It was confirmed today (July 23) that Boris Johnson will be the UK’s next Prime Minister. Johnson earned a landslide victory in the Conservative leadership race against Jeremy Hunt; he will officially become the Prime Minister tomorrow.
Theresa May, who repeatedly failed to secure a Brexit deal with the EU, will be stepping down after announcing her resignation in May.
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The music world had a lot to say, immediately taking to social media to react to the news. Slow Thai called Johnson a “lesser” version of Trump, while The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess seemed upset that his prediction came true.
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Below, see how artists like Stormzy, Thom Yorke and Johhny Marr reacted.
Stormzy
once again, @stormzy sums up today https://t.co/M3gxxWKyqG
— David (@daveygranger) July 23, 2019
Thom Yorke
Fuck You ‘Prime Minister…’ https://t.co/GcgCdqHAPj
— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) July 23, 2019
Slow Thai
ANOTHER INCOMPETENT TWAT IN NUMBER 10 JUST A LESSER VERSION TRUMP PLEASE LET ME EVACUATE THE PREMISE.
— slowthai (@slowthai) July 23, 2019
FUCK BORIS.
— slowthai (@slowthai) July 23, 2019
99 Souls
Boris Johnson has been fired from multiple jobs for lying, has made numerous racist and homophobic remarks and we don’t even know how many kids he has. Why did we scrap his water cannons rather than give him an enema with them?
— 99 Souls (@99SoulsOfficial) July 23, 2019
Hudson Mohawke
Fuck this boris nonsense, glad to be heading back to USA this aft where things are a bit more modera…oh wait no
— Hudson Mohawke (@HudMo) July 23, 2019
Ed Simons
More posh rich people telling us to be optimistic about Brexit when their own experts say it will be a disaster. It is odd.
— ed simons (@eddychemical) July 23, 2019
Johnny Marr
I wish people would stop referring to “Boris” like he’s some cuddly fun character. They should refer to him by his full name; “That Wanker Boris Johnson”.
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) July 9, 2019
David Schneider
I for one welcome our new lying, racist dog-whistling, incompetent, principle-free, bullshitting, back-stabbing,
British-citizen-in-Iran-incarcerating, white-supremacist-befriending, business-fucking, reality-fucking, countrycidal maniac overlord.#NextPrimeMinister— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 23, 2019
Soak
faaaaaaaaaaaaar too many blonde pricks in charge
— SOAK (@Soakofficial) July 23, 2019