UK General Discussion: Rishecession

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A) Burns statement on twitter is less "nicely worded lawyer approved boilerplate" more "passive aggressive digs clearly written from the heart/bottle".

B) Bournemouth West would be a dream by election for Starmer in this environment: it's a seat where Labour clearly underperform based on profile and - if polls are remotely accurate - would be won on an incredibly embarrassing swing in a seat where Labour has never won before.

[GenerationTerrorist]

This absolute omnishambles cannot continue, otherwise thousands will needlessly die this winter.

[Mike88]

More polling continues to put Labour above 50%:

Deltapoll:

51% Labour
26% Tories

Omnisis:

51% Labour
24% Tories

PeoplePolling:

52% Labour
20% Tories

Of the 16 polls released after the mini-budget fiasco, 9 of them have Labour at 50% or above.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

https://twitter.com/breeallegretti/status/1578456156778872832

How will this go down in the Red Wa..aahahahahahahahahaha oh my God how is any of this real?

[WD]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

[TheTide]

As funny as this is, it can't go on. Graham Brady and/or a handful of cabinet members need to pull the plug.

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/breeallegretti/status/1578456156778872832
How will this go down in the Red Wa..aahahahahahahahahaha oh my God how is any of this real?

At this point, it’s almost like the cabinet are competing to see whose policy gets MPs like Johnny Mercer to resign the Conservative whip first…

[Torrain]

And, on cue, here’s Mercer:

I am unsure of this Government's determination to row back on all the advances we have made for looking after our veterans and those who serve. Cost of rail travel on Remembrance Day 'too great'?

Tell that to Frankie from my unit. He's currently fighting COVID and multiple infections as one of our most disabled war veterans from Afghan. Last night those at his bedside asked me for a late night voice message they could play him to keep him fighting...

Tell him the cost of a few rail fares is too high for those who sacrifice - still 14 years on. Without them there wouldn't be a f**king railway, a Nation or a Remembrance Day for that matter.

The original is linked here, but I’ve transcribed it to bleep the profanity for Atlas: https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnnyMercerUK/status/1578459660280963072

[TheTide]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

And, on cue, here’s Mercer:

I am unsure of this Government's determination to row back on all the advances we have made for looking after our veterans and those who serve. Cost of rail travel on Remembrance Day 'too great'?

Tell that to Frankie from my unit. He's currently fighting COVID and multiple infections as one of our most disabled war veterans from Afghan. Last night those at his bedside asked me for a late night voice message they could play him to keep him fighting...

Tell him the cost of a few rail fares is too high for those who sacrifice - still 14 years on. Without them there wouldn't be a f**king railway, a Nation or a Remembrance Day for that matter.

The original is linked here, but I’ve transcribed it to bleep the profanity for Atlas: https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnnyMercerUK/status/1578459660280963072

The use of vulgarity in an official communication from a former Cabinet attendee strikes me as, uh, unusual (but called for!).

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

[GenerationTerrorist]

I have had enough. FFS, this is absolute basket-case stuff.
"Enemies of Growth"
The only thing keeping me sane is the fact that I love working for the NHS. Even that is being decimated on purpose.

I have always wanted to live/work in the USA for a few years. Nebraska/Kansas/Montana.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

I knew I couldn't trust the Dutch! They like tulips too much for their own good!

[If my soul was made of stone]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

I knew I couldn't trust the Dutch! They like tulips too much for their own good!

No one who calls whipped cream "slagroom" with a straight face is welcome in my house.

[brucejoel99]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

The only sane conclusion at this point is that she's legitimately still a Lib Dem & is their ultimate anti-Tory sleeper agent.

[Estrella]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

I knew I couldn't trust the Dutch! They like tulips too much for their own good!

No one who calls whipped cream "slagroom" with a straight face is welcome in my house.

That word sounds like it comes out of a leaked dossier on the next Tory sex scandal. Secret slagroom at party conference?

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

The only sane conclusion at this point is that she's legitimately still a Lib Dem & is their ultimate anti-Tory sleeper agent.

