UK General Discussion: Rishecession

[Joseph Cao]

Geez, watching the Beeb coverage is sobering.

Who was it who said that around a third of UK citizens have dreamed about the Queen? Just remembered that. Don't think there can be many more events as psychologically impactful as this one.

[Joseph Cao]

MP-specific anecdotes:

• Chris Bryant was cracking very niche jokes about the specific biblical translations available, which seems on brand.
• Tim Farron, also very on brand, takes the non-religious affirmation, quoting Matthew 5:37 ("let your yes be yes, and your no be no...") as his explanation.
• Jim Shannon (DUP) snuck in some Ulster Scots, the only MP to do so
• Naz Shah continued her personal tradition of wearing hijab to the swearing in (she doesn't in day-to-day life), reasoning that taking the oath is an act of prayer, and she would always wear a headscarf for that. Which is an interesting theological point I hadn't considered.

Ooh, any video available? BBC iPlayer won't work for me.

[Joseph Cao]

Updated for the new boundaries. If there are any errors you can see, let me know

Old parliamentary county, preserved county (Wales) and defunct region (Scotland) boundaries, where a seat crosses them are shown in '......'

I did this for as a good visual tool to familiarise yourself with geography in an otherwise cluttered map.

Opening the image in a new tab should give you a 'Paint' editable image.

EDIT: Amended.

Out of interest was this labeled with names? The image in the post isn't loading for me but the version in your gallery doesn't have labels.

[Joseph Cao]

In other local news, Transport for London have announced the names for the London Overground lines.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/15/london-overground-new-names-and-colours-for-six-lines-revealed

The Liberty line isn't actually that bad a name.

Should've been the Goblin line (and Suffragette is a worthy commemoration but quite a mouthful compared to the others). All pretty unobjectionable otherwise.