UK General Election 8th June: Shake it all about?

[The Wizard Joseph]

Protests and police

Protests and counter-protests will take place across the UK, using up police resources. There may also be a rise in public disorder and community tensions...

...The poor

Low-income groups will be disproportionately affected by rises in the price of food and fuel.

This is two of the shortest, least technical entries but they may be the most significant.
Sounds like a good recipe for rioting in the streets. I wonder if it's going to get to the point of imposing martial law.

[Faust]

Martial law is automatically applied with curfews from November 1st as there are problems expected. Within the first week (even before there is a shortage of food) people are expected to panic  buy and empty the shelves. Nothing makes people riot faster than a few days of empty shelves.

The most frustrating part of this for me now is: What is the fucking point? What wonderful prize is there waiting that makes this worth it? What is the up side?

[Cain]

The UK just confirmed it is ending freedom of movement for EU citizens.

So say we have an Irish nurse, working in the NHS. She goes home on holiday, between October 30th and November 1st. She may not be allowed back in on November 1st.

[Doktor Howl]

Martial law is automatically applied with curfews from November 1st as there are problems expected. Within the first week (even before there is a shortage of food) people are expected to panic  buy and empty the shelves. Nothing makes people riot faster than a few days of empty shelves.

The most frustrating part of this for me now is: What is the fucking point? What wonderful prize is there waiting that makes this worth it? What is the up side?

Having serfs again.

[Cain]

Reminds me, I need to renew my Australian passport. Worst comes to worst, I will leave.

[MMIX]

Reminds me, I need to renew my Australian passport. Worst comes to worst, I will leave.

Just don't forget us little people

[Doktor Howl]

Reminds me, I need to renew my Australian passport. Worst comes to worst, I will leave.

Just don't forget us little people

Both of you can come to Tucson and live forever.   

[altered]

Reminds me, I need to renew my Australian passport. Worst comes to worst, I will leave.

Just don't forget us little people

Both of you can come to Tucson and live forever.   

You know the saying, "no rest for the wicked?"

Tucson says "all of ye are sinners and none shall be saved."* I didn't even visit when traveling through Arizona and now I get shitty texts about needing to come back from a little piece of my soul that Tucson's gravity well pulled clean off of the rest of me.



* - I feel like 70% sure I stole that bit from somewhere but my memory refuses to say where from. As such, I refuse to feel bad about it.

[Cain]

Reminds me, I need to renew my Australian passport. Worst comes to worst, I will leave.

Just don't forget us little people

Flee to Ireland now!

Seriously, Australia or New Zealand are not exactly my top choices. But it's a "no questions asked" situation, so...

(first choice would be hiding in a mountain cabin in Switzerland, but I'm not rich enough for that)

[Cain]

Speaking of not being rich, the Tories announced today that they want to raise the retirement age until 75.

Because it's not enough to screw over my generation on tuition fees and affordable housing, now it's on pensions too.

Not that I ever expected to retire, anyway. I'd like to, I just knew bastards like the Tories would make it impossible.

[Doktor Howl]

Speaking of not being rich, the Tories announced today that they want to raise the retirement age until 75.

Because it's not enough to screw over my generation on tuition fees and affordable housing, now it's on pensions too.

Not that I ever expected to retire, anyway. I'd like to, I just knew bastards like the Tories would make it impossible.

I am guessing that half the country said "stands to reason" and never once considered how it will fuck them personally.

[Cain]

Well you have to remember that if you're 55 years old and a Tory voter, you're in the youth wing of the party.

Everyone else who votes for the Tories tends to be 60+ and already retired. It's the same people who voted for Brexit: they already got theirs, fuck everyone else.

[Doktor Howl]

And then it turns out shit like Brexit and bizarre trade wars have consequences.

https://www.apnews.com/7eeaa0b5fde44b98a4f8dc896da295a3

[Cain]

Nah, this is good news for Brexit. This means we're winning and the Germans are losing.

[Doktor Howl]

Nah, this is good news for Brexit. This means we're winning and the Germans are losing.

We are knocking holes in their end of the lifeboat faster.