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‘The look of love’ – Theresa May and Vladimir Putin’s handshake brings awkwardness to new heights

Twitter users were quick to make jokes about the PM’s less than enthusiastic expression.

Ben Gelblum by Ben Gelblum
2019-06-28 11:54
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There’s limp handshakes, there’s Donald Trump-style unhinged table-less arm wrestling, and then there’s Theresa May perfecting willing the ground to swallow her up in a Prime Ministerial career where it’s a wonder it hasn’t yet.

Theresa May cut a frosty figure as she shook hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Japan.

As she was briefing that she would demand Putin hands over the Salisbury nerve agent suspects, she was opening the Financial Times to see Putin’s interview boasting of the waning liberal world order being “obsolete.”

Relations between the UK and Russia have become tense in recent years following the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury and divisions over Russia’s policy in the Crimea and Syria.

Mrs May appeared unimpressed as she shook hands with the Russian president (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

In an interview with the Financial Times ahead of the summit, Mr Putin insisted the spy row was “not worth serious interstate relations”.

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He added: “Treason is the gravest crime possible and traitors must be punished. I am not saying that the Salisbury incident is the way to do it. Not at all. But traitors must be punished.”

G20 summit 2016

 

Mrs May and Mr Putin looking happier, during their first meeting in 2016. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

As she met Mr Putin hours after the comments were published, Mrs May was clearly in no mood to exchange pleasantries.

The striking images of a stony-faced PM shaking hands with Mr Putin soon prompted jokes on social media.

“When your mum told you to shake your brother’s hand after the pair of you were fighting,” commented comedian Joe Heenan.

When your mum told you to shake your brother’s hand after the pair of you were fighting pic.twitter.com/wCO0ZWenP7

— joe heenan (@joeheenan) June 28, 2019

Fellow comic Janey Godley said: “When you meet that guy at a wedding but you know he cheated on your best pal.”

When you meet that guy at a wedding but you know he cheated on your best pal pic.twitter.com/jAGDLj5O37

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) June 28, 2019

And spoof news reporter Jonathan Pie tweeted: “When you bump into your ex at a charity do.”

When you bump into your ex at a charity do. pic.twitter.com/0M0NU70YR6

— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) June 28, 2019

Meanwhile the @Number10cat account quipped: “Happiest I’ve seen Theresa look in weeks…”

Happiest I’ve seen Theresa look in weeks… pic.twitter.com/GoGvlsmHnC

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) June 28, 2019

Just look at the love here….

Theresa May shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the #G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. #G20OsakaSummit ?@PA pic.twitter.com/BwSZx6rqlI

— Derek Momodu (@DelMody) June 28, 2019

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