The announcement by the New Zealand PM that she has resigned because it is the right thing for her to do has left UK Conservatives confused.
The surprise announcement yesterday from Jacinda Ardern that she is going to step down and allow for an orderly process to find a replacement has confused Tories. Many took to social media to express their bafflement, some went outside to bark at traffic lights while Jacob Reees-Mogg ordered a parchment, quill and ink.
A supporter from Harrogate said “surely she should wait until she has trashed the reputation of her party before she is forced to resign by the implosion of her cabinet”. Another accused her of being unconstitutional by not breaking any laws, not slipping her mates millions for undelivered or unusable goods and not trashing the economy before replaced in a coup.
“She has set a terrible precedent by not clinging on to power for another few years and ensuring no competent replacements can rise through the ranks” – Dave from Luton.
Anthony from Richmond was mostly howling at the traffic lights, but did manage to scrawl “make it go away. I don’t understand” on the pavement with his own excrement.
Herbert from Walthamstow was dubious that she was leaving politics totally. “She must stay on the back benches interfering from the sidelines snd undermining the next leader. She has to make it all about her and be a distraction”.
Unfortunately we can’t report what Jacob Reees-Mogg thinks as he has broken his quill stabbing at the parchment. He is now smearing the ink on his face to make posh war paint marks.