com/cekIFiwx8N
— I'm A Celebrity… (@imacelebrity) December 7, 2021
13. Why has nobody taken this opportunity? They’re all supposed to be smart, damn it!
If I was Labour, I would call them The Christmas Party and I would never stop doing it.
— rufus jones (@rufusjones1) December 7, 2021
14. Boris had been teetering on the top for a while, we just didn’t expect this to push him over
I always expected Johnson to be toppled by his Party, I just didn’t expect it to be a Christmas one.
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) December 7, 2021
15. If BoJo decides to take his career to Would I Lie To You after finishing as PM, this is one lie definitely worthy of the show
I was at a party where they gave me a cake with candles and sang happy birthday to me, but I didn't realise it was my birthday party. #ambushedwithacake pic.twitter.com/biobmRyPyD
— Ben loves F1 (@Asphalt_World) January 25, 2022
16. Maybe this kinda thing is why they built that new TV studio…
He has done Boris in here 😂😂
🎥: tomelwes (IG) pic.twitter.com/7FulHKas4V
— LADbible (@ladbible) January 25, 2022
17. Are we mad because they broke the rules, or are we mad because we weren’t invited?
We were so bored at the time!
@spoofed_uk Boris, May 2020 💃🏻🎉🍾#fyp #spoofed #downingst #boris #party #borisparty #borisjohnston #lockdown
I mean, who doesn’t want to see Rishi Sunak and Jacob Rees-Moggs do the I’ve Had The Time of My Life dance?
18. Ultimately, we’ve got to cut BoJo a break… After all, he was just ambushed by cake time and time again
Boris when he finds out 100 people attended a party in his garden pic.twitter.com/JXWy3b6uuZ
— giles b (@gilsyb) January 11, 2022
We’ve all had a party that ends up with cheese and wine in the garden – so out of hand…