Brexit.

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[WolfEyes]

He forgot he needed to use his other left, so he'd be unscrewing the cap rather than screwing it on.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Interesting question

 

[Khamon]

As a British subject, at this point, I'd be inclined to forgo holiday travel this year and use the savings to secure winter fuel.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Chin Rey]

As a British subject...

That reminds me of something I've been wondering about. The UK has subjects; all other nations, at least in the free(ish) world have citizens. Is it just semantics or does it make an actual difference?

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Actually it makes so much of a difference that on Wikipedia there's a lengthy article about that term "British subject", what it means and what it meant in the past.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject

 

[Innula Zenovka]

This is just embarrassing

 

[Sid]

What a clown.
But a saddening one.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Evernote link

Johnson and his threats to renege on the Withdrawal Agreement is a bit like Russia's threats to Finland and Sweden if they join NATO -- no one takes them seriously, and they're meant entirely for domestic consumption.

There's no way Johnson can get the measures through Parliament -- there's enough of his own backbenchers (and, I think, several ministers) who can't support HMG acting unlawfully and breaking international treaties they signed only two years ago to stop it, let alone the House of Lords' overwhelming rejection of the measure last time he tried it.

 

[WolfEyes]

This is just embarrassing

Is Boris just making it put as he goes along? Sure sounds like it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The UK has deserved better than to be ruled by that clown. Seriously.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Saint BoJo, only 19 GBP per candle.

 

[Beebo Brink]

From a recent Reddit thread:

ChefBoyAreWeFucked

People who voted for Brexit got the Brexit they were promised.
Just happens to be it was Stay that had promised it.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Thread

 

[Sid]

When I read such threads, I always wonder if Yes Minister really is a satire sitcom or just a documentary about RL politics.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

As with every good satire it is the overexaggeration of real ideas and concepts. The problem with satire is that reality became so bizarre itself, that nowadays it's really hard to make good satire at all.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

When I read such threads, I always wonder if Yes Minister really is a satire sitcom or just a documentary about RL politics.

It's a satire based almost entirely on reality -- in the books, Jay and Lynn footnoted each chapter with references comparing the stories with the actual events on which they're based.