Official UK Political Megathread

Sunak and thanks for all the fish.

 

[witsd]

Live by the pen, die by the pen.

 

[Readout]

I really wish the BBC would stop announcing every "Boris Johnson might run" story that they can. I know it's juicy clicks, and that he and the BBC are BFFs, but FFS let's stop legitimising the idea that he should ever be able to return to power.

 

[witsd]

My wife thinks it's a bluff - they are allowing us to think BJ might return so that we accept whoever we get instead.

 

[Presea]

 

[Readout]

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt: Who are MPs backing?

Conservative MPs have started declaring who they want to become Britain's next prime minister.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sentynel]

 

[Kris]

God I fucking hope not.

 

[Prime3k]

Here is the link for the above autoembedded media.

 

[Tallgeeselll05]

Our footy fans should get this.

 

[Tarnagh]

Guys, what the hell?

Boris Johnson hits 100 nominations needed to stand for prime minister, supporter says

Meeting threshold would get former PM’s name onto the ballot paper on Monday

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Readout]

Until it comes from a better source than “says one of Boris Johnson’s supporters”, I choose not to believe it.

For the sake of my sanity.

 

[witsd]

Yeah, they've been really cagy about releasing actual, confirmable details.

 

[Tarnagh]

Found on the internet with the caption "Not all heroes wear capes."

 

[Flippy]

Funny, but I'm 97% sure that's shopped

 

[Readout]

Here is the link for the above autoembedded media.

 

[Sentynel]

Boris Johnson pulls out of Conservative leadership race

The former PM says he had the support of the MPs needed but "it would not be the right thing to do".

www.bbc.co.uk

Boris claims he has the support of 102 MPs, but is dropping out anyway. Hmm.

 

[Readout]

 

[witsd]

Funny, but I'm 97% sure that's shopped

Yeah, the grafiti is real, but that's it.

Apparently that statue has to be covered 24hrs a day by CCTV to limit the amount of vandalism.

Personally, that just sounds like a challenge to me. Like, I wonder what the range of a paintball gun actually is.

 

[Presea]

Yeah, the grafiti is real, but that's it.

Apparently that statue has to be covered 24hrs a day by CCTV to limit the amount of vandalism.

Personally, that just sounds like a challenge to me. Like, I wonder what the range of a paintball gun actually is.

On the nicer guns: up to 100 feet (30 meters), especially on a hard surface like this where the velocity may still be enough to allow the ball to break at that distance.
I would say a vast majority of cheaper guns would have a 50' or so ideal range.

 

[witsd]

You may well like that thought @Kris, but I think it's either you or @BisectedBrioche who live closest, so guess who is testing it?

 

[Kris]

While I HIGHLY enjoy some good civil disobedience (and being creative is my favourite activity), you're asking me to go south?

That's just insulting.

 

[witsd]

While I HIGHLY enjoy some good civil disobedience (and being creative is my favourite activity), you're asking me to go south?

That's just insulting.

But you ARE south.

 

[Kris]

I want you to know that I would throw a chair at you.

 

[witsd]

I bet you are still getting more than six hours of daylight.

Bloody bunch of pansy poofs.

 

[BisectedBrioche]

You may well like that thought @Kris, but I think it's either you or @BisectedBrioche who live closest, so guess who is testing it?

Unfortunately I'm:

• As good as dead if I go to prison (especially for making conservatives mad).
• Not really about adding dicks to things.

 

[witsd]

Waste not, want not?

 

[BisectedBrioche]

Waste not, want not?

Why would I need to put a model of my dick on a statue of Thatcher when both the real deals are burning in hell as we speak?

 

[Piestein]

so I read that Boris having the support but choosing not to run is good publicity for a 2025 run - I think this may have been a factor.

.... it feels kinda weird to return to the original conversation

 

[Kris]

I heard this referred to as the glass cliff, that if it currently is an absolute shit show that is going to get worse then why not make a woman or a brown person the prime minister so that they can take the blame.

 

[Readout]

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-63327087

And Rishi Sunak takes it.