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[_Rob_]

Theresa May's speech at the Conservative party conference was disrupted by a prankster waving a P45 at the prime minister on the podium before security guards tackled him.

Simon Brodkin, who sometimes performs as a character called Lee Nelson and famously showered the then Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, with fake banknotes, was dragged out of the hall pursued by journalists. ”Boris told me to do it," he said, referring to the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.

He was later arrested for breach of the peace, according to the prime minister's spokesperson.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...s-may-p45-during-conference-speech-lee-nelson

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

I needed this laugh today! Makes you wonder how lax their security is though!

 

[Machina]

Classic. Keep rubbing it into them

 

[Omadahl]

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

 

[IHaveIce]

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

Thank you

 

[Pinko Marx]

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

Thanks for this.

 

[this guy are sick]

It was bad enough having it waved it front of her, but why did she actually take it off of him lmao

 

[The Elite]

Arrested for breach of the peace for handing someone a form?

 

[_Rob_]

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

Oh, my apologies I hadn't even considered that this wasn't a universal thing. I will quote your explanation in the OP.

 

[PipefishUK]

So glad he does this instead of Lee Nelson now - he's so much better at this!

For people who aren't aware. He's done Trump, Sepp Blatter, Philip Green, Simon Cowell and Volkswagen in the past.

https://youtu.be/Q3_F5_JPQA0

 

[Ravensmash]

Arrested for breach of the peace for handing someone a form?

He's been released so it acts as a temporary measure to get him out of the building I'd guess.

 

[GeeTeeCee]

It was bad enough having it waved it front of her, but why did she actually take it off of him lmao

She was probably hoping all day that someone would hand her a workable Brexit strategy.

 

[Anung]

She was probably hoping all day that someone would hand her a workable Brexit strategy.

Then this was exactly that.

 

[HazySaiyan]

"A P45? This is my out!"

 

[wetflame]

It was bad enough having it waved it front of her, but why did she actually take it off of him lmao

If he's stood there waving it at her it looks a lot worse than if he's stood there empty handed. If she takes it then she ends the joke.

 

[Preezy]

Arrested for breach of the peace for handing someone a form?

In the UK it is expressly forbidden to pass pieces of paper between citizens in halls housing over 256 people. If you're caught doing so you could get your left leg chopped off by the Queen. It's known locally as "Maggie's Sweeper", and was last actually carried out in 1998.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Cheeky bastard.

 

[_Rob_]

In the UK it is expressly forbidden to pass pieces of paper between citizens in halls housing over 256 people. If you're caught doing so you could get your left leg chopped off by the Queen. It's known locally as "Maggie's Sweeper", and was last actually carried out in 1998.

Don't forget the 2002 Church amendment, allowing for hymn sheets to be exempt.

 

[Preezy]

Don't forget the 2002 Church amendment, allowing for hymn sheets to be exempt.

Of course, my apologies for this most egregious oversight.

 

[brokenbeans]

I remember this guy he’s funny.

 

[LewieP]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

 

[_Rob_]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

Is that actually when they fell off?

This one obviously isn't real, but it made me chuckle.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

"Boris asked me to give you this"

lmao

 

[TechnicPuppet]

She's totally screwed.

 

[shira]

Someone step to trump like that and they dead

 

[IdreamofHIME]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

To add to her woes, some of the letters fell off the conference stage backdrop. By the end it read: "Building a country that works or everyon."

She's done.

 

[HazySaiyan]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

This is such a perfect metaphor for her government

 

[Akuun]

For those of us that don't know what a P45 is:

"a P45 is the reference code of a form titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is pink slip."

Thanks. My first guess was that it was some kind of gun.

 

[Breakage]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

Or Everyone...DIES

 

[Calderc]

His best one was showering Trump with swastika golf balls.

 

[Preezy]

His best one was showering Trump with swastika golf balls.

In terms of iconic images that will stick with the "victims" (I use that term very loosely) forever the May and Blatter ones are the best.

 

[legacyzero]

https://twitter.com/BBCDanielS/status/915545386407866369/video/1

I don’t believe in God, but you have to admit there was some ironic force at play here lmao

 

[dl77]

"A P45? This is my out!"

Ha, that was my first thought, secretly she was like "Yeeeessssssss!"

 

[Ravensmash]

Haha, they showed this on the news just now. Hadn't seen Boris and Rudd telling him to "just go away"

Funny stuff.

 

[afroguy10]

Love how the P45 was signed by Boris Johnston and it had her gender down as robot!

 

[Breakage]

Just saw Brodkin getting led out on the evening news. It was fucking hilarious.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Ah I had forgotten about May as I was busy dealing with Trump's nonsense. Yeah May is a weak and it won't be long before she's pushed out.

 

[Hierophant]

Lmao what a statement, instead of tearing it up on stage or something she just took it and left it on the side for later

 

[Slime]

Haha

Why does she always look like a Disney villain? Trying too hard, constantly.