Theresa May's time is up

[8115]

Do they let her sink or swim? Risky risky. Could easily be a poisoned chalice but if they refuse they could be accused of wrecking Brexit. Theresa May to invite Labour to help create policy amid Tory plot to oust her

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I fucking love knowing that Tory HQ and the government have basically been like a particularly good episode of The Thick of it ever since the election.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

on tweeter - apparently this is on the cabinet office website

just what do they know?

 

[SpookyFrank]

on tweeter - apparently this is on the cabinet office website

just what do they know?

Note closing date in a fortnight's time. Who knows what cunt'll be prime minister by then.

 

[SpookyFrank]

He's having a fucking a whale of time at the minute isn't he?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Note closing date in a fortnight's time. Who knows what cunt'll be prime minister by then.

is being a cunt an occupational requirement?

 

[SpookyFrank]

is being a cunt an occupational requirement?

Who knows? Ony job in the land were you don't need to fill in an application form, nor provide references, nor proof of qualifications. And nobody's ever thought to come up with even a broad-strokes half side of A4 listing the attributes an applicant might need to demonstrate in order to be considered for the position.

If they had then point 6 (the applicant must definitely not be a robot's idea of what a lizard should be like, nor a lizard's idea of what a robot should be like) would have prevented May from even getting past the receptionist.

 

[Artaxerxes]

is being a cunt an occupational requirement?

Yes, as such all politicians are eminently qualified and I understand the process of getting there selects for maximum cuntitude.

 

[Pickman's model]

may supporters rally in london

 

[Poi E]

Not fair. The horse is a neigh-sayer.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not fair. The horse is a neigh-sayer.

yeh the horse is there for the dup

 

[squirrelp]

on tweeter - apparently this is on the cabinet office website

just what do they know?

It's for Corbyn!

 

[Streathamite]

Is there any way this could backfire at the next election if Labour are made to look like they're putting party before country?

No, i don't think it can. The Tories look too desperate, and cynical.
As such, Corbyn's drily pointing them towards his manifesto was actually quite clever

 

[Streathamite]

He's having a fucking a whale of time at the minute isn't he?

Yep! All the Labour front bench are practically wetting themselves - the Tories are in meltdown, and Heseltine and Osborne are taking turns to stick the knife in

 

[squirrelp]

No, i don't think it can. The Tories look too desperate, and cynical.
As such, Corbyn's drily pointing them towards his manifesto was actually quite clever

It was the bullseye response, exposing the flawed move from May by giving her precisely what she asked for. Nothing else would really have worked.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Placement, all about placement

 

[BemusedbyLife]

All the men are wearing either blue or at best purple ties, I take them more seriously if just one of them had the gumption to show up in a sponge bob one

 

[Artaxerxes]

All the men are wearing either blue or at best purple ties, I take them more seriously if just one of them had the gumption to show up in a sponge bob one

Much like school picture day you'd be forced to take it off and wear the loaner tie.

 

[existentialist]

Much like school picture day you'd be forced to take it off and wear the loaner tie.

Which, in this case, is probably one previously worn by Michael Gove, with the dribble still on it.

 

[Pickman's model]

Which, in this case, is probably one previously worn by Michael Gove, with the dribble still on it.

He wears the loner tie

 

[2hats]

Placement, all about placement

Which member of the cabinet is that on their own in the back row?

 

[Raheem]

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Placement, all about placement

Someone please tell me this isn't photoshopped, and that someone actually took a decision that photographing the cabinet in front of The Scream was a good idea.

 

[bestkeptsecret]

Someone please tell me this isn't photoshopped, and that someone actually took a decision that photographing the cabinet in front of The Scream was a good idea.

very good - nice observation!

 

[Wilf]

She's been speaking of her love for Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special apparently:
May hails leadership of Geoffrey Boycott, who was axed over team revolt

I'm being hypocritical here, because I don't particularly want politicians watching their words in accordance with some sort of PR calculation. Same time... expressing your love for an apartheid supporting, partner beating racist* might not be the best move.

* The jury's just about still out for me on his 'I'd have got a knighthood if I'd blacked up' comment. Just possible it was crass gobshitery rather than pure racism. Just.

 

[8ball]

The jury's just about still out for me on his 'I'd have got a knighthood if I'd blacked up' comment. Just possible it was crass gobshitery rather than pure racism. Just.

Not wanting to attribute any emotional bias, but from the perspective of not being a sports fan, I think the jury is quite possibly well and truly in.

 

[Wilf]

Not wanting to attribute any emotional bias, but from the perspective of not being a sports fan, I think the jury is quite possibly well and truly in.

Well, yeah certainly, applying the 'if it walks like a duck' test, he's a racist. He's no doubt somebody who either delights in or wouldn't think of abandoning the attitudes and phrases of decades ago. And that too probably adds up to being a racist buffoon. The asterisk only came in because I don't know whether this is a one off or whether he has previous. Touring South Africa in the 80s looks like a massive dollop of previous, I just don't know whether that was money grabbing racism or ideologically inspired money grabbing racism.

 

[William of Walworth]

Not wanting to attribute any emotional bias, but from the perspective of not being a sports fan, I think the jury is quite possibly well and truly in.

That idiocy is nothing to do with him being a sportsman (per se), just to do with Botham being a total twat

I'd be very surprised indeed if there weren't plenty of other sportspeople who went 'total fucking twat' just the same as we did, when that racist-arsehole-in-a-pub comment came out.

 

[8115]

Why isn't Theresa May's time up?

 

[Wilf]

Boycott's dominant trait is ultra-selfishness - not some kind of get the job done steely focus, outright selfishness. I doubt that he genuinely thought Caribbean cricketers get honours more than English cricketers - it's that they get them more than him. That he used a Davidson-esque racist phrase to make that point confirms his racism. But it also proves that, quite independently, he's a cunt.

 

[JTG]

That idiocy is nothing to do with him being a sportsman (per se), just to do with Botham being a total twat

I'd be very surprised indeed if there weren't plenty of other sportspeople who went 'total fucking twat' just the same as we did, when that racist-arsehole-in-a-pub comment came out.

Botham?

 

[agricola]

Boycott's dominant trait is ultra-selfishness - not some kind of get the job done steely focus, outright selfishness. I doubt that he genuinely thought Caribbean cricketers get honours more than English cricketers - it's that they get them more than him. That he used a Davidson-esque racist phrase to make that point confirms his racism. But it also proves that, quite independently, he's a cunt.

Indeed - this basically boils down to him thinking he was as good as any of the knighted West Indians. I doubt anyone would agree with him.