--- title: Eye Roll Girl Goes Viral at Nigel Farage Brexit Debate description: A student has turned herself into eye roll girl meme at a Brexit debate by rolling her eyes at Nigel Farage. canonical: https://time.com/5445894/eye-roll-girl/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-06T13:44:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:06:30.603Z og:title: Student Who Disagrees With Nigel Farage Becomes Viral Meme og:description: It's an eye roll resonating around the world og:url: https://time.com/5445894/eye-roll-girl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1999908a2954dd0/69893e57096a94b3006a3dc8/eyerollgirlnigelfarage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: The DUP Joins Nigel Farage For Bournemouth Save Brexit Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Student Who Disagrees With Nigel Farage Becomes Viral Meme twitter:description: It's an eye roll resonating around the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1999908a2954dd0/69893e57096a94b3006a3dc8/eyerollgirlnigelfarage.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Student Behind Nigel Farage Did an Eye Roll Seen 'Round the World > Sponsored content. 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People from across the U.K. gathered on a sunny Saturday afternoon in London to take part in what may be the biggest public protest over Brexit since the referendum in 2016._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 6, 2018 1:44 PM UTC  A woman went viral for rolling her eyes at Nigel Farage during a debate. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) A woman went viral for rolling her eyes at Nigel Farage during a debate. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Matt Cardy—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 6, 2018 1:44 PM UTC It’s really all in the face, and a [student who became a meme](http://time.com/5205923/woman-wins-cotton-candy-eating-contest-internet-reactions/) after rolling her eyes at a Brexit debate proves as much. University of Birmingham student Harriet Ellis, 21, was just another [engaged citizen in the crowd](http://time.com/5390134/plaid-shirt-guy/) at Monday’s Brexit debate on Channel 4 titled “What The Nation Really Thinks.” That was until during the live telecast, UK Independence Party member Nigel Farage spoke on behalf of Leave Means Leave. Farage described what he dubbed “Remainers Brexit.” At that precise moment, Ellis’s [eye roll sequence commenced](http://time.com/4673876/side-eye-pictures/). “The Remainers Brexit comment was the breaking point for me. I was thinking about how and why Nigel Farage has such a large platform to say such statements,” she told TIME. Farage did not see her reaction at the time, but the collective internet did as the feelings she was communicating hit a nerve. After she let her peepers do the talking, her expression was quickly shared on Twitter, where it garnered plenty of feelings and appreciation from the collective minds of the Internet who felt bonded to her in that moment. All one needs to go viral is to get close to someone in power and produce a sidelong glance at a major televised debate. Monday was that day for “eye roll girl.” > [](https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/1059564298643607553) > [](https://twitter.com/TheOfficialGRB/status/1059541483311824897) > [](https://twitter.com/WanderingSadu/status/1059549076256112642) > [](https://twitter.com/jonoread/status/1059549412299554821) > [](https://twitter.com/eoinyk/status/1059784583502282753) > [](https://twitter.com/jedmarson/status/1059604106166321152) > [](https://twitter.com/MissSashaMorton/status/1059586036412624896) The student confirmed it was her on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/harrietlucyel/status/1059575308079239169) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] This government is leading us towards either a bad Brexit deal or even worse No deal at all. These options are a million miles away from what was promised. It's time for this vital issue to be taken out of the hands of politicians in Westminster. [ MUSIC ] It's time it was returned to the British people. [ SOUND ] We're here to push for people's votes. We think a true democracy is putting this referendum back to the people again. So much has happened. So many more facts have been uncovered since the referendum, which is really based on a lot of false information and lies, effectively. And I think public mood has changed in the United Kingdom. And if it was put to the people again we'd choose to remain in the European Union. I'm here because, I'm a young person and I'm trying to stop Brexit. Now, young people stand to lose the most in Brexit and that's why seventy fiver percent of them voted against Brexit in the referendum. And if you had the referendum in a year's time, the youth vote would swing it in favor of remain. Brexit is trying to drag us back into the nineteen thirties. And that means we're going to be less prosperous, there's going to be more of the racism of that era. And it's negative in so many different ways. 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