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To say British Prime Minister Theresa May hasn't had the best week would be History Archivessomething of an understatement.

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First she lost seats in last week's general election (the same general election that she herself called for the sole purpose of gaining more seats), then she was forced to start talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party in order to keep her majority, and now -- as if things couldn't get any worse -- she's been caught on camera failing to complete a Mexican Wave.

Here she is, mid-wave:

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And here's the full video, in which you can see exactly how tragically out of sequence she is:

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What. The. Hell.

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Needless to say, the internet was less than impressed.

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It wasn't long before the jokes started.

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The whole thing rapidly began approaching meme territory.

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Finally, there were the inevitable Reddit Photoshops.

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Well, at least she tried.

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