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

#GeneralElectionNow you twisted fucks.

— Dick and Dom (@dickndom) October 19, 2022

lolico screaming for starmer to step up and "the king" (whoever he is) to make it so

Had to check that was real.

Carry on..

would i make stuff up at a moment like this

also: queen sighted in the woods at balmoral, sat on a treestump smoking a pipe and laughing hysterically

are you saying the Queen is in fact Tom Bombadil?

She did die but is still alive

oldest and fatherless iirc

She and the land are one

and her boots are yellow

are these voice-to-text tweets because that is AMAZING https://t.co/7OvYYNn00M

— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) October 19, 2022

ah the nice warm glow of familiarity

Peston: “Jeremy C***t’s Hunt’s cuts will be more painful.” pic.twitter.com/SiKjWHeRUb

— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) October 19, 2022

she looks like joseph ducreux in that pic imo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux#/media/File:Joseph_Ducreux_Original_Self-Portrait.jpg

it's a rough life for an MP these days. Not only do they have to employ security and wear anti-stab vests in their constituencies, but now they get "jostled" "bullied" and "manhandled" in parliament. It breaks my heart.

Manhandled by Jacob Rees-Mogg and Therese Coffey into the bargain.

one of those i can imagine manhandling people, the other no so much

My son has lived through four chancellors, three home secretaries, two prime ministers and two monarchs.

He's four months old.

— Alan McGuinness (@Alan_McGuinness) October 19, 2022

Imagine being liz truss’s chief whip and trying and failing to resign. Why even go on living

"You're not going to have Wendy Morton to kick around any more!!!"

imagine being the tory mp for a marginal seat in the north-west where they are going to do fracking now hahaha oh I guess they have finance jobs lined up anyway, never mind

Prediction for today: a minor minister resigns, this is cast as a victory by Truss supporters (if any are left) as it's not as bad as yesterday.

xp

apparently lots of the 2019 intake are considered "low quality" amongst the Tory party because they don't have much more important stuff to be getting on with or very lucrative directorships, still very low sympathy rating.

Kieth at the TUC, if they had anything about them they'd be throwing eggs

narrator's voice: they do not have anything about them

TUC are just as tame as he is.

exactly

not sure why you'd go thru the pantomime of platforming a bloke who lies like breathing tho

I looked at a good tweet thread on the bill which if enacted could kill off the RMT and a lot of the union movement. These chumps at the TUC would be like "I'll see you in court". Pathetic.

Kieth also deserves a good shoeing for all that "gone ... gone.. gone" panto shit yesterday _(´ཀ`」 ∠)_

lol some pundit on the BBC saying "yesterday before the vote we thought she was alright until Halloween"

strong confidence there

halloween is when the dead walk, maybe thatch will be back

What a great day to get B52’s - Party Out of Bounds stuck in my head.

imagine being the tory mp for a marginal seat in the north-west where they are going to do fracking now hahaha oh I guess they have finance jobs lined up anyway, never mind

Graham Brady in No. 10 with Truss right now. Squeaky bum time.

Downing St saying Truss requested the meeting

What brooch is the queen’s corse wearing tho

Corpse even

TURN FROM SIN FOLLOW JESUS

I wonder what the BBC criteria for people allowed in the shot outside Westminster is. If someone rocked up with a sign that says I F*CK GOATS, would they get airtime?

Therese Coffey being in the mix makes this less straightforwardly all-good than it might be

Downing Street to make statement at 1.30pm
A statement will be held outside Number 10 at 1.30pm.

Christ. At least the Italians and the Greeks have decent food. We're going through all this with beans on fucking toast.

— Sean McLoughlin (@SeanMcLoughlin) October 19, 2022

I'm having that for dinner tonight, funnily enough..

statement now inside, less (but non-zero) risk of heckling

but the lectern is also coming out, amazing

It doesn't matter btw.

"When we talk about economic stability I want be frank. The damage the Tories have done... means things are going to be really tough, now & during my Lab govt. We cannot take any risks with the public finances, we have to restore economic stability"

Keir Starmer at #TUC22 pic.twitter.com/7yFOECJuuq

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) October 20, 2022

It's 1:30 now, dammit!

She's chucking it. This situation is beyond ridiculous.

Perhaps the lettuce should be our next PM

HERE WE GO

i mean there are no good outcomes but

leadership election, Laurel and Hardy theme plays