What would be the UK equivalent of storming the Capitol?

[Zaphodstowel]

We’ve had protestors in the house of commons but I don’t remember it being serious, like the situation in the US. I don’t really have a good grip on US politics or how the two systems compare.
What sort of storming / uprising here would be similarly serious?

@Zaphodstowel

We’ve had protestors in the house of commons but I don’t remember it being serious, like the situation in the US. I don’t really have a good grip on US politics or how the two systems compare. What sort of storming / uprising here would be similarly serious?

Protesters in Parliament, but with guns.

I think the big difference between storming and protesting is the armed element, even if its bats and things

Eating a scone on the Downing Street steps?

@grassisjeweled

Eating a scone on the Downing Street steps?

Remember remember the 5th of November Butterd scone, treason and clot.

Kicking in the doors of Parliament and breaking into MP's offices.

Not offering a custard cream with a cup of tea to BoJo while giving a withering look

Clearing your throat after 9pm if you live in a cul de sac

Everyone smashing the CenterParcs dome with hammers

Gunpowder plot if it hadn’t been stopped.

@Sinful8 that was brilliant

Storming the State Opening of Parliament and trying to kidnap the Queen. The three most senior figures in the line of succession after Trump - VP Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Grassley were all in the Capitol for the Electoral College count.

Breaking into Parliament en masse, armed and fully prepared to batter security guards to death.

It's fucking disgraceful.

Can we just not think about this. It’s disgusting what happened in America. Do we have to perpetuate it?

Sorry @Krazynights34, I’m just trying to get my head around it. Seems to me that even though it was bad to break in, the thing that makes it serious is that it was the president who told them to, and because it was linked to an election?

“The thing that makes it serious is that it was the president who told them to, and because it was linked to an election?”

Yep. Because of the odd way the US runs its elections, if the Electoral College count - what was happening on Weds in the Capitol - hadn’t taken place, then the President would have been chosen by a vote in each House and it is very likely that Trump would have won.

So there are very serious questions to be asked about whether this was a deliberate attempt by the President to prevent the count from finishing. It is to the credit of Mike Pence that he insisted on finishing the count.

Funny how there’s levels of decency, and even though I completely disagree with Pence’s beliefs and politics in just about every way, he has some level of integrity and desire to do the right thing for his country. Trump just keeps crashing through every level...

I believe his politics are awful but he showed great bravery - have you seen the clip of the mob shouting “Hang Mike Pence” at the doors? And they’d brought a noose and a gallows. No-one would have blamed him for leaving for his own safety.