--- title: Chrissy Teigen Is on a Quest to Understand British Politics description: Chrissy Teigen took to Twitter to help her understand the complexities of British politics, and her followers were happy to provide insight. canonical: https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-12T15:54:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:22.951Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Is on a Quest to Understand British Politics og:description: Chrissy Teigen is trying to understand British politics amid Brexit og:url: https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Is on a Quest to Understand British Politics twitter:description: Chrissy Teigen is trying to understand British politics amid Brexit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # People Have Joined Chrissy Teigen on Her Quest to Learn About British Politics  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 12, 2018 3:54 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 12, 2018 3:54 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/5435272/chrissy-teigen-scared/) is never one to hold back. And on Twitter this week, the model and [cookbook author](http://time.com/4562344/chrissy-teigen-second-cookbook/) is making it a point to open up a new conversation: about how difficult British politics are to understand for some Americans — and her quest to get a grasp on the rituals of the system across the pond. Noting that one of her “goals for 2019” is to understand the ins and outs of the U.K. government, Teigen explained: “I read and read and try and learn but my brain cannot grasp it.” Luckily, her followers are here to help her out with some of the details, and of course to join her in the search for understanding. So far people have mentioned the use of the [ceremonial mace](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/europe/ceremonial-mace-britain-parliament.html) in the parliamentary chamber (hint: one can grab this [giant gold stick](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/a-member-of-parliament-grabbed-the-mace) mid-debate and “really upset everyone,” according to one follower) and Teigen has gamely received jokes about voting in the U.K. (No, “the nearest woods” is not a polling place; and no, “a ballot pig” does not collect votes, but it’s a fun concept.) Teigen’s attempts come on the heels of a [busy week in British politics](http://time.com/5477623/theresa-may-no-confidence-vote-brexit/), in which Brexit has [tied up parliament](http://time.com/5475238/theresa-may-brexit-vote-delay/) in heated debates and the current prime minister [Theresa May](http://time.com/5477563/theresa-may-no-confidence-vote/) is facing the potential of a no-confidence vote and ouster. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1072772098412572673) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1072774252493848576) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1072778392666165248) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1072779862740369410) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1072784306014060546) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/"},"headline":"People Have Joined Chrissy Teigen on Her Quest to Learn About British Politics","datePublished":"2018-12-12T15:54:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:56:22.951Z","description":"And people are joining in","url":"https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5477701/chrissy-teigen-uk-politics/","name":"People Have Joined Chrissy Teigen on Her Quest to Learn About British Politics"}}]}] ```