Jacob Rees-Mogg’s disregard for parliament became an internet hit for all the wrong reasons after he was snapped ‘lounging languidly’ on the front bench during a debate.
The photograph, first shared by Labour MP Anna Turley, quickly went viral before becoming an internet meme.
Shadow transport minister and Labour MP, Karl Turner, responded: “As a working class bloke brought up on a council estate in Hull I always feel enormous pride and gratitude when I go into the chamber of the House of Commons to represent east Hull.
“I’ve never felt a sense of entitlement. This is what that looks like!?”
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Hi @BorisJohnson, we saw your £100m Brexit 'Get Ready' advertising campaign. Thought it's a bit crap, to be honest. So we gave it a re-design on the Angel of the North. pic.twitter.com/8Lfib8casw
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) September 4, 2019
But social media users also urged the Led By Donkeys anti-Brexit campaigners to make use of the image for their campaigns.
Something the group appear to have agreed to do based on their latest tweet of a projection on Edinburgh Castle.
“That’s a perfect accompaniment to my morning coffee! Bravo”, said one.
“Excellent. The best meme. And the truth. Rees-Mogg is an insult and disgrace. He rebelled agajnst the Tories 100 times but is still not expelled from the Conservative Party. Hideous. Fake Toff”, said Omar Moore.
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It follows work by the Led By Donkeys team to mock up their own version of the government’s ‘Get Ready’ advertising campaign which sought to tell the truth about Brexit based on findings from the Yellowhammer report.
The campaigners projected the details on to Angel of the North, and posted a video straight to Twitter.
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