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wtg
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posted 20 October 2022 09:46 PM
The lettuce won.

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Why Liz Truss resigned as U.K. prime minister: A guide to the chaos


https://wapo.st/3DctVih


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posted 20 October 2022 09:47 PMHide Post
I love the lettuce competition. It is so silly British humor at its finest.
 
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posted 20 October 2022 09:48 PMHide Post
1 Truss = 4.3 Scaramuccis.


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posted 20 October 2022 10:01 PMHide Post
I just read that Boris Johnson is planning to stand in to be her replacement. I feel like I’m watching an episode of the Benny Hill show.
 
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posted 20 October 2022 11:02 PMHide Post
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I just read that Boris Johnson is planning to stand in to be her replacement. I feel like I’m watching an episode of the Benny Hill show.


I think it’s the haircuts.


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posted 21 October 2022 03:10 AMHide Post
Her tenure measured in days on a bar gragh measured a tiny fraction of the tenures of all the other PM's in recent history.

King Charles had her number. Lol!

https://youtube.com/shorts/rmufobiP_4g?feature=share
 
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posted 21 October 2022 09:37 AMHide Post
Her tenure as prime minister spans two monarchs. Nobody has done that since Churchill.


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posted 21 October 2022 09:46 AMHide Post
We can laugh at the Brits today. Their turn to laugh at us is coming.


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posted 21 October 2022 09:47 AMHide Post
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Her tenure as prime minister spans two monarchs. Nobody has done that since Churchill.


Happenstance.
 
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Her tenure as prime minister spans two monarchs. Nobody has done that since Churchill.


Big Grin


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posted 23 October 2022 06:13 PMHide Post
BoJo is out.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/ar...hy-i-am-not-standing


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posted 23 October 2022 06:29 PMHide Post
I loved the tweet featuring Larry the Cat at the podium taking the reins.


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posted 23 October 2022 07:14 PMHide Post
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We can laugh at the Brits today. Their turn to laugh at us is coming.
God I hope not, but I fear you're right.
 
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posted 24 October 2022 03:01 AMHide Post
Given the fact that while serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak/his wife was avoiding paying millions in tax, he obviously knows all the tricks and is clearly the man for the job of fixing our economy.


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posted 24 October 2022 12:24 PMHide Post
Avoidance is quite legal. Evasion is not. Wink
 
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