World News Thread

[Jude]

Why can't more journalists be like this one?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

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[elengil]

N.Korea fires missile over Japan, some residents warned to take cover - Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-10-03/

[RoseMorninStar]

Why can't more journalists be like this one?

Intense. She's doing her job.

Re: Japan/N. Korea

[River]

Why can't more journalists be like this one?

I don't know but I wish they were.

[Túrin Turambar]

After her first budget was, er, not well-received, the King greeted Liz Truss at their first weekly audience with "Back again? Dear oh dear". HM doesn't quite have his mother's polite reserve.

[Túrin Turambar]

A week after Liz Truss sacked Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been forced to resign after she sent an official document via her personal email. The tabloid Daily Star has set up a livecam seeing if Truss will outlast a lettuce. If Truss does somehow pull through I expect we'll hear a lot about lettuces for the rest of her prime ministership, but the odds are lengthening.

[Dave_LF]

And she has resigned, becoming the shortest-serving PM in history.

The British system is confusing, but many believe this means the head of lettuce is in charge now.

[elengil]

And she has resigned, becoming the shortest-serving PM in history.

The British system is confusing, but many believe this means the head of lettuce is in charge now.

And so may it romaine.

[Eldy]

And she has resigned, becoming the shortest-serving PM in history.

And it's not even close. If Truss really is gone within a week, she'll have lasted about 50 days. The previous record is held by George Canning at 119 days in 1827, the shortest of the 20th century was Bonar Law at 211 days in 1922–23, and the shortest since World War II was (until now) Alec Douglas-Home at 363 days in 1963–64.

Hard to see how this Tory Party can hold out for another two-plus years without a generation election, but it wouldn't be the strangest thing to happen in modern British politics.

[RoseMorninStar]

And she has resigned, becoming the shortest-serving PM in history.

The British system is confusing, but many believe this means the head of lettuce is in charge now.

And so may it romaine.

[Frelga]

Liz Truss lasted 4.1 Scaramuccis, as Anthony Scaramucci himself pointed out.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Any chance that Labor will be able to force a quick general election?

[Dave_LF]

Um; NSFW warning (or something):

[Túrin Turambar]

Any chance that Labor will be able to force a quick general election?

Very low to be honest - the Conservatives have 356 of 650 seats in the Commons.

[Frelga]

This exchange in the comments to the tweet Dave posted...

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[Voronwë the Faithful]

Remarkably, there seems to be some talk of a Boris Johnson comeback. I don't think it will happen, but just the fact that people are talking about it is really something.

[Dave_LF]

There's more than "some talk;" he has numerous backers and the Metaculus prediction market has him as the second-most likely candidate:

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[Voronwë the Faithful]

I will be very surprised if it doesn't end up being Sunak in the end, but stranger things have happened.

[Sunsilver]

Please...NO...not Johnson!!