The Next President of the United States

[soulfinger]

UK: Watch me juggle with fire!
US: Hells no! Watch ME juggle with grenades!
UK: Hold this beer and watch ME juggle with napalm!
Russia: The wars! Yay!
Italy: I'M RUNNING WITH SCISSORS!
US: I'm still playing with grenades! I could drop one ANY MINUTE!
UK: Now I'mma chug some petrol and then juggle some more napalm! Also - want that blond ass-clown back? You know you do.

Just got back to the UK after a couple of weeks away. Did I miss anything?

Nope. UK politics has been a serene mill-pond.

Herewith the procedure for the selection of the next Prime Minister:

Candidates have until 2.00 P.M. on Monday to find 100 backers.
If three reach the threshold, MP's will knock one out in a ballot the same day.

Only the Tories...

[Low D]

Nope. UK politics has been a serene mill-pond.

Herewith the procedure for the selection of the next Prime Minister:

Candidates have until 2.00 P.M. on Monday to find 100 backers.
If three reach the threshold, MP's will knock one out in a ballot the same day.

Only the Tories...

"I'm not saying that a woman handing swords out of the water is a reasonable system for selecting a government, I'm just asking - have we tried? Because it's got to be better than whatever the hell is going on in Westminster." ~ Someone clever on the TicTocs

[DzM]

Honestly it’s just exciting to see real democracy work. The people’s voice, etc etc.

[firehazard]

Honestly it’s just exciting to see real democracy work. The people’s voice, etc etc.

Every so often (they seem to come round more regularly these days), the Tory party has a few days of absolute meltdown. Such days are immensely entertaining and to be treasured. The couple of days when they realised the latest weird android they'd managed to install in Downing Street was completely malfunctioning and needed to be returned to the factory were such days. We even had to tune into BBC radio from halfway up a mountain in Andalucia to follow something of the story of what was going on in Comedy Britain. Got an alert about the actual resignation while sitting outside a bar in the town square in Alhama de Granada. Politically the most fun days since they had the ticker in the corner of the TV screen showing the number of minister who'd resigned from that honking pudding's cabinet back in the summer.

But when you let the Tories get into power, it's bloody difficult to get rid of them. The people's arse.

[DzM]

But when you let the Tories get into power, it's bloody difficult to get rid of them. The people's arse.

Sooo ... like the black mold of Westminster? Kinda sneaks in when you're not looking, and by the time you notice how much damage it's doing it's damn near impossible to get rid of without burning the whole thing down and rebuilding?

[firehazard]

But when you let the Tories get into power, it's bloody difficult to get rid of them. The people's arse.

Sooo ... like the black mold of Westminster? Kinda sneaks in when you're not looking, and by the time you notice how much damage it's doing it's damn near impossible to get rid of without burning the whole thing down and rebuilding?

Definitely worse than that.

[DzM]

So the new boss has a net worth of approximate 2X the Royals? So - man-of-the-people kinda fella.

[firehazard]

So the new boss has a net worth of approximate 2X the Royals? So - man-of-the-people kinda fella.

Reputedly the highest person to have held the office of Prime Minister. Which is going some. And his wife is even richer than he is. There was some thing going on during the heatwave and drought back in the summer about them installing a heated pool at their second or third home. So very much in touch with the real life.

[Low D]

. And his wife is even richer than he is.

And she's got tax-free status in the UK. Just the sort of people you want running your country...

[firehazard]

. And his wife is even richer than he is.

And she's got tax-free status in the UK. Just the sort of people you want running your country...

Just the sort of people the Tory party want running the country...