TawdryPorker

joined 2 years ago
[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Liz Truss was probably my favourite PM. Hear me out.

Every day of her premiership I got up out of bed in a good mood, couldn't wait to hear the news about how she'd fucked the dog the day before. Through various circumstances that I'm not sharing with the internet she did cost me a considerable amount of cash when she crashed the economy but she was just so entertaining. And she didn't hang around like a fart in a space suit like certain unelected PMs I could mention. The moment when the lettuce outlasted her and a hand came from off-screen and placed a tiara on its head is one of the lasting delights of the last few years.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Pleading won't do no good, try a brown envelope stuffed with readies.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's a lot of people who don't like the label fascism but just fucking love what fascism does. I think the problem is that a lot of people don't understand how complex the world is and fascism always tells them that their stupid, lazy thinking is correct. Universal suffrage is the only way to that democracy can work in this day and age and I would literally fight to save it... but boy does it come with some downsides.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I were a venal and corrupt politician and I were in an easy job that paid extraordinarily well I would hold onto that job as long as possible.

I am going to say that that we'll be going to the polls in January '25.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Now all we need is for the CIA to take responsibility for the Islamic State and the circle of life (and death) is complete.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scares the beejesus out of me.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

US once again threatening jihadis with a good time. Anyone else read the news story about how the Taliban fighters are all depressed to find themselves as civil servants? That's how to deter people.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Work began in 2018 but faced numerous construction delays, as well as resistance from people who did not want to alter the landmark or considered the installation too costly.

People that didn't want to alter the landmark.

smh

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is what people not from the UK (and a fair few who are) always fail to recognise: the Upper Class are engaged in economic war against everyone else, their goal is to maintain a local hegemony and they have been doing this continuously since at least the 11th Century.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (5 children)

There's the small matter of his Dad, a former editor of The Times, having written a book about how to profit from disaster capitalism.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Similar thing happened back in the 80's at a Sorting Office where I worked. The letters, then, were sorted into a 48 box fitting. They took a row of 48 box fittings down and discovered a postcard that was alleged to be 100 years old. I think they had a little ceremony with the living descendants of the addressee. This was when the Royal Mail prided itself on delivering the mail.

[–] TawdryPorker@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Fellow Europeans (and Brits) Mirror

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