18 Stamp Suggestions Andrea Leadsom Probably Didn't Expect When She Backed Brexit Stamp Campaign

'You can do that when you've finished colouring in our new passports.'

Andrea Leadsom’s support for a campaign to mark Britain’s exit from the EU with a stamp has prompted a string of other suggestions she probably didn’t have in mind.

Not to mention criticism of the idea in general.

The Commons leader on Monday tweeted that she had joined the Sun’s campaign - for a stamp mark the UK’s “independence day in March 2019” - and then later hit out at Royal Mail for issuing a set of Pink Floyd stamps while refusing to do the same for Brexit.

I’m joining @TheSun’s campaign calling for @RoyalMailStamps to issue a Brexit design in time for our independence day in March 2019! @RoyalMail

Read about this and more in my latest Brexit Update blogpost #nosecondreferendum https://t.co/HSxG0jjAt0

— Andrea Leadsom MP (@andrealeadsom) January 15, 2018

Ladies and Gentlemen: I give you the Leader of the House of Commons of HM Govt of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. She’s here to talk about ... stamps

— John Michael Brien #FBPE (@johnmbrien) January 15, 2018

Maybe if you hadn't privatised Royal Mail it might do what you told it.

— Rob Bingham (@robbingham) January 15, 2018

The #Brexit ones will be 2nd class and 3rd class stamps, no doubt

— Peter Timmins #FBPE (@petertimmins3) January 15, 2018

Oh good Lord. You can do that when you've finished colouring in our new passports! What a busy and important life you lead, great that you support a lovely journal such as The Sun as well. God help us all.

— chris nixon (@chrisnixon93) January 15, 2018

Don’t you have more important things to do with your time? And how are you comfortable aligning yourself with a paper as toxic as the sun?

— Patrick McKenzie (@PatrickMcK1992) January 15, 2018

Leadsom told the Sun: “If they can produce stamp collections for Game of Thrones, Ladybird Books and Pink Floyd (and, in 1973, a set commemorating our accession to the EEC), then there’s no reason not to do so for Brexit!”

The Sun's suggested Brexit day stamp
The Sun's suggested Brexit day stamp
The Sun

The newspaper’s campaign, it reports, has also been backed by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Environment Secretary Michael Gove, and Trade chief Liam Fox.

Not surprisingly, Remainers were against the idea, comparing celebrating Brexit to the sinking of the Titanic and other events that shaped Britain’s history with devastating consequences - like war.

Good idea. What other disasters could we commemorate like this?

— Keith Roberts 🇪🇺 #FBPE (@Keith_Roberts) January 15, 2018

Titanic?

— martynday (@martynday) January 15, 2018

Maybe they could feature images of deck chairs on the Titanic.

— Rob Cave (@notbbcnews24) January 15, 2018

The Somme?

— Mike Sabot Bevan de Courcey, Mutineer #FBPE👞 (@MikeBevan_RG) January 15, 2018

The Battle of Hastings?

— M J Rowe #FBPE🇪🇺 (@MJRowe2) January 15, 2018

Naturally, Boris was a prime target for those against the Brexit stamp.

Stamp 1: Boris the ‘1st Class Twat’

pic.twitter.com/gADnODdzrT

— On The Naughty Step #FBPE #StopBrexit2018 #WATON (@trumpy675) January 15, 2018

Stamp 2: May Marches Over The Cliff Edge... As Boris Beats The Drum

How's this for a start? pic.twitter.com/whVfktbgmn

— Jon Potter #FBPE (@RettopNoj) January 15, 2018

Absolutely brill. Thank you. I have a feeling Loathsome can look forward to several more designs for her regrettable stamps.

— Oxted Man #FBPE (@panamadip) January 16, 2018

Stamp 3: Celebrating The Losses

pic.twitter.com/S1qhH51rHL

— Trevor J Hines (@TrevorJEHines) January 15, 2018

Can we put that on a stamp?

— Leon Black (@DrLeonBlack) January 15, 2018

Or better still, a bus.

— John Macpherson (@JMacphersonLaw) January 15, 2018

This do? pic.twitter.com/9PJaxWY9GW

— Common WealAngus (@CommonWealAngus) January 16, 2018

Stamp 4: Bravo On The Border

#Brexit #stopbrexit pic.twitter.com/Yn7y20SrQh

— Paul Mitchell #FBPE (@PaulvonMitchell) January 15, 2018

Stamp 5: 2nd Class Country (Or Is It Third?)... To Accompany The Boris Stamp.

I agree @andrealeadsom! We should definitely have #brexit stamps to commemorate this monumental event (if it happens, that is...) 🙄🙄🙄
Here, i've even designed some stamps for you to use...
Now let's all go and buy a copy of... the SUN? 🤢🤮
🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺#FBPE #StopBrexit pic.twitter.com/8KnWLskNH5

— Madeleina Kay 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #FBPE (@albawhitewolf) January 16, 2018

pic.twitter.com/asjrwvgjXz

— Barbara Walton #FBPE #ABTV (@LesTroisChenes) January 15, 2018

Like this? pic.twitter.com/adz8D96aR9

— Gareth Kitchener #FBPE (@GJKitchener) January 15, 2018

If Nigel Farage has applied for a for a german citizenship: 1st class deserter via snail mail. pic.twitter.com/abprciOWGu

— SeanWhite (@seanwhiter) January 16, 2018

Stamp 6: Continuing The Brexit Circus Theme

Andrea, are you quite sure you're earning your MP's salary?

