the day after the deadline: can the union survive brexit and other deep questions

there's some sort of gammon meltdown on twitter after Breitbart said he said he wouldn't raise a toast to the Queen (don't know where the quote came from, not clicking on Breitbart to find out)

it's glorious

xp ok that was unexpected

in case I was unclear I also think I love him (based on approximately 0 information except for the BBC article in bg's post, or if that's not the BBC article then the BBC article is basically the same sentences in a different order)

"he became the first mayor to swear during his inauguration"

The photo ogmor posted needs to go in the "People who have figured out how to live" thread, such a great shot.

I mean, the second one doesn't not belong there either.

now dreading the nigh-inevitable reveal that magid is in fact a craven centrist shithead

wtf is wrong with you

Just wanna enjoy the news that the Torygraph lost nearly a FIFTH of its readers over the last year apparently.

High death rate among the over 90s tbf.

wtf is wrong with you

look, i've been burned before, i can't tear open my heart solely based on some baller portraits and a piece on bbc news

17 years and counting of uk involvement in afghanistan - probably a good time to start sending some more of our brave boys to sort this out once and for all eh

The UK government is considering doubling the number of troops deployed in Afghanistan in response to a request from Donald Trump for reinforcements in the face of increasing gains by the Taliban.

Britain has about 600 troops in Afghanistan at present, mainly based in Kabul training officers and not engaged in combat. There is also a small contingent of special forces.

The new deployment could see hundreds more return to Afghanistan. The UK withdrew almost all of its combat troops from the country in 2014.

Faced with a Taliban resurgence, the US, which has about 15,000 troops in the country supporting the Afghan military, asked the UK and other Nato countries last summer to send reinforcements. Britain responded with an extra 85.

Later in the year, Trump renewed the plea and the proposed new UK deployment is in response to that request by the US president. The hundreds more British troops are expected to be involved in training rather than combat.

Fixed in a trenchant fashion

17179+ years and counting of uk involvement in afghanistan

fair

send harry and a regiment of our finest gammon

that's racist now NickB, soz https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/05/is-gammon-racist/560507/

it's true that sending pork products to afghanistan seems a little... culturally insensitive, at the very least

The website, created with the high-end estate agent consultancy Knight Frank and the architects Ryder Architecture, tells potential builders they do not need to worry about affordable housing lowering the tone of the development as the legally required affordable units can be housed in a separate development on the main hospital site.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/18/royal-free-secretly-planning-to-develop-100-year-old-hospital-into-luxury-flats

we are surely only months away from the first 'affordable housing' development being housed underground so the eloi don't have to sully themselves by looking upon the morlocks

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/18/royal-wedding-windsor-police-seize-rough-sleepers-bus

He claimed police had lured them out of a private car park “saying they wanted to have a word, and can you bring the bus down the road. They were all smiley-faced. But, when we got out of the view of the public that is when they seized it”.

Thames Valley Police's senior management duly added to the list.

this week's fun-packed AQ just starting including JRM, Lammy + the Johnson sister. No prize for guessing who gets the most uninterrupted talk time tonight.

christ

you’re a braver man than i

I was advised by a professional to seek out some appropriate support groups earlier today, I didn't tell them I follow UK politics by listening to shit like this as well as self-medicating!

The Johnson sister once made herself known to the ushers in charge of reserved seats at my friend’s literary event by telling them “I’m a VIP!”

The Johnson Sister, Thackeray's second best novel

open for a surprise

How should one dress for a formal occasion on a warm day? #FashionTipsWithMaugham pic.twitter.com/JKKs1jGQDu

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) May 19, 2018

I saw on twitter that they've hoisted the carcass of her majesty the lizard in an appropriate poison green outfit.

(unfollowing all ppl throwing this vile spectacle in my face today)

my total lack of interest in the royals has left me unprepared for the despair I feel today

Given the sunshine and the FA Cup final as well the levels of public drunkeness in London are going to be through the fucking roof today.

good luck London

I've headed to the shires of Beckenham for cricket, safer that way

just flicked the radio on by accident, did i really hear somebody quoting Martin Luther King at a wedding for a scion of the family of some of the biggest colonial fuckpigs in history?

they tried to depoliticise the wedding by not inviting any politos, but then started rounding up homeless people like stray dogs. But yeah pugly fascist brat marrying a mixed race celeb really does remind one of the MLK spirit, not that I'd complain if he ended the same way tbf.

might as well leave twitter entirely because even the people i thought had kept some sanity are all monarchists now, it seems.

only good thing i heard is that the bishop had the guts to bring up slavery before this church full of evil doers.

In St Andrews riday it was the American tourists insisting on it being on TV. I didn't meet any other locals who cared. Which woulkd be fine, but U was sitting in the sun reading a book and they kept trying to talk to me about it.

https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5b0014cb0ed5166c3807606b/master/w_774,c_limit/unnamed-6.jpg

I can't get enough of the new royal couple!!!

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/7pvv383lmlffkiy/Adobe_20180519_080444.png?dl=0

Given the sunshine and the FA Cup final as well the levels of public drunkeness in London are going to be through the fucking roof today.

― Matt DC, Saturday, May 19, 2018 7:17 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love this post

Sunday Times plumbing new depths yesterday: fashionable hip fascists in New Balance trainers and skinny jeans "breathing new life into the far right". What next? a Jim Dowson column? The legitimate concerns of Thomas Mair, interviewed from prison?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ddp_ErMV0AEQTO5.jpg

some rock band w/ multiple ILM threads, pictured yesterday....

it's weird it's almost like he's used this as an excuse to give a public space to the views of fascists

I thought even our "scrupulously neutral" monarchy had decided fascism was finished!

Andrew Gilligan. Vile man.

tbf to gilligan, he's got form when it comes to his sources later committing suicide, let's hope these fascist fucks take some inspiration from david kelly

someone (obv not putting in enough effort) tried to run him over in a road rage incident last month, maybe not the best way of criticising the recent Britain First style of editorial content at The Times - but it'll do for me!

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories-membership-nandos-discount-card_uk_5affdaf7e4b0463cdba2039b

the free market at work!

“These are early discussions – we don’t know how many businesses would want to take part, but we’re keen to give members more in return for their membership,” the insider added.

we should start a pool, poster closest to the correct answer wins a nando's discount card

Given the sunshine and the FA Cup final as well the levels of public drunkeness in London are going to be through the fucking roof today.

― Matt DC, Saturday, May 19, 2018 7:17 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love this post

Matt DC OTM. My Saturday evening, as mentioned on FB:

Walking down the street, I noticed sudden clapping and cries of "YES!" and "my guy!" from ppl on the sidewalk. I turn to find the reason - a dude had just vomited out of his car, with major chunks dripping down the vehicle.

I think I saw a little girl with her family waving a Union Jack, tourists, but, other than that, nothing. Oh yes, a Chelsea fan or two. And some Man Utd fans making the long journey home, by tube.

"Figures published this month showed that there were 124,000 Conservative members"

I don't believe their membership is even close to half of that, If this figure was put to some scrutiny I reckon it would be exposed as a massive overestimation, they are too embarrassed to quote real membership numbers.

Not to mention the fact that half of them will be dead in the next 5 years.