The Brexit deal is far from being finalised and the chaos and commotion is increasing with every passing day. Over 12 hours after British PM Theresa May announced that her Cabinet had agreed to the terms of the deal, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey resigned. However, May vowed to fight for her draft deal with the European Union on Thursday. Hostility to the deal from government and opposition lawmakers raised the risk that the deal would be rejected and Britain would leave the EU on March 29 without a safety net.
Reporting the news, a BBC sign language interpreter went viral after perfectly summing up the chaos. As the news anchor explained that May failed to gain support for her deal from an MP across party lines, the British sign language (BSL) interpreter absolutely nailed the state of the UK in just 12 seconds and people said it’s most accurate analysis of Brexit ever!
The footage is going viral with over 3.5 million views, at the time of writing, after actor and writer Ell Potter and shared on Twitter and people said even though do not know the grammar of BSL, it did not stop them from understanding anything at all.
(To be clear, as this tweet takes off & people add their own comments, I am not laughing at this incredible interpreter or at the deaf & signing community; I think the way she expresses this clusterfuck is amazing, and it’s the most accurate analysis of Brexit I have seen today.)
— Ell Potter (@Pottell) November 15, 2018
Here’s how people reacted:
Indeed. Actions speak louder than words. https://t.co/efH3x57138
— wolfgang_ (@rose_atoria) November 17, 2018
Yep. Pretty much sums it up for the rest of us too#Brexit https://t.co/7vfPiRKY2b
— Stacey Connolly (@StaceyConnolly_) November 17, 2018
I don’t understand sign language, but I can understand her explanation of #Brexit perfectly.#BrexitChaos #BrexitShambles https://t.co/utyAbGwui6
— Heather Hughson (@HNHughson) November 16, 2018
There needs to be an award for this kind of thing. 🏆 https://t.co/gpzkNk8CpJ
— bitchkitten5 (@bitchkitten5) November 17, 2018
This so sums up my mood about politics at home and abroad, enjoy. https://t.co/0VHAiU1ztM
— Bruce Cargin (@BruceCargin) November 17, 2018
A sterling piece of work here. lt can’t have been at all easy. https://t.co/gLSas6qFgk
— Sioned-Mair Richards (@efrogwraig) November 16, 2018
i’m going to need to make enough money to have this woman follow me around everywhere all day & do an incredulous sign language translation of everything i say. https://t.co/hOQ9kdaSer
— 🚀𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕗𝕗𝕗💫 (@spacecrafff) November 16, 2018
She is right on the mark. https://t.co/IRmcfNBEoB
— Simon Schultz (@neuralengine) November 16, 2018
One of the best analyses of Brexit I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/Pg7CTbYMSy
— Nicci French (@FrenchNicci) November 15, 2018
Is she available for #Trump Press Conferences as well?#ThursdayThoughts
— The Freedom Cactus (@Freedom_Cactus) November 15, 2018
“I believe with every fibre of my being that the course I have set out is the right one for our country and all our people,” she told reporters after the resignations and added that she believed her deal was the right one.