BoJo resigns; Truss fails; Sunak ascends

January 2025. The legislation they put in place means it can't be held later than that - they don't get a reset on the timer due to changing leader.

That's still far too fucking long though.

https://twitter.com/chrisjbakke/status/1583104284559781889?s=46&t=BAOIuOjiO9C861WzrJXRCA

Wouldn't they still be forced to hold an election if they lose a confidence vote?

Yes, but they can only lose one if enough Tory MPs vote against their own interests (staying in power). There MIGHT be enough Tory MPs with a moral conscience existing in alternate dimensions, I suppose, but there certainly fucking aren't in this one.

By law, this head of lettuce is the new PM. This tradition dates back to King Æthelred the Unready.

Sub-4 Scaramuccis!
edit: Scaramucci says it’s 4.1. 44 days, right? Whereas 4.1 would be 47.1 days, right?

flatmate has just asked me whether i think the lettuce voted leaf or romaine in the brexit referendum and im frankly furious at how funny i found it

https://twitter.com/bencsmoke/status/1583086896908902401?s=46&t=Y6P9SlnA6Q9TfCuYh7wgrA

Liz Truss is the only PM to not have an episode of #DoctorWho air during their premiership since the show began in 1963.

https://twitter.com/morganjeffery/status/1583074779158171649?s=46&t=Y6P9SlnA6Q9TfCuYh7wgrA

The next general would be in 2024, unless 2/3 of parliament consents to an earlier one. If public pressure mounts, enough Tory MPs may consent after this shitshow. Unlikely but plausible.

No subtitles needed:

https://twitter.com/benphillips76/status/1583068995527200768?s=46&t=Y6P9SlnA6Q9TfCuYh7wgrA

She let her party down. She let herself down. But most importantly she lettuce all down.

https://twitter.com/leonardocarella/status/1583075272852525056?s=46&t=Y6P9SlnA6Q9TfCuYh7wgrA

Probably for the best, Harold Saxon must be looking like a pretty good alternative right about now.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/count-binface-lizz-trust-1.6623651

Somehow, Boris has returned.

Nobody ever wants to be the one to bell the cat.

I am mulling something along the lines of "Tory clown car."

The day Britain's longest-serving leader met its shortest-serving leader



[Edited for grammar]

Doesn’t she look tired?

She's clearly wearing blue on the cover, so is that book a slow striptease and changing into another colour outfit?

Truss’s brief time as prime minister comes with a lifetime financial perk

*crosses fingers* I hope it's a slap chop.

Larry Kudlow on Fox Business 9/23/22: "The new British prime minister, Liz Truss, has laid out a terrific supply-side economic growth plan which looks a lot like the basic thrust of Kevin McCarthy's Commitment to America plan.”

https://twitter.com/meidastouch/status/1583155998503510016?s=46&t=4EMh4Kg0Cn2rfqVQWwB1yQ

I was gonna say -- the fate of Truss should give pause to any Republican who still thinks Reaganomics is a solution to anything in 2022.

The Laffer curve doesn’t pass the laugh test, but the the cult members it spawned will never be swayed by mere facts

@shootER you see this?

https://twitter.com/timoncheese/status/1583216768986013701?s=46&t=TZ_zibA1SoxoKpq0jQWTcA

Just to give a foretaste of the next stage of the shitshow.

Boris Johnson is under investigation for lying to the House of Commons (among other things) and a verdict is expected before Christmas. There's a distinct possibility that he will be kicked out.

If he's appointed PM again next week, just imagine the utter mayhem that would result in that scenario.

Is that Mos Def eating popcorn mayhem or Michael Jackson eating popcorn mayhem?

You mean the Tories won't just declare "it's a witch hunt" and swear their undying allegiance to their recently convicted Dear Leader?