love* in the time of plague (and by love* i mean brexit* and other dreary matters of uk politics)

in other news, i'm enjoying ian duncan smith's quiet disapproval of boris' failure to bootstrap his way out of the 'rona

I know him very well so I am deeply saddened really that it should come to this. He has obviously worked like mad to try and get through this but it’s not good enough so far.

didnt want it enough where was pogba

Fucks sake Keir, now isn’t the time

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EU8QfzTXYAEtLvl?format=jpg&name=large

Lol

let's all take a moment to remember boris in happier times

This is going to be a fantastic year for Britain. pic.twitter.com/dLQUVauCKg

— Boris Johnson #StayHomeSaveLives (@BorisJohnson) January 2, 2020

tbf he looks ill there

find me a picture where he doesn’t look ill tbf

He literally always looks like he’s just rolled out of bed after a week long bender but still damn.

Without checking I feel I can guarantee Julia HB right now is pantomime rage tweeting about Corbyn not asking everyone to PRAY4BOJO

borexit?

Top irony that someone so chronically workshy wouldn’t put down the red boxes and concentrate fully on his own recovery.

IDS just declared Boris fit for work.

— Woland (@MrOMFGWTAF) April 6, 2020

lmao

Flip a coin on whether Raab is fucking loving this.

make it a double-headed doin because there’s no way that boxy-headed prick isn’t absolutely delighted

It is a dark time for the Empire.

@WorstBlobby
12m
MAESTRO: FIRE UP THAT DICK WAND AND FEED BLOBY A TUNE

Raab looked rattled, unlike a lot of them he seems to be aware of how incompetent he is, this doesn't make him less shit obvs.

really wanna know what theresa may makes of this alarming turn of events

What incredibly strange wording from IDS here pic.twitter.com/JF1cKQB1BD

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) April 6, 2020

First para reads like a leadership challenge.

IDS is thick as fuck tbfttl

make it a double-headed doin

steady the fuck on there lad

Writing a letter to the 1922 he is disgusted

i said what i said and i stand by it xp

told you, serial evader. whatever it takes.

didnt want it enough where was pogba

Reading between the lines of that IDS quote and, given that they've lied about his condition all the way along, I reckon Bozzer's a goner.

hey hopefully he’s in the best hands

stop, stop, it's the hope that kills you

Oh shit, ‘The Queen is being kept informed of BJ’s condition.’

If he dies do we do another clap for the NHS?

The sound of one hand clapping.

https://e2.365dm.com/16/04/1600x900/kevin-keegan-rant-alex-ferguson_3455702.jpg

Boris Johnson Released From Hospital After Defunding It, Shutting It Down https://t.co/Y5GPgGurNS pic.twitter.com/aeNhTEKyDN

— The Onion (@TheOnion) April 6, 2020

Some context as UK PM Boris Johnson is admitted to intensive care:

A new report from @ICNARC found that of 690 UK covid patients admitted to ICU with a reported final outcome, 50% died and 50% lived https://t.co/W9Rg0z68Jf pic.twitter.com/kRSXCwZmz2

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) April 6, 2020

following in Churchill's footsteps by dying

So how likely is it that he was infected by Nadine Dorries?

How many of the 690 were only admitted as a precaution tho statsboy

insisting on shaking the hands of coronavirus patients a few weeks ago probably didn’t help tbf

Many with #COVID19 are felled by fatigue/temperature and use isolation to sleep+recover.
Boris has risked his health & worked every day on our behalf to lead the battle against this vile virus
Lets do our bit for him and @carriesymonds now. Send them our love #getwellsoonboris

— Nadine Dorries 🇬🇧 (@NadineDorries) April 6, 2020

Dorries is actually angry at the virus itself

The Guilties Of Guilty Lane

(xxp) He was just following the advice of his own government at the time - go out and infect yourself for Britain.

Imagine how angry she’d be at someone who’d potentially passed it to him

A hero, sacrificing himself and 249,999 others for the economy.

Dorries is actually angry at the virus itself

Raab was going all Churchillian (surprise surprise) earlier constantly talking about 'defeating' the virus - put 'em up, Rona, let's you and me rassle.

For real, though, I am not sure who on the front bench would be preferable as PM, though I’m also not sure how many would have been cracked enough to go for the herd immunity play.

everyone on the front bench is a swivel-eyed maniac iirc

Can we just have the bench?

Churchill almost died in office too, is this what they mean by Churchillian

I don’t want to spook Johnson, but Dermot Murnaghan is reading the news on Sky News tonight.