I like this stamp design though. #StopBrexit pic.twitter.com/mluI9Kz5Yw

— Nat Clark 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@Weeblebum) January 15, 2018

Another suggestion - DD fiddling? pic.twitter.com/ufv8Qp3C03

— Sarah Rosemary (@SarahRosemary3) January 15, 2018

Stamp 8: The Lost Tribe Of The UK

Like this myself pic.twitter.com/HMwyaaI9Nx

— Lmr (@LassieLmr) January 15, 2018

Stamp 9: The Titanic... ‘I’m Flying Jack (Govey)’

Well there were stamps for the #Titanic so why not #Brexit? There are parallels as well. There were no lifeboats for poor people only the rich. Just like the #brexitshambles #FBPE #StopBrexitSaveBritain #WATON #NHSCrisis #StopBrexit #WeAreTheOppositionNow #Remain pic.twitter.com/PEehmFEQbS

— Winstons Back #FBPE (@WinstonsBack) January 15, 2018

Here's my suggestion for a Brexit stamp design pic.twitter.com/QD6pk0MqG0

— Stephen Latham (@stephen_latham) January 15, 2018

Here's another pic.twitter.com/0u5zx6MKre

— Stephen Latham (@stephen_latham) January 15, 2018

Stamp 10: The Famous Bus Quote

How about a stamp showing this?? pic.twitter.com/165MBEH8l4

— Simon Jowitt #FBPE (@Skjowitt) January 15, 2018

Stamp 11: The Bus Stamp Re-Imagined

May I make a suggestion? pic.twitter.com/Zdzhd1ObPO

— Gráinne McEntee #FBPEU (@pongosapien) January 15, 2018

Stamp 12: Grow Your Own Future

What about a photo of Chris Grayling pulling up leeks from a government allotment as he shows us all how to grow our own food!! #BrexitBritain #BrexitShambles

— Rebecca Lovell (@LovellRebecca) January 15, 2018

Stamp 13: Thank You Farage

This picture shoukd be on every stamp. It makes me proud to be British pic.twitter.com/kw9Wadm2mE

— Sir Cull #FBPE (@CullSir) January 15, 2018

Seriously? Nothing better to do with your time?? Put this chap on your stamp I’d hope the queen would be too ashamed to show her face. #FBPE pic.twitter.com/VAL5LF7quG

— martin🇬🇧🇪🇺 #FBPE (@kielymc) January 15, 2018

Can we submit ideas for designs Andrea?

Maybe we could have this as a stamp to remind us of the reason there was a rise in hate crime as a result of Brexit? pic.twitter.com/WaAbXrPVz9

— Aidan McG - #FBPE (@aidanjmcg) January 15, 2018

I'm assuming you will not be offended when 27 EU counties issue similar stamps for this commemoration date

Care to bet which set of stamps holds it's value over time & which symbolises everything Farage ? pic.twitter.com/y5oVNS1dOU

— Annette Ashley 🌏❄❤ free speech=democracy#remain (@annetteashley61) January 15, 2018

Stamp 14: Shooting Oneself In The Foot

Yes I favour this stamp! pic.twitter.com/8JqsyABs0g

— KoolAidAgnostic#FBPE (@KAgnostic) January 15, 2018

Stamp 15: Something Upbeat... The Dancing Stamp

Can we get this guy on one of the stamps... ??? pic.twitter.com/oKDA5itb4B

— TONY (@TRIPLETTRADING) January 15, 2018

Stamp 16: One That Commemorates Leadsom’s Failed Leadership Bid

What about one to commemorate failed Con Party leadership challengers? pic.twitter.com/58TDA4TiMs

— Pierre Sevarg #FBPE (@Bish080267) January 15, 2018

Stamp 17: The Stars Of Brexit

Some countries already issued their Brexit stamps pic.twitter.com/17dGH9oO09

— Svitlana (@SvitYarm) January 15, 2018

Stamp 18: Something ‘Moody’

How about something from a good British painter like Francis Bacon? That would seem to capture the national mood? pic.twitter.com/F2jDWOhh6L

— David Griffiths (@dogriffiths) January 16, 2018

And some final thoughts...

I hate @TheSun but you’re welcome to use this photo I took last summer #BrexitShambles #Brexit pic.twitter.com/1pYaWI0wjo

— Simon Young (@iamsimonyoung) January 16, 2018

😂 This says it all. The petty Brexidiots fussing over new stamps and different coloured passports, while failing on every front. #StopBrexit2018

— Simon Deane-Johns (@sdjohns) January 15, 2018
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