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

(whisper it but it was a joke really)

never admit this tho

I can't discern between what is parody and what is real on twitter any more, but it's not a problem at all.

no doubt the battery on wheels guy will set up a fact check council to take all the fun out of it

fuck poppies tbh

Did he? I didn’t see the pic.

do you wear a poopy

spraying shit all over the centopath on memorial day, just because of a misunderstanding

^ just stop oil, if you're reading

This explains why Labour wants to be seen to be tough on issues like immigration, protests and strikes. The party is gambling that it can do this without disenfranchising its left-wing, liberal base, who realistically won't back anyone else

— Tom Calver (@tomhcalver) October 30, 2022

Wrong.

According to surveys all of those issues command more popular support than they ever have before…

So even if you agreed with Starmer’s tack as a kind of cynical instrumentalism, it’s not very smart

But yes more broadly, it is a kind of fan fiction to think that Starmer is playing some kind of deceptive long game, doesn’t mean what he says, and will pivot left once in power

you need to completely ignore his abysmal history as DPP to believe this fan fiction but I doubt anyone who supports him really does or even really cares.

Eagleton jr is an annoying little twerp but his book was very successful at shining a light on this period of Starmer's career.

🚨 | BREAKING: In a huge boost for new prime minister Rishi Sunak the Conservatives have sensationally drawn level with Labour in a new poll.

Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 39% (-18)
CON: 39% (+20)
LDEM: 7% (-1)
GRN: 3% (+2)

via @Excalibur, 28 - 29 Oct
Chgs. w/ 17 Oct pic.twitter.com/ByXWXqnoMl

— BAZAKE (@BazakeMedia) October 30, 2022

lol!

Made me look for a sec

Anyway, the data about how much people love social reaction is pure facts and not to be questioned

At Downing Street yesterday and was reminded again of how previous to moving here footage always made it look like this was an actual STREET, like I knew it had to have copious police protection but it always looked like an actual place that ppl would walk by and not the gated off palace that it actually is. Underrated aspect of the cosplay tendency in UK pol imo.

It’s weird how there’s a bus stop right outside. It’s so much smaller than it looks on TV, but so much more accessible. You think from how it’s filmed it’s some secluded area and it’s not that at all.

only 9-12 downing street exist as "houses" in any recognisable sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downing_Street#Houses

even then they are basically the houses the beatles live in the help! viz difft front doors but inside they are all joined up underground etc

the grey bit is the entire street lol
https://i.imgur.com/Osf468g.png

and this is the view from the lectern (portal to hell)
https://i.imgur.com/85Lg1m3.png

That's an informative post. I recall now that they have a big luxurious garden, because disgusting scumbags were filmed having drinks in it a year or two ago and this annoyed people.

Also wasn't that where the Ra shot mortars into at Thatcher?

ra mortar fired from st james park somewhere (possibly duck island, accessed via those little paddleboats)

the large downing street garden is the green space containing statues of kitchener (lol) and mountbatten (lol lol lol): map may not be accurate for security reasons etc

https://i.imgur.com/zChhFsI.png

firing some mortars at Downing St from Duck Island - that would have made a cracking Jim'll Fix It ep

This garden is the so-called rose garden where they have parties right?

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/top-10-significant-events-in-the-downing-street-garden-b1993051.html

Wtf

4. Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness went missing in No 10 and were found skateboarding with Tony Blair’s children, May 1999. Nominated by John Fuchs and Gerry Braiden.

Cherie Blair has revealed she once glanced out the window of her Downing Street apartment to see her sons skateboarding . . . with Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness!

The wife of the former Prime Minister explained that as soon as the late Mo Mowlam began talks with Sinn Fein, the pair were frequent visitors at No.10.

Cherie explained how her children often used a secret staircase that led from the family’s flat at No.11 to the Downing Street garden.

But she once received an angry phonecall from Tony’s spin doctor Alastair Campbell (right) demanding she bring sons Euan and Nicholas inside before the Press found out.

In her autobiography Speaking For Myself she recalls: “There, to my astonishment, were Gerry and Martin on the skateboards showing the boys a few tricks.”

Cherie told Sunday Life: “I love the story of the children and Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in the No.10 garden doing skateboarding.”

She also revealed how the Sinn Fein President once joked that a flax-shaped emblem representing Northern Ireland was about to fall off the ceiling in a room in No.10 while she was giving the famous designer Ralph Lauren a guided tour.

It was only gated off fairly recently (90s?).

Apparently vehicular access was limited by a barrier in 1973, and railings were installed in 1982, which brought an end to the tourist photo op in front of the door (I’m fairly sure there’s a photo of 10yo me doing this somewhere). The ornate gates that are there now were installed over Xmas 1989.