I mean she killed Queen Elizabeth II so it's already clear.

[RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

The only sane conclusion at this point is that she's legitimately still a Lib Dem & is their ultimate anti-Tory sleeper agent.

Sleeper republican too since the Queen died days after meeting her.

[Torrain]

And, on cue, here’s Mercer:

I am unsure of this Government's determination to row back on all the advances we have made for looking after our veterans and those who serve. Cost of rail travel on Remembrance Day 'too great'?

Tell that to Frankie from my unit. He's currently fighting COVID and multiple infections as one of our most disabled war veterans from Afghan. Last night those at his bedside asked me for a late night voice message they could play him to keep him fighting...

Tell him the cost of a few rail fares is too high for those who sacrifice - still 14 years on. Without them there wouldn't be a f**king railway, a Nation or a Remembrance Day for that matter.

The original is linked here, but I’ve transcribed it to bleep the profanity for Atlas: https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnnyMercerUK/status/1578459660280963072

The use of vulgarity in an official communication from a former Cabinet attendee strikes me as, uh, unusual (but called for!).

Have to agree, if ever there was a time/place for that kind of commentary, it’s here and now.

In terms of it being unusual, Mercer has always been a colourful figure, and this kind of approach/language is sort of his brand. See this interview:
https://www.politico.eu/podcast/cold-water-swimming-with-johnny-mercer-mp/amp/

It’s far from the most brash tweet sent by a Tory MP though - see 2016-era Ben Wallace vowing to castrate Michael Gove, and tagging a Sky News journalist.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bwallacemp/status/748856442132819969

[Filuwaúrdjan]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

The only sane conclusion at this point is that she's legitimately still a Lib Dem & is their ultimate anti-Tory sleeper agent.

I refuse to believe this as it implies a level of competence and strategic thought on the part of the LibDems that would be wholly out of character.

[RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm]

You would think these people are deliberately trying to throw the next election.

The only sane conclusion at this point is that she's legitimately still a Lib Dem & is their ultimate anti-Tory sleeper agent.

I refuse to believe this as it implies a level of competence and strategic thought on the part of the LibDems that would be wholly out of character.

She’s a sleeper from the Paddy Ashdown era

[If my soul was made of stone]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

I knew I couldn't trust the Dutch! They like tulips too much for their own good!

No one who calls whipped cream "slagroom" with a straight face is welcome in my house.

That word sounds like it comes out of a leaked dossier on the next Tory sex scandal. Secret slagroom at party conference?

I hear the secret strip club in the basement of CCHQ is called "The Profumo Slagroom"

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1578480177499119616?s=20&t=vF8DUm5p8jv6...

Foreign florists? I see the Tory government is finally standing up to the true villains of this world - the Dutch!

I knew I couldn't trust the Dutch! They like tulips too much for their own good!

No one who calls whipped cream "slagroom" with a straight face is welcome in my house.

That word sounds like it comes out of a leaked dossier on the next Tory sex scandal. Secret slagroom at party conference?

I hear the secret strip club in the basement of CCHQ is called "The Profumo Slagroom"

Where Truss and Kwarteng practice at least three or four of the dozen or so meanings Wiktionary gives for the phrase "the English vice", I'm sure.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

https://twitter.com/OfficialMelB/status/1578487276707143682

But they took me off the morphine well over a month ago, what's happening?

[Torrain]

https://twitter.com/OfficialMelB/status/1578487276707143682
But they took me off the morphine well over a month ago, what's happening?

Man. I kinda wanted to joke about how a member of the Spice Girls getting dirt on a Tory MP and forcing a resignation or pivotal by-election feels more like the ending to a crap Channel 4 drama than real life. It’s just new levels of bizarre.

But I think it’s worth mentioning, in all seriousness, that Mel Brown was at the conference to give a speech about tackling domestic abuse (something she experienced herself), and imploring an end to inaction. If, during that endeavour, she was accosted and leered at/joked crassly at/etc by Burns, then it puts an even more ugly spin on this whole affair.