Whenever an official portrait of a politician gets released any politician it’s now pretty much tradition for it to become a full-blown meme in a matter of hours.
And what happens when a whole load of official portraits get released at the same time?
Boom: caption competition.
David Davis’s new portrait makes him look like a friendly cartoon detective who fights crime with the help of a fluffy yet cunning dog: pic.twitter.com/zg0PjjDwqX
Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) July 26, 2017
On Wednesday, the UK Parliament website was gifted with a range of brooding new headshots for each and every elected MP. There was the option to download them and everything.
It’s likely that the new headshots were intended as a way to bring a unifying theme to Parliament’s website, and better showcase the elected leaders of Britain’s constituencies to make them more recognisable to voters.
Twitter came up with another use for them, though:
James Duddridge as the scientist who’s spotted the rounding error which means the asteroid will hit earth after all https://t.co/MH5jB8nbVP pic.twitter.com/4gFBiy647P
Esther Webber (@estwebber) July 26, 2017
Barry Gardiner knows deep down he’ll never be ringmaster again after the circus closes pic.twitter.com/GaEeuVhsK8
Esther Webber (@estwebber) July 26, 2017
Andrew Bridgen is the colleague who says “Not if I see you first!” after you say “see you soon” pic.twitter.com/dqHZXkGiRU
Esther Webber (@estwebber) July 26, 2017
Paul Sweeney MP is looking for love in the first dates restaurant pic.twitter.com/WwrvCQogbD
Phoebe Rountree (@perountree) July 26, 2017
Ben Wallace MP as a Parisian restrauteur, after being asked by a British couple for a bottle of the second cheapest white wine pic.twitter.com/SG9iLrPTTn
Joey D’Urso (@josephmdurso) July 26, 2017
Joseph Johnson MP is still haunted by what happened on that fishing trip.#MPsPortraits pic.twitter.com/8fRIkfLxY4
Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 27, 2017
Thangam Debbonaire MP is your mate’s mum after you tell her that her roast dinners are the best you’ve ever had and your mate rolls his eyes pic.twitter.com/IQfJ238PAN
Joey D’Urso (@josephmdurso) July 26, 2017
Emily Thornberry MP is a headteacher on the last day of school, saying goodbye to that kid who was a pain, but charming and hard to dislike pic.twitter.com/JoXDplWVOw
Joey D’Urso (@josephmdurso) July 26, 2017
Corbyn looks like he moonlights in December as Santa (those rosy cheeks) but remains a cheerful PM-in-waiting January to November. pic.twitter.com/fI3VVK8MjF
Silversmith (@lizsilversmith) July 26, 2017
Excellent work, everyone.
Read more: http://mashable.com/2017/07/27/uk-politicians-portrait-captions/
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