UK Politics Thread 🇬🇧

[the next guy]

No-deal Brexit planning ‘crowded out’ efforts to prepare for pandemic

Covid inquiry hears that from 2018 planning for UK’s disorderly exit from EU ‘drained resources and capacity’

www.theguardian.com

Sad, confused, deluded: spare a thought for the friends of Boris Johnson at this difficult time | Marina Hyde

Things may look dark but his acolytes are determined to go down fighting. And, true to type, he is determined to let them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

 

[jj23]

Boris Johnson faced 90-day suspension for misleading MPs before he quit – UK politics live

Long-awaited privileges committee report finds former PM was ‘deliberately disingenuous’ about Partygate events

www.theguardian.com

Jumped before he was pushed

 

[88m3]

that's terrifying


anything over double digits is frankly


The Dutch

 

[jj23]

‘Indefensible’: Michael Gove apologises for Tory HQ Partygate video

But levelling up secretary insists Shaun Bailey and Ben Mallet should keep their honours

www.theguardian.com

These fukkers

 

[TheAlbionist]

that's terrifying


anything over double digits is frankly


The Dutch

Tracks. Feels like Empire sentiment is at the highest it's been in my 40 years in Britain but the Dutch are the ultimate "racism is dead, stop talking about it" society... doesn't shock me in the slightest.

 

[the artist known az]

Shaun Bailey you up next

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Tory mayor resigns after apologising for attending LGBTQ+ event — Guardian US

Mohammed Nazam said the Pride event contradicted his ‘personal religious beliefs’ in Facebook group

apple.news

 

[hashmander]

that's terrifying


anything over double digits is frankly


The Dutch

everybody should be single digits like the germans, but the belgians if they actually tech history in their schools should be at like 0.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Orkney could leave UK for Norway as it explores ‘alternative governance’

Island council leader cites ‘deep cultural relationship’, as authority considers a report looking at status of Channel Islands and Faroes

www.theguardian.com

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Detectives accused of bungling first Stephen Lawrence inquiry will not face charges

And they say they want to clean up the Met.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

A Top U.K. Newspaper Explores Its Ties to Slavery, and Britain’s

In a multimedia series, The Guardian becomes the latest British institution to confront — and apologize for — its role in the slave trade.

www.nytimes.com

 

[jj23]

Gloucestershire school locked down due to ongoing incident

Police and emergency services called to Tewkesbury school after incident on Monday morning

www.theguardian.com

Weird shyt happening in the UK. A few days ago a woman crashed her Range rover into a school and killed two kids.

 

[Serious]

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

A National Treasure, Tarnished: Can Britain Fix Its Health Service? (Published 2023)

As it turns 75, the N.H.S., a proud symbol of Britain’s welfare state, is in the deepest crisis of its history.

www.nytimes.com

 

[jj23]

A National Treasure, Tarnished: Can Britain Fix Its Health Service? (Published 2023)

As it turns 75, the N.H.S., a proud symbol of Britain’s welfare state, is in the deepest crisis of its history.

www.nytimes.com

I use private health care now.

These b*stards fukked up the NHS...