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‘Another one bites the dust’: the best UK election memes
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From PoliticsJoe to even Ryanair, Labour’s landslide win is being marked across social media
The voters have done their bit – now for the meme makers. Labour’s general election landslide, and the Conservatives’ wipeout, is being marked across social media in the now time-honoured way.
Yes, it was a curiously serious election compared with ones past, but that doesn’t mean there was no space for levity. Here are some of the best memes from election day and its aftermath, as well as a few from the campaign.
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