Theresa May’s face just did a laugh. A very very strange laugh. A head-lolling shoulder-rolling laugh. A laugh that looked like this.

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Well that was a meme waiting to happen #pmqs #theresalaughs pic.twitter.com/sVc4SqSp0v

— Ed Brown (@Edsbrown) March 8, 2017

The joke? Right, prepare your sides. During PMQs ahead of the 2017 Budget, Jeremy Corbyn accused the Prime Minister of being “unclear” over whether a deal was done with Surrey Council surrounding its cancelled tax referendum. Then the Labour leader dropped the line: “Did she actually know what arrangement was made with Surrey County Council?”

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However, Twitter found plenty of laughs in Mrs May’s reaction…

Anyone else think of this when Theresa May laughed...? #PMQs pic.twitter.com/b7v4m6yZT3

— Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) March 8, 2017

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Keep 'em coming. We need reasons to laugh in 2017.

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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