Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign memes: Social media explodes

Social media today is awash with memes and ridicule Twitter users compared Boris Johnson’s cabinet to a collapsing house of cards after the shocking resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid.

Thousands quickly shared their views on the latest bump in the road for the beleaguered prime minister after his health minister and chancellor both resigned astonishingly.

Several Twitter users took to timeless clichés, sharing GIFs of rats fleeing a sinking ship, a house of cards collapsing and dominoes quickly falling one by one.

Others compared the dramatic turn of events today to the final days of Theresa May’s premiership, while mock-up photos of ‘Get Borexit Done’ also circulated.

The resignation came after Mr Johnson was forced to make a humiliating apology for his handling of the Chris Pincher feud after he was found to have been forgotten about past allegations of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour.

This latest sleaze spat in Westminster threatens to once again jeopardize Johnson’s political future, with number 10 making a series of conflicting statements about what the prime minister did or did not know about Mr Pincher’s past behavior.

Below, MailOnline describes some of the funniest comments seen online after Tuesday’s bombshells:

In his letter of resignation, Mr Sunak told the Prime Minister that ‘we cannot go on like this’.

Recognizing that he may be saying goodbye to his ministerial career for good, the outgoing chancellor added: ‘The public rightly expects the government to be run correctly, competently and seriously.

“I recognize that this may be my last ministerial job, but I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that’s why I’m resigning.”

Meanwhile, Mr. Javid publicly questioned Mr. Johnson’s integrity, competence and ability to act in the national interest.

He told the Prime Minister: “It is with great regret that I have to tell you that I can no longer, in good faith, continue to serve in this government.

“I am instinctively a team player, but the British people rightly expect integrity from their government.”

Chris Pincher resigned as deputy head whip last week after alleging he drunkenly groped two men at a posh London members’ club.

He has also now been suspended as a Conservative MP, amid a slew of allegations against the 52-year-old lasting several years.

Johnson’s critics were given extra ammunition today when a former senior official wrote a letter bomb to a parliamentary watchdog claiming that No. 10 “keeps changing their story and still not telling the truth.”

Downing Street later confirmed that Simon McDonald, the former top official at Foreign Affairs, was right when he said the Prime Minister had been made aware of a complaint about Mr Pincher in 2019 when he was Secretary of State.

The prime minister’s official spokesman said Johnson initially “didn’t remember” being notified.

He added that he believed the prime minister had been told by “someone from the cabinet” and that it had been “several months” after the complaint had been investigated.

As No10 took its final stance on what the Prime Minister knew about Mr Pincher’s alleged behaviour, Cabinet Secretary Michael Ellis was faced with a House of Commons discussion about the row.

Fellow Tory MP Caroline Johnson asked why Pincher was not fired as Secretary of State when the complaint against him was accepted in 2019.

“Why wasn’t he fired at the time, let alone get another job?” she asked.