As David Davis resigned from his Brexit role, Twitter came alive and it was almost impossible to find anything positive to say about him, so here are a selection of some of the best Tweets on the subject. Enjoy, unless you are David of course.
David Davis. You’re leaving the cabinet. Let’s have a look at your best bits: pic.twitter.com/K4rLwIENhR
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 9, 2018
Brexit always made more sense as a protest position for a rabble of Tory backbenchers. As an actual policy it is a disaster. The EU has always been a whipping boy for mendacious national politicians, not the real problem. David Davis' resignation proves this.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) July 9, 2018
Triggering Article 50 will surely go down as one of the greatest political mistakes in British history. It has made this whole process almost impossible for even a skilled negotiator, let alone Billy No-Homework, David Davis.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) July 9, 2018
EU diplomat on David Davis resignation: "The article 50 negotiation has so far taken up several hundreds of hours in negotiation. Of which minister Davis was here for 4 this year. 1/
— James Crisp (@JamesCrisp6) July 9, 2018
Who would have thought a month ago that David Davis would resign before Gareth Southgate?
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 9, 2018
David Davis coming across with Chekovian depth as the actual character he is playing: an incompetent amateur who doesn't give a shit about the rest of the country and thinks politics is a kind of after-dinner charade
— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) July 9, 2018
‘A source told C4 News that Mr Davis rang Michel Barnier early on Sunday night to explain his decision to resign. Later in the evening, Mr Barnier told the same source that he had received a mystery call from somebody called David Davis, whom he insisted he had never met before’
— Twenty8Sixty8 (@WilliamPMack) July 9, 2018
David Davis –
The nation wants to thank you for spectacularly wasting our time.
You have filled every ringbinder with air, every drawer with cotton wool, every inquiry hearing with bluster… and negotiations with a mixture of absence and fluff.
Take a bow. pic.twitter.com/TFHxZLPEtz
— Mike Galsworthy ??????? #FBPE (@mikegalsworthy) July 9, 2018
I hope all of you attacking David Davis are ashamed of yourselves didn’t you know that since January that man has devoted 4 gruelling hours negotiating for Britannia on your behalf with Michel Barnier.
4 hours, the man is tireless! pic.twitter.com/HKHUHfQ664— Barrhead Boy (@Scotpol1314) July 9, 2018
As David Davis is replaced by new Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, the government announces a national shortage of turd polish.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 9, 2018
Asked whether David Davis’s resignation is a problem, EU commission spokesperson says: “Not for us"
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) July 9, 2018
Reports suggest David Davis actually resigned in 2017, but took 15 months to negotiate his severance package (£3.62 and a Cornetto).
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 9, 2018
David Davis will never get those four hours he spent negotiating back now.
— Law and policy (@davidallengreen) July 9, 2018