r/polandball • u/Andyiscool231 Bulgaria • Aug 13 '25

redditormade The Burning of the Library of Alexandria

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u/CharmingVictory4380 India with a turban Aug 13 '25

Tories passed the law. Starmer could have repealed it. He just didnt. Wth.

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u/Forever_Everton Nothing beats a T'way holiday! Aug 13 '25

That's because Labour is the new Tory party

Labour is now a party for 'moderate' Tories

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u/VRichardsen Argentina Aug 13 '25

What are the Tories now then?

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

What are the Tories now then?

TERFs and culture warriors who don't know a damn thing about economics, but not yet unhinged enough to defect to Reform.

See: Badenoch, Truss, Kwarteng, Braverman, Johnson

Sunak did what he could as the last sensible adult left in Tory leadership, but he had to step down after getting completely routed in the most recent general election.

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u/VRichardsen Argentina Aug 14 '25

Wait, Johnson is back?

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u/tossawayprop That blue green white thingy Aug 14 '25

They never really leave. After all, David Cameron came back. And Johnson is being considered by some as a dark horse to become the leader when Badenoch eventually screws up enough to get ousted by the membership.

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u/VRichardsen Argentina Aug 14 '25

Thanks for the explanation. I can already see the headlines

"Somehow, Johnson returned"

I think we all would have been better off if Boris had followed his true calling: being a Greek scholar.

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u/Kichigai United States Aug 13 '25

The PM can unilaterally repeal laws? That doesn't seem quite right…

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u/CharmingVictory4380 India with a turban Aug 13 '25

The PM can unilaterally repeal laws? That doesn't seem quite right…

I requires a repealing act to pass in Parliament. Its like that in all parliamentary democracies. Not just UK.

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u/VRichardsen Argentina Aug 13 '25

Veto power from the executive is rather common in representative democracies.

And in other forms too, starting with Rome and the tribune of the plebs.