I guess you couldn’t just wander down there if the PM was in residence pre-gating. I expect Jim C was on his hols when I was there.

I think Major was PM when the IRA lobbed the mortars at No. 10.

Possibly, I've abused my memory but I really thought that was the point of the "lucky once" quote

And where did this man get the idea that people in Dover needed to 'take up arms' against refugees? Surely we'll never know https://t.co/YTa701CbNA pic.twitter.com/aJ55JyPFTX

— Edmund Griffiths (@EdmundGriffiths) October 30, 2022

(xp) Brighton bombing?

I think Major was PM when the IRA lobbed the mortars at No. 10.

Yeah, he was. It was early 1991, around the same time that they bombed Victoria station (and maybe another one?) that led to all the bins being removed everywhere.

Warrington '93 - the bombs were in bins, yes.

unable to find work in 1988, a protestor died when he set fire to himself and his car right outside downing street (his name was derek b41nbridge)

the story i found abt it says the car was unable to enter the street ftb metal security barriers

(at the time this was very much one of those downplayed stories where ppl said there shd have been more coverage, i mainly reemember i suspect bcz a relative of mine was very moved by it and sent flowers to his family)

the bins never properly came back, did they? wonder if this is due to continued vigilance after 9/11, then councils not having spare money for new bins / increased collections in age of austerity.

Amazing (or not I guess)

Delighted to see that The Daily Mail has had the good sense to quote me regarding the government’s sensible idea to disperse sewage in coastal waters in a safe manner whilst beaches are empty.
The Daily Mail continues to be an example of rigorous & well researched journalism.👍 pic.twitter.com/3RTB6eRfgb

— Sir Michael Take CBE (@MichaelTakeMP) October 30, 2022

Having a dog in Central London means knowing where all the bins are in your area. Since austerity began, at least half of the street bins have gone (apart from the ones on the main shopping street) and all the special dog poo bins were removed from parks and estates nearby, after years of telling people how important it was to keep dog shit separate from general refuse! Recently, I noticed a few more bins I’d normally need to use on my walk were missing. My council outsources street cleaning to Veolia so I don’t know which party is responsible.

these guys are really going for it, hat tip

🎃 BREAKING: LONDON PAINTED ORANGE 🎃

🧯 At 8:30am today, 6 Just Stop Oil supporters sprayed orange paint from fire extinguishers onto the Home Office, the MI5 building, the Bank of England and the headquarters of News Corp at London Bridge.

🎥 @cameraZoe pic.twitter.com/YCgTzvokQO

— Just Stop Oil ⚖️💀🛢 (@JustStop_Oil) October 31, 2022

they should spray shit all over the LOTO because he drives a SUV and abandoned the state intervention policies of the 2019 GND for some pathetic New Labour style shat

I'm impressed that anyone would spray MI5, and those other buildings.

Good for them.

very disappointed in the circumstances that the SIS building didn't sink into the earth thunderbirds-style, as it is so clearly designed and built to

:-(

The situation for people held at the Manston detention camp is very bleak. No access to phones, lawyers and without the support of NGOs.

Young children and families locked up amidst an outbreak of diptheria and MRSA. https://t.co/wkNdq5bhba

— Benny Hunter (@BennnyH) October 30, 2022

sheer deliberate cruelty, good job the opposition are giving the government grief over this

look speaking up for the powerless is the old politics

You see it's just a game! They'll pretend not to care to get Tories to vote for them. Then they will close it down as soon as they get into power and everything will be ok.

We know this bcz of the wonderful in which Muslims in the party are treated.

i see we're taking "mental health issues made me commit racist violence" out for a spin again

also of course it's not terrorism when the targets are worthless

Braverman actually using the word "invasion" to describe migrants crossing the channel - the day after an immigration centre was firebombed. She is truly despicable. Having said that, of late politicians doubling down having been rumbled tend not to survive too long.

Well I am not sure it's any worse than this list of shame.

20 years ago Home Secretary David Blunkett said that 'asylum seekers are swamping schools'. It was reported in the Guardian, that you work for. Ten years ago he said Roma migrants could cause riots.https://t.co/7KfTYOlm9p

— libcom.org (@libcomorg) October 31, 2022

BREAKING - Matt Hancock has lost the whip for going on I'm a Celeb

Chief Whip Simon Hart MP said:

“Following a conversation with Matt Hancock, I have considered the situation and believe this is a matter serious enough to warrant suspension of the whip with immediate effect.”

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) November 1, 2022

in fairness to Mr Mancock at least i've heard of him