‘Your move, spies’: Reaction as government plans to put all foreign agents on a register

Ah, well. Nice knowing you all. Please ignore the fire in my shed. https://t.co/ENDVltZW7Y

— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) July 23, 2020

Checkmate, spies. https://t.co/iSpJUlSMD7

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) July 22, 2020

This will give us an advantage in international espionage because we’ll know the names and addresses of every other country’s spies and if they do something shady we can just ask them about it and tell them to stop. I can’t understand why we didn’t think of this years ago. https://t.co/kYlKk4Maq8

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) July 22, 2020

DO YOU KNOW WHAT A SPY IS https://t.co/5gvpxXJRhf

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 22, 2020

"Don't tell them, Bond" https://t.co/fZ3XQ1H9aI

— Mike Holden (@MikeHolden42) July 22, 2020

Your move, foreign spies. https://t.co/EXA740Gqvu

— Stephen Mangan (@StephenMangan) July 22, 2020

I hear they're also banning newspapers with eye holes cut into them. https://t.co/1HHVquqgCt

— David J. Court (@DavidJCourt) July 22, 2020

Well, that’s a cunning plan. https://t.co/sHnC0074VO

— Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) July 22, 2020

I had to check to see if this was The Onion.

What's next? Are they going to require burglars to book an appointment? https://t.co/LTaJ7zSsOa

— Mike, #Raðljóst, ? (@Geoelte_Spinne) July 22, 2020

And if we have a situation where nobody fills in the form to say they are a spy, we will know that we have eliminated spying in the UK. https://t.co/cSzgIYmkBN

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) July 22, 2020

If Fawlty Towers was a government. https://t.co/FQQ3ChmZ8N

— Oisín McGann (@OisinMcGann) July 22, 2020

every spy from every country to give their name as James Bond https://t.co/AHWttLJnkf

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) July 22, 2020