The media don’t have any friends who were Vote Leave and they can’t believe the audacity of the UK’s voters on Brexit.
Here we present some of the best liberal media meltdowns on Brexit.
Jon Snow, Channel Four
Tonight @Channel4News 7.00pm to 8.30pm Don't miss it! Ninety minutes of 'Britain adrift': amid the worst constitutional crisis in 200 years.
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 27, 2016
Return to Parliamentary Democracy? Interesting letter in the Guardian: pic.twitter.com/WrnKt46SAL
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 26, 2016
@jonsnowC4 @MHristo .. ha ha .. brilliant .. let's try and subvert a democratic vote because it didn't go your way #enemyoffreeworld
— Mike Parry (@mikeparry8) June 26, 2016
The bakery this morning, two 6th formers earning extra cash; In tears to me: "What have these old people who voted LEAVE done to our lives?"
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 25, 2016
Nobody believed the above incident happened at all, including your humble correspondent:
.@jonsnowC4 There really was a cat!#Brexit#Bollocks
— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) June 25, 2016
'@jonsnowC4 please stop, you're shredding the last of your credibility. https://t.co/GLJ6n4Ea2v
— Mr Squeaky Clean (@Mr_S_Clean) June 25, 2016
This was my favourite reply:
@jonsnowC4 @BigotExposed In a democracy you can lose, as well as win, votes …
— Pat McDonald (@HwdBnd) June 25, 2016
No wonder the young voted so strongly to Remain: they are now about to lose the right to study, live, love, and work in 27 other countries
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) June 24, 2016
This tragic meltdown by a UK network anchor led to more mockery than we can reproduce here:
You know nothing, Jon Snow. #BrexitInFiveWords pic.twitter.com/RnbgxPiH4q
— Duncan Whitehead (@DuncanWhitehead) June 25, 2016
J. K. Rowling went from Hogwarts to Hogwash:
Goodbye, UK. https://t.co/HMRA0AnlWR
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 24, 2016
Scotland will seek independence now. Cameron's legacy will be breaking up two unions. Neither needed to happen. https://t.co/4MDj7pndcq
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 24, 2016
Some us know. It's like being related to the wedding guest who threw up on the cake. We're truly sorry. https://t.co/QoZDyyyW5l
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2016
Ohhh-kay.
A succession of Remainers in the media threw a glorious temper tantrum:
I don't want a future in which politics is primarily a battle between cosmopolitan finance capitalism and ethno-nationalist backlash.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 24, 2016
Saddest fact is that the people who voted 'stuff you' because their lives were tough will now get stuffed. By the people who led them on.
— Jenni Russell (@jennirsl) June 24, 2016
Including leading figures from the BBC:
This (probably) means the end of the UK as we have known it. Oh, and the government is pretty much shot, as well.
— Andrew Marr (@AndrewMarr9) June 24, 2016
Brace yourself for political and financial tumult like little we have ever witnessed. Expect Bank of England to step in
— Robert Peston (@Peston) June 24, 2016
If you're ever having a bad day at work remember you're not David Cameron and you didn't unintentionally lead the UK out of the EU.
— Jamie Ross (@JamieRoss7) June 24, 2016
British public decides they'd prefer to risk an economic hit rather than continue to accept current level of immigration. Wow.
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) June 24, 2016
But there was one Remain advocate who managed to put a highly amusing face on it:
Best of three?
— Hugh Laurie (@hughlaurie) June 24, 2016
