Benny Hill Theme Blasting Out Live On Sky News Is The Most British Thing To Happen Today

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Benny Hill Theme Blasting Out Live On Sky News Is The Most British Thing To Happen Today
And it looks like Hugh Grant may have had something to do with it.
Daniel Welsh
Jul 7, 2022, 08:39 AM EDT


A chaotic morning in the world of politics took an even more surreal turn on Thursday, when the Benny Hill theme tune began blaring outside the Houses of Parliament.

Following the news that Boris Johnson planned to resign as prime minister, which came after the resignation of almost 60 members of his cabinet, MP Chris Philp attempted to speak to Sky News about everything that’s going on within the government.

Unfortunately for Philp — a loyalist to the prime minister — he found his commentary being somewhat drowned out by the iconic Benny Hill music blaring out of a nearby speaker.

And we probably don’t need to tell you that Twitter was absolutely loving the unexpected musical interlude:

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1. Priceless.

Thank you, UK, for your amazing sense of humor. All the best to you while you rid yourselves of the tribulation who was your PM.