These 22 Andy Burnham memes will leave you in tiers, whether you like it or not

We’ve had Sonic memes. We’ve had two rounds of Pope memes. And if you wanted proof that the internet can turn anything into a meme, look no further than Andy Burnham memes.

2020’s been a weird year for New Labour cabinet members. Jacqui Smith’s doing Strictly. Alan Johnson was on the Masked Singer. And now a clip of the former health secretary looking angrily at his phone has, somehow, become a meme.

For context: One-time Labour leadership hopeful, now metro mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has been in fierce negotiations with Westminster over how much financial support the region would get before it was put into tier three restrictions.

The government was only offering £60m, short of the £65m Burnham said the region needed to support people who’d be unable to work. Things weren’t going well and negotiations broke down, so Burnham was giving an outdoor press conference.

During the conference, he discovered the government had emailed MPs to say the region would only be getting £22m. The clip of his reaction is quite something:

I get the feeling that this moment will be replayed again and again and again.

Politically, absolutely toxic. pic.twitter.com/1LqutiD2Gm

— Tom Swarbrick (@TomSwarbrick1) October 20, 2020

Today, the government are now saying Burnham found out about the news a few hours before. Anyway, there’s plenty to be written about regional tensions in the UK and the emerging political clout of metro mayors. But that’s not for us – or you.

Instead, here are some Andy Burnham memes:

1.

https://twitter.com/harrisonjbrock/status/1318646571232264200

2.

https://twitter.com/GrantTucker/status/1318600173627576322

3.

pic.twitter.com/QzS6PnXmjJ

— Calgie (@christiancalgie) October 20, 2020

4.

https://twitter.com/twcuddleston/status/1318595342821097478

5.

https://twitter.com/KarimPalant/status/1318637567554760705

6.

pic.twitter.com/PrNoqDeEai

— Hannah Al-Othman (@HannahAlOthman) October 20, 2020

7.

Obligatory Andy Burnham x Bitch Boss pic.twitter.com/rgqTnXUg78

— Ben McGowan (@BenMcGowan_) October 20, 2020

8.

pic.twitter.com/eeBsooXARO

— The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan (@DawnHFoster) October 21, 2020

9.

https://twitter.com/harrisonjbrock/status/1318646571232264200

10.

pic.twitter.com/iSCNs9zcH3

— out of context arsenal (@outofcontextars) October 20, 2020

11.

pic.twitter.com/KUd3H9YqYg

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) October 20, 2020

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12.

When it all kicks off on the group chat pic.twitter.com/su1hvGCFCo

— Jono Read (@jonoread) October 20, 2020

13.

https://twitter.com/bex_bambi/status/1318625668175941633

14.

https://twitter.com/aljwhite/status/1318638353642827777

15.

https://twitter.com/chrisrickett/status/1318591928791932930

16.

pic.twitter.com/5VqADKyDbD

— Grant Tucker (@GrantTucker) October 20, 2020

17.

pic.twitter.com/CpdXTkCBjv

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) October 20, 2020

18.

pic.twitter.com/vEx8cN43E7

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) October 20, 2020

19.

pic.twitter.com/0FJqJUO8kt

— Greg Barradale (@GregBarradale) October 21, 2020

20.

#AndyBurnham checking memes before the press conference pic.twitter.com/rIaK79yU68

— Red Claude (@red_claude) October 20, 2020

21.

pic.twitter.com/LPjYuYWZJF

— Calgie (@christiancalgie) October 20, 2020

22.

pic.twitter.com/huw36cytb3

— Lily Soaper (@lilysoaper) October 20, 2020

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