#what even is happening

[problempossum]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

Ryoko Kui went insane with this

[folklouire]

literally liam and zayn laughing at the other three like let's see if you can top this clowns happy 1d month and it's only just the 3rd day and they came with guns blazing

[birdsthatsingaftermidnight]

Today, in UK Politics

I'm going to have to start putting a date on these things. I'm referring to 20/10/22.

The Prime Minister resigned. She lasted nearly nine Jane Greys (8.889 if you want to be exact), or 4.4 Scaramuccis.

So anyway, Liz is out and this means there's someone new to come in. Yay! Hopefully this is the last new PM before Christmas.

In the July leadership contest, when the Tories finally realised that maybe, just maybe, Boris was a terrible Prime Minister, a candidate has to be nominated by 20 Tory MPs to be included in the first round of voting's ballot. They then held the vote, and anyone with less than 30 votes was withdrawn from the competition. Voting continued with the MP with the lowest number of votes being withdrawn (and others withdrawing even if they did scrape in) until two people were left, and then all Conservative Party members, that's MPs as well as paid up members, then voted. It's obviously a lengthy process (this started in July and ended with Liz Truss the winner in September).

This time they've decided it'll all get done by the end of next week. Nominations close on Monday, and anyone with 100 nominations goes through. Given that there's currently 357 sitting MPs, that obviously means a maximum of three people going through. "If three candidates reach the threshold there will be an vote of Conservative MPs. The top two will then be subject to an indicative vote of Conservative MPs before going froward [sic] to an online vote of Party members. This will be completed by 28 October 2022. If only one candidate secures the required nominations there will be no confirmatory vote of Party members and the candidate will be confirmed leader on Monday 24 October 2022."

In case the last two bullet points were too lengthy, here's the TL;DR - I've had colds last longer than this leadership contest.

But why take your time over an important decision like who should run the actual country. It feels like something you should rush, right?

Jeremy Hunt says he doesn't want to be in charge. Probably very wise of him, honestly. (Seriously, though, remember when he was the worst Tory MP you could think of?! What sweet summer children we were!).

Neither does Michael Gove (remember when he was also in the running for worst Tory MP you could think of? Ah, the naivety of trusting vaguely to the political process).

Jacob Rees-Mogg, allegedly the Business Secretary, but we all know he's really the Minister for the 18th Century / a Victorian scarecrow haunted by a dead Victorian industrialist, is said to be encouraging people to nominate Boris Johnson, who apparently does appear to be in the running.

Boris Johnson.

The good news is, the suggestion of nominating Boris has immediately split the party. Because that's what they need. More divisions.

BBC political correspondent Ione Wells said that some senior Conservatives have said they would consider standing down and thus triggering by-elections if Boris gets the job back. On the other hand, Cabinet Office Minister Brendan Clarke Smith insists that the former prime minister was a proven winner who could restore his party's fortunes. This must be true, because everybody's favourite Boris fan, Nadine Dorries, says he's a winner! Her credibility - for want of a better term - is currently a little shot right now.

Penny Mordaunt, currently the Leader of the House, appears to be in the running, and so does Rishi Sunak, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer until he resigned in July and kicked off the whole getting rid of Boris things.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party was on an election footing, with a manifesto at the ready. I imagine they've been getting it into electioneering-ready status amidst the surprise that the Tories, handed a metaphorical rope by Labour's tabling amendments on the fracking legislation that had to be voted on, put said metaphor around their own necks and started shoving each other off the equally metaphorical battlements.

Also demanding an election is Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and Wales's First Minister Mark Drakeford.

Not that they can force one, unless Labour can convince enough Tories to vote with them in a vote of no confidence, which they're unlikely to try for anyway. It's so much more useful for them if the Tories keep shoving people who cannot do the job into the PM job and burn their own party down from the inside.

Which will make a nice change for Labour, who over the last few years have been cheerfully engaging in the left wing's favourite hobby - schisming. Gosh, but the left love a good schism.

The next general election is not required to take place until at least 2024 (and by January 2025 at the latest) and, at this stage, it looks unlikely that date will be brought forward.

Because we're British, this is also happening, and it is magnificent.

[mushiewrites]

all of you in my ask box rn……..no <3

[virgilisspidey]

I dont know what's going n woth the peepaw polls anymore ya'll school fucked me up real bad

[goodnightmoonvale]

A short quote from the Bowuigi soulmate AU that has feverishly seized hold of my brain

With some effort, Luigi managed to undo the hidden clasp and the large spiked bracelet fell away, revealing a mark on Bowser's wrist exactly like his own. Luigi reached out to touch it, and he felt a shudder ripple through Bowser. Looking up to check if he'd done something wrong, he found Bowser staring back at him intensely, but it didn't seem like a bad thing.

Luigi reached out to touch the mark on Bowser's wrist again, laying his palm flat on it and dragging his fingertips down it. Bowser closed his eyes, shuddering from the tips of his hair down to the ends of his claws. He let out an almost subsonic rumble, a sort of unearthly creaking sound that rattled Luigi through and through and made it hard to breathe.

Bowser tugged his wrist away and gave Luigi another intense gaze. "Enough of that, greenie," he said. "At least, not now." He heaved a huge breath, as if trying to get himself under control.

[thedoubteriswise]

using the self checkout at the grocery store really forces you to reckon with the fact that you're paying $8 for a bag of grapes.

[kvtnisseverdeen]

was out working all day and i come home to find out...

[shoot-of-corruption]

“People suck.” Yami is eating his favorite mango ice cream and listening to a telenovela in the background.

"Uuuuhh... condemning."

He had gotten himself a triple espresso and slowly seeped up the flavor of pure caffeine and heat... or whatever Anissa, his favorite barista had had to go through in her life, because she really poured her all into this coffee business and he practically breathed this passion.

"Spoken as a true connoisseur of bad behavior and disappointment~"

He snorted lowly and practically sighed obscenely into his cup.

[katvara]

Yes? please????

[missmitchieg]

Oh, my god.

[whatevenisthesims]

My principal dropped dead in the cafeteria, and everyone was traumatized, but at least they can post about it on social bunny.

[whitedemontobirama]

me, watching the Egyptian pound plunging after the shift to flexible currency:

👁️👄👁️

[vaas]

i love psychedelic rock music and like 60s/70s rock in general but like. man what the fuck are the beatles ever even talking about like damn.

[anotherspookyarchivist]

I just recommended TMA to a friend of mine who likes to listen to stuff after it’s all finished. So I told them: “Nothing happened since its finale - so you don’t have to stress or worry about it” And Rusty Quill seriously said: Well how about no?

[lovelyechosong]

Me, deciding to finally get back into wrestling after a long break and reading through all the AEW drama