Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?
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Paraphrasing Piers Morgan (who also echo'ed @Doctor-Phibes ' comment about terrible leaders) said that if BoJo is chosen as PM there will be a rush of Brits trying to immigrate to the US for the relative calm and stability of American politics.
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Boris Johnson has escaped from Elba, landed in Cornwall, and is marching on London.
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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@jon-nyc said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
Boris Johnson has escaped from Elba, landed in Cornwall, and is marching on London.
To be fair, he got lost and is currently driving North up the M1.
Punsters said that Liz couldn't be Trussted. Boris is fast approaching Scunthorpe. Read into that what you will.
It's unlikely he's ever been so close to Yorkshire before.
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Seen on twitter:
“Who was Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth died” is going to be a god-tier trivia question in like 20 years.
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I'm not sure how you do it. Maybe because I'm American and therefore don't care about other countries, but I was going down the wiki black hole of learning more about how the British government works, specific to the PM, and... how do you all keep things straight?
For example, the PM is the head of the UK government, but advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative. It's a position based on who commands trust of the House of Commons (which seems like the US House of Representatives, except with more shouting), and the PM is also the First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service. Then there's the House of Lords, which is really the "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled", which is kind of like the US Senate, except the titles are passed on to heirs, instead of elections? At what point does the King come and point at people he wants to be beheaded?
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I'm not sure how you do it. Maybe because I'm American and therefore don't care about other countries, but I was going down the wiki black hole of learning more about how the British government works, specific to the PM, and... how do you all keep things straight?
For example, the PM is the head of the UK government, but advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative. It's a position based on who commands trust of the House of Commons (which seems like the US House of Representatives, except with more shouting), and the PM is also the First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service. Then there's the House of Lords, which is really the "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled", which is kind of like the US Senate, except the titles are passed on to heirs, instead of elections? At what point does the King come and point at people he wants to be beheaded?
@89th said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
I'm not sure how you do it. Maybe because I'm American and therefore don't care about other countries, but I was going down the wiki black hole of learning more about how the British government works, specific to the PM, and... how do you all keep things straight?
For example, the PM is the head of the UK government, but advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative. It's a position based on who commands trust of the House of Commons (which seems like the US House of Representatives, except with more shouting), and the PM is also the First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service. Then there's the House of Lords, which is really the "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled", which is kind of like the US Senate, except the titles are passed on to heirs, instead of elections? At what point does the King come and point at people he wants to be beheaded?
The UK system was mostly a product of evolution rather than revolution (excepting that asshole Cromwell, as my Russian friend refers to him), which I think leads to more quirks. Also, while my ancestors evolved, yours were revolting.
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A Penny for your thoughts.
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@Mik said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
A Penny for your thoughts.
I have absolutely no idea who this person is.
I was only joking
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@Mik said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
A Penny for your thoughts.
I have absolutely no idea who this person is.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
@Mik said in Hey Phibes! Whaddya think about a Truss?:
A Penny for your thoughts.
I have absolutely no idea who this person is.
I understand she is MP for the riding that includes
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