The fall of the Tory party

this is something that perpetually bemuses me: if you're the party of business, spouting chat about trickle down nonsense, why not fucking pay people what they are due?

(realise this is about permission as much as anything, but I'd expect to pay for music for an event like this)

To be fair, they were probably anti-growth

/s

Best bit was the Greenpeace folk asking who voted for this shower of shit.

My (conspiracy) theory is that the 2 'Greenpeace' women were actually Tory shire mums pretending to be greenpeace, using this tame 'protest' to set up the anti-growth coalition line that followed their protest. Also to add some excitement to what was a dull repetitive empty speech.

Truss was definitely buoyed up as were the members after the protest

Saw her described on reddit as not having a coherent thought in her head. Like a pidgeon staring at a rubiks cube.

Look at the audience at the conference. (Almost) completely white, old, male.

is this not actually a scene from from the writers of the thick of it?
was she deliberately tricked in to doing this?
yeah it's only going to be some memes that come out of it but i can't believe a politician willingly stood in front of a literal blue screen

Ah yes, the lyrics to Moving On Up by M-People.

You've done me wrong, your time is up
You took a sip from the devil's cup
You broke my heart, there's no way back
Move right out of here, baby, go on pack your bags

Indeed!

My (conspiracy) theory is that the 2 'Greenpeace' women were actually Tory shire mums pretending to be greenpeace, using this tame 'protest' to set up the anti-growth coalition line that followed their protest.

Have it on very good authority they are genuine Greenpeace campaigners.

It's like when Trump was using "Fortunate Son" at rallies. Maybe she hired the same music director

Anyway, have we started a book on how long she lasts? I'm going with early December.

Yes thought so really.
Though a good ploy to disguise themselves as shire mums to get in
The Tory Blue suit with shoulder pads. Clever

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The Tory Blue suit with shoulder pads. Clever

Gotta be one of the easiest disguises to pull off, right? Just dress the cliché and you're done.

I liked when they had the banner snatched away and just unfurled another

Girl underneath the armpit giving strong bloke with flat cap watching Cantona kick vibes

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Girl underneath the armpit giving strong bloke with flat cap watching Cantona kick vibes

Ah, thems were the days. When a footballer could use a really obvious metaphor involving seagulls and trawlers and leave the public and tabloid press completely bamboozled about what he meant, deciding to call him mad instead.

Yeah I always thought that!

Matthew Simmons is Truss.
Cantona is the British public.

Great thread title

In which case the "why interrupt your enemy's mistakes" question springs to mind.

https://twitter.com/estellecostanza/status/1577676328446398472

I feel like she is rapidly transitioning from the noun meaning of her name to the verb meaning.

Cassetteboy with the goods as usual

https://twitter.com/mikewhoatv/status/1577618688701878274

Guess it highlights the issue and contributes to the overall sense of chaos at the conference.

Took me a moment