NSW premier Mike Baird suddenly announced that he would be retiring from politics on Thursday morning.
1.Of course, as is often the case when politicians do basically anything, Twitter was quick to react.
2.There were quite a few jokes about Baird's controversial lockout laws.
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6.Some were more into puns.
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8.Or looking into his past.
9.Others were... pretty brutal.
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11.And the greyhound industry, which Baird tried - and failed - to ban, also got a few mentions.
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14.And others, well, they had some really interesting ideas.
Baird said in his statement that he was retiring from politics completely, but that didn't stop immigration minister Peter Dutton saying Baird would be welcome in federal politics.