like the queen this thread will never die: in which we ALL resign (ourselves to disgusting miseries to post-boris politics 2022)

she knows exactly what she's doing

"don't think of an elephant"

as for "what will confront a timid social democratic government in its first week", i don't know if these are objectively revolutionary times™️, but let's face it they are pretty fkn volatile lol -- maybe it's time to get out in front of that

*buys ticket for sealed train to plymouth*

Sounds like utopia, to me.

it's going to be impossibly hard for any UK party to campaign on an anti-austerity platform now. Not that it was going to happen in my lifetime or probably before the collapse of human civilisation. I agree with Huw Lemmey, it's been an entertaining clown show - but essentially fuck the markets and all the unchecked power they yield.

The National Grid CEO has warned British households to prepare for blackouts between 4pm and 7pm on “really, really cold” weekdays in January and February https://t.co/TjD9QYj1x8

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) October 17, 2022

xp: I think the problem is that the misery has to be spread around a bit more now. Not sure it will be so easy to make cuts.

They will do their best.

pic.twitter.com/rSnsTLng4W

— Jo Michell (@JoMicheII) October 17, 2022

All this power for Labour to do sensible policies like er, introducing insurance in the NHS and overseeing the decline of social care because of market forces.

if starmer and labour get such a historic mandate as the polls suggest, i hope regardless of labour faction we are agreed that no excuses for timidity should be allowed to fly! if your majority is in the hundreds and the country desperately needs change, what are you afraid of?

— a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore (@steamedhamms) October 17, 2022

Fucking clowns

I am devastated to announce that the Labour Party has blocked me from restanding as our community's Member of Parliament.

20 years of local campaigning matters less than factional intrigue in our Party today.

I will never stop fighting for the people of Kensington. Statement 🔽 pic.twitter.com/XW12xe189C

— Emma Dent Coad (@emmadentcoad) October 17, 2022

40% of the Tory membership would also vote H!tler.

NEW: @JLPartnersPolls of Conservative Party members for @Telegraph

If there were a repeat contest today, members would vote for Rishi Sunak over Liz Truss - by a margin of 60% to 40%.

More than half of Tory members think the PM is doing a bad job. (1/5)https://t.co/BaLTL5Yvb6

— James Johnson (@jamesjohnson252) October 17, 2022

The others are racists too but they also like to be in charge of the boot.

Want to “decolonise” your universities? It starts like this 👇 https://t.co/CMQjClrSdV

— decolonial communist (@decolonialcommi) October 17, 2022

I assumed that it was a parody, but no, Suella Braverman genuinely said this today in the House of Commons.

Suella Braverman: “I’m afraid it’s the Labour Party, it’s the Lib Dems, it’s the Coalition of chaos, it’s the Guardian-reading, Tofu-eating, wokerati - dare I say the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today!”

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) October 18, 2022

On one road today...

Tories being forced to vote to frack or lose the whip??

The bad Braverman statement belongs on the old Mark S thread about latte-sipping liberals.

i was gonna say!

All of this over fracking.

of course, the government would be able to get on with its job unthreatened by opposition if it suspended parliament. https://t.co/oLMBckMpLY

— jamie k (@jkbloodtreasure) October 19, 2022

"Before joining Downing Street, Jason Stein used to work as a communications adviser to Prince Andrew."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63311454

"Suella Braverman departs as UK home secretary"

(I'm assuming the wording is because the Guardian isn't 100% sure if she jumped or was pushed)

omg lol!

Pretty sure she was pushed and it was why Truss cancelled her planned visit to the electronics factory at the last minute.
Shapps is rumoured to be Braverman's successor.

Lol

Not reading the article, apologies if it’s terrible, but good picture/headline combo

Calculating the size of the UK’s moron risk premium, via @FT https://t.co/M7s2OycOb8

— Megan Greene (@economistmeg) October 19, 2022

cabinet gets whiter and more male...

Another cabinet job coming up for one of those middle aged middle class white guys who were on their way out.

(xp)

shapps is a safe pair of wait what

lol this is the continuity Gideon gov

pic.twitter.com/hLLKMEf8yq

— BRYN_BORANGA (@BRYN_BORANGA) October 19, 2022

shapps is a safe pair of wait what

― mark s, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 3:41 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

a man, or indeed many men and also a woman, for a crisis

"a technical infringement of security"

and it was an honest mistake

shapps is a safe pair of wait what

― mark s, Wednesday, October 19, 2022 3:41 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Greg Hands

Ethics are not dead after all

My letter to the Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/TaWO1PMOF2

— Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) October 19, 2022

Looking like it wasn't such an honest mistake after all.

Is this the new "applying to the Chiltern 100s" or whatever?

"Oops I sent an email from the wrong account so I resign and btw you're crap"

yeah, it all sounds like an excuse hiding something else, combined with a dig at the pm about mistakes.

Chief Whip has resigned now. Helter Skelter, coming down fast.

and her deputy, in the middle of the vote

she's fracked

BBC won't confirm those resignations at the moment

LOL Tory MP was physically mandhandled by Cabinet Ministers into the voting lobby... mind you, that's accoring to Chris Bryant so take that with a handful of salt.

did the parliamentary questions get answered then

what is the secret of the grail?

Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing has just called for order.

"Will the sergeant please investigate the disorder in the 'no' lobby," she asks.

bunch of MPs stood round in a circle clapping their hands chanting "scrap! scrap! scrap!"

take out the bauble, take out the trash

Rory Stewart announcing to nobody in particular that he's telling