[Tiste Simeon]

It's just farcical. If it wasn't so serious it would be hilarious. The one thing that makes me have the tiniest bit of hope is that she's just about stupid, incompetent and desperate enough that she might actually call a GE. And that would be very bad for the Tories.

Not that Keir Starmer is much better.

[Macros]

if Kier would let some ore of the party take a front seat they could tear the tories to shreds

[Macros]

Surely we have to be reaching a stage where a snap election is actually required with the turnover of staff in the cabinet?

[worry]

REPORTS OF MANHANDLING. I REPEAT: REPORTS OF MANHANDLING IN THE UK.

[Primateus]

@https://twitter.com/adamlangleben/status/1582809189105090565?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

I don't know how this twitter embeddening work...

[Tsundoku]

Renewed For 2 More Seasons, on 20 October 2022 - 01:10 AM, said:

REPORTS OF MANHANDLING. I REPEAT: REPORTS OF MANHANDLING IN THE UK.

Is that like mansplaining?

Primateus, on 20 October 2022 - 04:04 AM, said:

@https://twitter.com/adamlangleben/status/1582809189105090565?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EtweetI don't know how this twitter embeddening work...

I think it was deleted.

[Maark Abbott]

Tories fighting each other in the commons. What a time to be alive. Party of order my fuckin' asshole

[worry]

Here is Primateus's thing:


(The formula = [ tweet ] URL of tweet, everything before the question mark only [ /tweet ] -- minus spaces in the tags.)

[Tsundoku]

The way he looks, I was expecting him to go full Jonathan Pie.

[Maark Abbott]

Primateus.

-us.

Amogus.

Which is a good way of describing the entire Tory farce going on just now. One massive Amogus.

[Tiste Simeon]

Oh. Truss has resigned. Here we go again.

[Cause]

British comedy is less funny these days

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 20 October 2022 - 12:31 PM, said:

Oh. Truss has resigned. Here we go again.

Cause, on 20 October 2022 - 01:04 PM, said:

British comedy is less funny these days

Give them time.
It took years before anyone could laugh at Thatcher.


...ok, by 'years' i mean 'months', possibly days...

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

[Mezla PigDog]

Sweet baby jesus.

[Tsundoku]

Azath Vitr (D, on 20 October 2022 - 01:33 PM, said:

You wouldn't read about it ... strangely prophetic:

https://www.standard...e-b1033799.html

Maybe the book could be repackaged as a cautionary tale/object lesson. I wonder how long it will be before someone draws the Icarus parallel.

EDIT:

ALSO ... your Freudian slip is showing:

https://www.news.com...93ffe2077b2127b

This post has been edited by Tsundoku: 20 October 2022 - 02:26 PM

[Primateus]

For our British compatriots, a question; Is there some reason, other than a Tory effort to retain power, that an election for parliament isn't called?

[Macros]

I mean this surely has to be a moment when a snap election is called, Tories can't be allowed to foist another bastard on us

[Cyphon]

Primateus, on 20 October 2022 - 03:41 PM, said:

For our British compatriots, a question; Is there some reason, other than a Tory effort to retain power, that an election for parliament isn't called?

Because if they do now they'll be obliterated politically. If they hold on there's a chance they can mitigate the damage. A tiny chance but a chance none the less.

Boris has thrown his hat into the leadership battle...

[Tiste Simeon]

Primateus, on 20 October 2022 - 03:41 PM, said:

For our British compatriots, a question; Is there some reason, other than a Tory effort to retain power, that an election for parliament isn't called?

Nope that's pretty much it. They know if they called a GE now they'd most likely lose quite badly and that's more important than almost anything. So we'll get another turd dressed to look like a jewel. And they'll be even worse somehow.

Rumour is that Bellend Johnson might go for it again. And what's astonishing is that many would welcome his return.