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

Angela Rippon is on GB News??

yeah these childhood icons from the 70's were evil all along, we just didn't notice at the time

I prefer the current system where outgoing PM's chuck life peerages about like confetti, at least it's amusing and boils the piss of people who think it was somehow more respectable when Blair was doing the same.

HoL hasn't been the same since Nigel Tufnel and David "Jeans On" Dundas were given the boot, still at least the son of a KGB operative is there now to give the place some gravitas.

BREAKING: @RMTunion announces 4 weeks of industrial action. The rail union will put on a series of 48 hour strikes in December and January after industry bosses failed to offer any new deals to reach a settlement.

— Taj Ali (@Taj_Ali1) November 22, 2022

Hope they strike on Xmas really put the knife in

They called off strikes when The Queen died so unfortunately that's not going to happen :-(

Also I'm going up to Scotland at Christmas so fuck that.

They should only take trains into but not out of Scotland

i’ve said it for years

Let's import this!

The ongoing correction in Sweden's house prices is one for the history books, down by almost 15% in half a year - already below the bottom of the financial crisis.

And the @riksbanken is far from done with the hiking cycle. Fasten seatbelts. pic.twitter.com/evx3iVnao0

— Daniel Kral (@DanielKral1) November 21, 2022

Also I'm going up to Scotland at Christmas so fuck that.

― Oh wouldn't it be rubbery? (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 bookmarkflaglink

Have you already bought your ticket? Strikes are in mid-December.

Yes but I gathered silby was enjoining them to strike over the Xmas holidays.

even for the always terrible hignfy twitter account this is particularly shit

Mick Lynch demonstrates true festive spirit by driving hundreds of pubs and restaurants out of business just in time for Christmas.

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) November 23, 2022

Not funny or true.

This account is run by Hat Trick, who make HIGNFY. The BBC have asked us to point out it's nothing to do with them; the twitter feed that is, not the TV show.

Painful

a verified account for a show paid for and broadcast by the BBC but it’s “nothing to do with them” okay i guess it’s just a coincidence they have to point that out

if greg james, a freelancer, isn’t allowed to state his political views on twitter i’m not sure how a verified account dedicated to a BBC show is

A Daily Mail journalist asks Mick Lynch from the @RMTunion whether he's proud of being known as 'Mick Grinch'.

Micks answer,🎯 pic.twitter.com/LbKumH2WXe

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 22, 2022

He's still got it.

👍👍

hignfy tweet deleted

"being known" in that tweet of course translates to "tabloid hacks had a meeting and figured this might catch on if they push it"

It seems pretty amazing to me that Nicola Sturgeon could speak openly about independence and be recognized and not in danger as the First Minister of Scotland. (If the British Parliament would need to approve any move toward independence in a situation where an overwhelming majority of Scots favored independence, hopefully the institutions and mechanisms of government could be called out for what they were and challenged.)

"In danger"? In danger of what?

I guess what I really mean to ask is if there is any chance Scotland would want to and could leave the UK in a peaceable way (as a government and society). If the answer is no, then symbolically I guess her stance might not mean as much as I had thought (or might mean something different as an exercise in exhaustion and futility or as a family difference).

They did have an independence referendum in 2014.

... so another one is not out of the question at some point.

i don't know enough abt the similarity of the situation in catalonia but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Catalonia_independence_leaders

Most people in the UK would say it is likely that Scotland will leave the UK in the relatively near future.

Ms Sturgeon is in post on a democratic basis, as an MSP and nominated as First Minister by the largest party in the Scottish Parliament. Technically she is "appointed" by the monarch but I do not see the unelected UK monarch withdrawing her status.

She is an outstanding politician and there is no danger to her. There is danger to the Union of Scotland and England.

divy

didn't mean to post that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVkBfnxQ_g

"ok. So you blame the government, you say you don't blame the nurses. So in a word, yes or no, do you support them walking out?"

Anneliese Dodds: "Well look, no one supports strikes"

Speechless. pic.twitter.com/3IpCVSLahT

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) November 25, 2022

Postal workers on strike today, as are rail and tube.

Nurses striking next week.

Can you believe they're still sending out that useless woman out to do media interviews?

she's at her most terribly coherent when she gives boilerplate Starmer office answers, you get some incredible results when she's unscripted. Like with that bizarrely sad campaign vid she did in Batley + Spen.

Nurses striking 15-20 Dec btw..

15th AND 20th, not the days inbetween…

In my fucking veins

Barbados is planning to make Conservative MP Richard Drax pay repartitions for his family's role in the slave trade.
This politician will become the first person to pay for his ancestor's role in the abhorrent practice which created his family's wealth 👀https://t.co/E82uCBPhDR

— Lorraine King (@lorrainemking) November 27, 2022

richard grosvenor plunkett-ernle-erle-drax, call him by his name

lol he was married to former royal nanny tiggy legge-bourke's sister zara and his great uncle was edward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany, better known as the not-terrible fantasy and horror writer LORD DUNSANY

i looked that up, i don't just know it

well i did know drax is a name worth looking up

You appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season

^^

my fave drax quote

Incredibly grateful to all the MP’s who joined the reconstitution of the @APPGDeathAbroad.

MP’s from across the political divide united to improve consular services and the services for those whose loved ones die abroad. Huge thanks to Eve Henderson founder @MurderedAbroad too. pic.twitter.com/ucur2HNJGn

— Hannah Bardell SNP MP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (@HannahB4LiviMP) November 28, 2022

love this photo, particularly the guy at the back whose face is completely obscured

Ambulance workers vote to strike in England https://t.co/alV8XTp465

— Financial Times (@FT) November 30, 2022

Following the targeting of Elbit sites in England by Palestine Action, the British Ministry of Defense is cancelling £280 million worth of contracts with Israel's largest weapons company, Elbit Systems.

The company's share price has fallen 17% in one month.

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) November 30, 2022

Jav out

The slow Conservative exodus continues as Sajid Javid confirms he won’t stand again at the next election.

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) December 2, 2022

who of the tory power-stance crew is still standing?

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article12454018.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/Sajid-Javid-stands-outside-the-Home-Office.jpg

Just Theresa