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Boris Johnson has been relentlessly mocked over his efforts to cling to power in the wake of ‘Partygate’ but this has got to be the best takedown yet.
It’s a 4-minute Line of Duty ‘special’ which has just been shared on Twitter by the series’ acclaimed creator, Jed Mercurio.
It was put together by political campaign group Led By Donkeys with some top-level help, by the looks of it, and it’s very funny and totally damning.
“If you’ve got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) January 18, 2022
Simply magnificent.
And here are just a few of the many things people were saying about it.
1.
Actually made me quite emotional, as a people we have been traumatised by the past few years, separations, deaths, loneliness, yet we did it believing it to be the right thing…they didnt, then they lied about it.
— Sue Donbavand Clough@lavenderandthyme (@sueclough1970) January 18, 2022
2.
OMG. The power of television. No wonder they don’t like it. 🙌 https://t.co/NpbzmWXIX4
— Katy Brand (@KatyFBrand) January 18, 2022
3.
If the Met won’t do it, at least we can always rely on AC-12
— Joanne Pen (@pen_joanne) January 18, 2022
4.
Genius. https://t.co/J1aXYnBeFI
— Joanne Harris (@Joannechocolat) January 18, 2022
5.
we saw the message in your totally brilliant final episode, “your corruption was mistaken for incompetence”. this is off the scale. thank you thank you so much x
— fiona piper (@PiperTanya) January 18, 2022
6.
Excellent work 👏👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/QWelgc0tQQ
— Craig Parkinson (@Cparks1976) January 18, 2022
7.
I wonder if we could crowd fund this to have it on during Corrie ad break?
— Andy (@andyiuk) January 18, 2022
8.
Maybe the BBC would run it for free
— Sue
(@suzie_wong_86) January 18, 2022
9.
This is quite something https://t.co/xwcPUWKdw5
— Jonathan Ashworth (@JonAshworth) January 18, 2022
10.
Magnificent. pic.twitter.com/zjCjNok7MQ
— orangechips (@bilstonayit) January 18, 2022
11.
Absolutely brilliant. Excellent work. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/l8Yk2t52eh
— Gemma Scott (@gemmajovi1984) January 18, 2022
It took us back to what Jed Mercurio had to say about Boris Johnson when the so-called Prime Minister dressed up in a police uniform last year.
Thank you for submitting your audition for the next series of #LineofDuty but we’re looking for a character with at least one redeeming moral principle and a performance that places even just a scintilla of doubt in the audience’s mind that he might not be totally bent pic.twitter.com/3jnJL74c5f
— Jed Mercurio (@jed_mercurio) December 6, 2021
Last word to the man himself (no, not Johnson).
Brilliant work @ByDonkeys
— Jed Mercurio (@jed_mercurio) January 18, 2022
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Source Twitter @ByDonkeys H/T Twitter @jed_mercurio
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