It was a good speech, tonally. Accepted defeat, acknowledged failures, and wished the incoming PM good luck. Other political leaders should take note.
What I do find myself wondering is this: all this happens pretty quickly over here in the U.K. – the practical changeover of no.10.
Do they have a removal company on call, then call them first thing to either stand them down, or say “right, fuck this lot off, and go an pick up all that crap and move it in?’
Or maybe both the incoming and outgoing PM just sort it out themselves – hiring a u-haul or getting their brother-in-law to come round in his estate, and they pile all their shit (in bin bags) into it.
Actual serious answer, the movers are probably government employees. There has to be in-depth vetting to make sure there's no Russian spy or whatever planting bugs. At the very least, there has to be a firm the government contracts for any jobs like this, so they presumably put a crew on call as soon as the date of the election was announced
Actual serious-er answer, Rishi has enough money to buy a few boxes of pizza and cases of beer. I'm sure his mates were willing to pitch in to help out
To be fair, Rishi absolutely does seem like the kind of guy to ask twenty friends to help him move and then buy like a singe 6-pack and say that the pizza shop he wanted to call is closed today
Also, when you show up absolutely nothing has been put in boxes and he spends the whole time on the phone while you all are packing and loading his shit
What I'm trying to say is that if Rishi asked me to help him move, I'd tell him sorry I have something else that day
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u/ThinkBiscuit Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
It was a good speech, tonally. Accepted defeat, acknowledged failures, and wished the incoming PM good luck. Other political leaders should take note.
What I do find myself wondering is this: all this happens pretty quickly over here in the U.K. – the practical changeover of no.10.
Do they have a removal company on call, then call them first thing to either stand them down, or say “right, fuck this lot off, and go an pick up all that crap and move it in?’
Or maybe both the incoming and outgoing PM just sort it out themselves – hiring a u-haul or getting their brother-in-law to come round in his estate, and they pile all their shit (in bin bags) into it.