Jokes at Suella Braverman’s expense were served thick and fast on social media after she resigned as home secretary – featuring lashings of tofu.
On Tuesday in the Commons, her last full day as home secretary, Braverman sprayed accusations over the disruption caused by the climate protest groups Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil. “It’s the Labour party, it’s the Lib Dems, it’s the coalition of chaos, it’s the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption that we are seeing on our roads today.”
On Wednesday, as Braverman’s departure was broken by the Guardian, Paul Waugh, the chief political commentator at the i paper, tweeted: “When the going gets tofu, the tofu get going.”
Braverman has indeed resigned, @SkyNews reports.
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) October 19, 2022
OK, I'll go there:
When the going gets tofu, the tofu get going.
The Daily Star’s live stream, which has posed to viewers whether Liz Truss’s premiership will outlive some lettuce, has added some tofu to the table.
NEW: The Daily Star’s Liz Truss lettuce 🥬 cam has been updated to include tofu. pic.twitter.com/xG6KAPPeHh
— Minnie Stephenson (@MinnieStephC4) October 19, 2022
There was this from the Sun’s Noa Hoffman …
big win for the tofu lobby
— Noa Hoffman (@hoffman_noa) October 19, 2022
… and this from the Times’s Henry Zeffman …
Come for the tofu-eating wokerati, you best not miss
— Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) October 19, 2022
And here the FT’s Jim Pickard …
Tofu 1, Braverman 0
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) October 19, 2022
The Guardian contributor Jason Okundaye said:
Suella Braverman dreamed so hard about deportations she accidentally manifested her own 🙏🏿 be careful what you wish for!
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) October 19, 2022
And the writer Séamas O’Reilly concluded:
The whole Suella Braverman thing is mortifying but tofu is such a hack reference. Chronologically, the evil Guardian foods go quiche, lentils, hummus, yogurt THEN tofu, then lattes, avocados, kale and quinoa and now we're years deep into jackfruit, kimchi and natural wine.
— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) October 19, 2022
