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The British government is literally crumbling but it’s good to see this cameraman has the right priorities
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The absolute state of British politics.
#Larry for PM#uk politics#politics#fuck the tories#tories out#British humour#uk memes#British memes#lol
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#larry for PM#larry the cat#larry the downing street cat#10 downing street#twitter#2022#boris johnson#fuck the tories
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Today, in UK Politics
I'm going to have to start putting a date on these things.
I'm referring to 20/10/22.
The Prime Minister resigned. She lasted nearly nine Jane Greys (8.889 if you want to be exact), or 4.4 Scaramuccis.
So anyway, Liz is out and this means there's someone new to come in. Yay! Hopefully this is the last new PM before Christmas.
In the July leadership contest, when the Tories finally realised that maybe, just maybe, Boris was a terrible Prime Minister, a candidate has to be nominated by 20 Tory MPs to be included in the first round of voting's ballot. They then held the vote, and anyone with less than 30 votes was withdrawn from the competition. Voting continued with the MP with the lowest number of votes being withdrawn (and others withdrawing even if they did scrape in) until two people were left, and then all Conservative Party members, that's MPs as well as paid up members, then voted. It's obviously a lengthy process (this started in July and ended with Liz Truss the winner in September).
This time they've decided it'll all get done by the end of next week. Nominations close on Monday, and anyone with 100 nominations goes through. Given that there's currently 357 sitting MPs, that obviously means a maximum of three people going through. "If three candidates reach the threshold there will be an vote of Conservative MPs. The top two will then be subject to an indicative vote of Conservative MPs before going froward [sic] to an online vote of Party members. This will be completed by 28 October 2022. If only one candidate secures the required nominations there will be no confirmatory vote of Party members and the candidate will be confirmed leader on Monday 24 October 2022."
In case the last two bullet points were too lengthy, here's the TL;DR - I've had colds last longer than this leadership contest.
But why take your time over an important decision like who should run the actual country. It feels like something you should rush, right?
Jeremy Hunt says he doesn't want to be in charge. Probably very wise of him, honestly. (Seriously, though, remember when he was the worst Tory MP you could think of?! What sweet summer children we were!).
Neither does Michael Gove (remember when he was also in the running for worst Tory MP you could think of? Ah, the naivety of trusting vaguely to the political process).
Jacob Rees-Mogg, allegedly the Business Secretary, but we all know he's really the Minister for the 18th Century / a Victorian scarecrow haunted by a dead Victorian industrialist, is said to be encouraging people to nominate Boris Johnson, who apparently does appear to be in the running.
Boris Johnson.
The good news is, the suggestion of nominating Boris has immediately split the party. Because that's what they need. More divisions.
BBC political correspondent Ione Wells said that some senior Conservatives have said they would consider standing down and thus triggering by-elections if Boris gets the job back. On the other hand, Cabinet Office Minister Brendan Clarke Smith insists that the former prime minister was a proven winner who could restore his party's fortunes. This must be true, because everybody's favourite Boris fan, Nadine Dorries, says he's a winner! Her credibility - for want of a better term - is currently a little shot right now.
Penny Mordaunt, currently the Leader of the House, appears to be in the running, and so does Rishi Sunak, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer until he resigned in July and kicked off the whole getting rid of Boris things.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party was on an election footing, with a manifesto at the ready. I imagine they've been getting it into electioneering-ready status amidst the surprise that the Tories, handed a metaphorical rope by Labour's tabling amendments on the fracking legislation that had to be voted on, put said metaphor around their own necks and started shoving each other off the equally metaphorical battlements.
Also demanding an election is Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and Wales's First Minister Mark Drakeford.
Not that they can force one, unless Labour can convince enough Tories to vote with them in a vote of no confidence, which they're unlikely to try for anyway. It's so much more useful for them if the Tories keep shoving people who cannot do the job into the PM job and burn their own party down from the inside.
Which will make a nice change for Labour, who over the last few years have been cheerfully engaging in the left wing's favourite hobby - schisming. Gosh, but the left love a good schism.
The next general election is not required to take place until at least 2024 (and by January 2025 at the latest) and, at this stage, it looks unlikely that date will be brought forward.
Because we're British, this is also happening, and it is magnificent.
#uk politics#bye bye liz#larry for PM#WHY OH WHY WOULD YOU BRING BORIS BACK#the man was ousted because he was JUST AWFUL#I'm sure the official paperwork phrased it differently#BUT HE WAS AWFUL#What even is happening#quickest election ever
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He is the one true king
#larry the cat#he's still standing#uk politics#the queen#downing street#larry for pm#larry for king#charles iii
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I’m here, I’m queer, and I’m ready to stir drama by putting two facets of tumblr together:
Larry the cat is an outdoor cat.
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Okay, bear with me, I’m not British.
So, to my understanding, to sum things up, Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of England, refused to resign after there were calls for him to.
So 50+ people that work for him resigned??? Am I getting that right??? All in 24 hours??
Then he resigned and people appear to be very happy about it
Oh also Larry the cat has the peoples vote for the new PM
#uk news#uk politics#england#bye bye boris#boris johnson#larry the cat#prime minister#larry for pm#what the hell is going on#what the hell is happening#i am so confused#someone help#british government#uk government#britain#british news#government#boris resigns
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There once was a PM named Truss
Who came and went without much fuss
The lettuce outlasted
That sour old bastard
Next time I'm voting for the puss
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The most important political news today
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a ridiculous amount of my tumblr timeline rn is all about larry the cat and honestly i’m not complaining
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If you see me reblogging all the fun UK politics stuff on my main even tho I'm from the US, just know it's because I think it's funny that I left for the summer and will be returning to a whole new government when I go back to uni
#Larry for PM
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Me, watching the UK gov collapse:
Me remembering I live in TX & it's not my conservative government falling apart:
Me learning about Larry & seeing all the memes
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it was so sexy of him to do this
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Larry the cat for PM
#uk politics#uk news#partygate#the government is collapsing#larry the cat#larry for pm#larryforpm2022#maglortextposts
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