Westminstenders: a feature of the system not a bug

[RedToothBrush]

Tests on the new queuing system in Kent have revealed that lengthy tail backs are a feature not a bug.

We should get used to them because thats normal not the system malfunctioning, but the planned system working as designed.

Today we have found out that there's no money left. The economy is fucked. And tomorrow we will probably all be in T3 with the Isles of Wight, the tip of Cornwall and inner Westminster the only places left in T1.

Christmas has apparently been 'saved' though. Well if you are dumb and lacking in functional brain cells its 'saved'. Trade for Christmas is already thoroughly goosed and indoor family gatherings may come with a extra side of covid. The BBC have done an epic job of 'doommongering project fear' style graphics on this wonderful subject.

Tis the season to be jolly. Jolly fucked.

PMK ...

Thanks RTB.

To put it another way, it’s not the system but the state that is malfunctioning.

Pmk

Apparently I haven't listened to it myself yet Sunak in his Autumn statement is implying that all the financial difficulties the UK has faced and is going to face is all to do with Covid and nothing whatsoever to do with the costs and impact of leaving the very large trading bloc on our doorstep

But there again, that's not surprising as it's a useful get out clause for the idiots that are driving us off the cliff.

PMK with cats to reduce blood pressure

The new style outdoor market - walk along the line of lorries stuck on the M20

PMK Thanks Red

If that face mask is for single use Rosetti, I hope she's got a few more in store for others we could name

Apparently I haven't listened to it myself yet Sunak in his Autumn statement is implying that all the financial difficulties the UK has faced and is going to face is all to do with Covid and nothing whatsoever to do with the costs and impact of leaving the very large trading bloc on our doorstep

It doesn't really matter though does it, since we know it will be the poor the disabled and the vulnerable that will pay for it.

Again.

But cheaper peaches! (Peachmarking?)

PMK

Pmk

I agree that the narrative that all our economic problems will be down to the virus is being set up good and proper. Thanks for the new thread.

@borntobequiet

I agree that the narrative that all our economic problems will be down to the virus is being set up good and proper. Thanks for the new thread.

And that it will have to be the poor, the weak, the sick, the ill, the vulnerable that have to pay too.

Thank you Red
I just read a link on the good shortage thread which said (among other things) that the government hadn't realised that inhibiting the flow of EU workers is like to cause staff shortages in the care sector.
No shit , Sherlock!

Food shortages, obviously🙈

Thanks RTB, and also DGR for that.

The BBC article on Sunak's statement brings up No Deal as an afterthought.

Horrible weasley attempt on the part of the current govt to blame 'successive governments' for the Windrush misery duly noted too.

Horrible weasley attempt on the part of the current govt to blame 'successive governments' for the Windrush misery duly noted too.

It's not like they weren't warned.

You just know that if the Boris bridge to Ireland gets built and there's the mother of all explosions when Beaufort Dyke goes up, the first reaction would be "How could we have known ?"

PMK

Please could everybody think happy thoughts for my new house guest.

For scale, that is half a pouch of cat food ...
(now all eaten and the other half going fast)
found walking down the road this afternoon

Happy days.

@ListeningQuietly

Does s/he weigh more than 500g?

Listening sending happy thoughts for your new guest. Prickly MarKing??

I guess it’s been so mild this autumn that they’re still out and about (my hedgehog house isn’t occupied yet). We’ve only had a couple of mild frosts so far this year (and I think I’m not too far from where you are).

Sabrina
It fitted in the palm of my hand to carry home - TINY
No way is it able to hibernate yet, but a week of cat food and shelter should help
and then it can find a quiet spot in my garden to live - we've got hogs already, just not as many as we used to

Louise
That is a good name

Back in September, DW and I were having a quiet gin on the patio (sounds grander than it is) about 9ish. We saw a movement in the flower beds (untouched for years) and out comes a hedgehog. It spent a good 30 minutes snuffling around (I think it may had had a shufty under the decking). Then it shuffled off again.

It had been dry for a while, so I left a saucer of water out for a few nights. No idea if it returned.

On the basis we know there are foxes around too, I have no idea how safe it is.

But then last year I saw a fucking goose walking down the road. Well on the pavement. Clearly a clever goose.

awwwww....
sometimes they don't gain enough weight to go into hibernation so then have to keep foraging. You've probably got a guest for rest of winter there.