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14 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Buzzfeed interviewed likely new Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and it was totes lols
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14 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Buzzfeed interviewed likely new Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and it was totes lols

Buzzfeed has just published an interview with Scottish Labour's Kezia Dugdale MSP, in which the party's leadership favourite to replace Jim Murphy responds entirely in emoji. Lost for words at this turn in the political dialogue, we decide to capture our reaction in the only remaining appropriate format.

At first when we clicked on the link we were like

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Some people took it kinda badly

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Others were more conflicted, but no-one could quite comprehend what had just happened

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Our disbelief continued because, well, you know

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

By the time we realised that poltical discourse actually fits seamlessly with emojis we couldn't help but wonder

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

And this made us really sad

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

We wanted to blame Buzzfeed so badly

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Then we had an idea to talk through Dugdale's emojis using the best defense mechanism we've learned to deal with life's curveballs

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

No, not that …

7 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

Using GIFs, obvs

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

And trying to be positive about it, we figure at least it got people reading a political interview they would otherwise have ignored

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

So, here's to you, Buzzfeed

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

And how could we forget, you too, Kezia Dugdale

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

What ever will they think of next?

12 GIFs that capture our reaction to Buzzfeed's 'UK's First Political Interview Conducted Entirely In Emoji'

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