Twitter users react with hilarious memes as Johnson pulls out

‘Leadership contest… completed it mate’: Twitter users react with hilarious social media memes as Boris Johnson reveals he will NOT run in the race to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader

• News of Boris Johnson’s failed attempt at a return prompted a flurry of memes 
• Twitter users reacted with hilarity at news the former PM was dropping out race
• Allies claim Johnson stepped down because rivals refused to work with him
• But others have speculated over whether he attained 100 MPs to support him 

News that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dropped out of the Tory leadership race tonight was met with a flurry of memes of social media.

Twitter users reacted with hilarity at the news – following speculation about whether or not Johnson had attained the necessary 100 nominations from fellow Conservative MPs.

Just 67 Parliamentarians were known for certain to have publicly backed the former PM, despite claims from his supporters that he had further backers.

David Ronan tweeted an image of Inbetweeners’ famous braggart Jay Cartwright (played by James Buckley). Underneath was the caption: ‘Boris Johnson: “Tory votes for leadership? Completed it mate. I had so many votes I didn’t think it was fair on the other so let them have a chance.’

Shay Reaction tweeted an image of ‘The one hundred MPs backing Boris Johnson’ with a dozen profile shots of Boris’s supporter Nadine Dorries. 

David Ronan tweeted an image of Inbetweeners’ famous braggart Jay Cartwright (played by James Buckley). Underneath was the caption: ‘Boris Johnson: “Tory votes for leadership? Completed it mate. I had so many votes I didn’t think it was fair on the other so let them have a chance.’

Shay Reaction tweeted an image of ‘The one hundred MPs backing Boris Johnson’ with a dozen profile shots of Boris’s supporter Nadine Dorries

Donna DLH quipped: @Boris pulls himself out of the leadership’ along with a picture of the former PM pulling a rope

Jason Farrell posted: ‘Sam Coates [Sky News political editor] moonlighting as a sign language on the BBC and communicating “Boris pulls out”‘

Lyndon Chaplin also poked fun at the claim Boris had 103 MPs supporting him, with a caption: ‘Did they though?’

A sendup of Boris Johnson as a clown was one Twitter user’s response to news that the former PM was out the leadership race

Johnson, who was ousted in July amid ethics scandals, was widely expected to run to replace Liz Truss, who quit last week.

He has spent the weekend trying to gain support from fellow lawmakers, and said he had amassed more than 100 votes, the threshold to run.

But he was far behind former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak in support. Johnson said he had concluded that “you can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in Parliament.”

Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak was the frontrunner Sunday in the Conservative Party’s race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. Sunak garnered the public support of over 100 Tory lawmakers to forge ahead of his two main rivals: former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt

Former Conservative MP Ken Clarke couldn’t resist taking a dig at Johnson’s failed attempt at a comeback, posting an image of himself and Ex-Prime Minister Theresa May

Malcolm Wood mocked Johnson’s failed return with an image of David Tennant as Doctor Who, noting the next series begins tonight

One Twitter user shared an image of Eastenders regular Sharon (Letitia Dean) sobbing, with a caption comparing her to Boris’s most prominent supporter Nadine Dorries

Another infamous Eastenders meme was also shared, again sending up Johnson’s supporter Dorries

Matt McCann quipped: ‘I’ve got a hundred cows. I’ve got a hundred and four friends’

Other users imagined MPs’ reaction at a comeback for former PM Boris Johnson

The Conservative Party hastily ordered a contest that aims to finalize nominations Monday and install a new prime minister – its third this year – within a week.

Sunak, 42, was runner-up after Truss in this summer’s Tory leadership race to replace Johnson after he was forced out by a string of ethics scandals. On Sunday, he confirmed he was running again in the latest leadership contest.

Sunak has the backing of at least 124 Conservative lawmakers, according to unofficial tallies compiled by British news organizations. That’s well ahead of the 100 nominations required to qualify.

“There will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government I lead and I will work day in and day out to get the job done,” Sunak said in a statement.

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