elisi | Update from the house of Plague (Day Fnarg Year 3) 25th of January

The news is just somewhere through the looking glass at this point. Never mind Russia gearing up for WW3, this is what's happening in jolly old Blighty:

Birthday celebration for PM sparks new party row

I have gathered a selection of commentary from Twitter, because that is what Twitter is for. And at this point the whole thing is just a farce. :)

My son couldn't have a primary school leaving party with his bubble of classmates, Nadine, and he's literally a child. He was bummed out, but stoic because he saw it as for the greater good. Literally a child.
— Gee Aitch Cee (@Scriblit) January 24, 2022

KGB OFFICER: Our new plan is to send Mr Johnson a cake
PUTIN: A poisoned cake?
KO: No, a birthday cake
PUTIN: A poisoned birthday cake?
KO: No, just a regular birthday cake. Maybe with frosting.
PUTIN: Poisoned frosting?
KO: No, really just a regular cake.
PUTIN: I don’t get it.
— Alex Chan (@alexwlchan) January 25, 2022

pic.twitter.com/d8fGi01l1k
— Chris McLean (@chrismc_pc) January 24, 2022

Tories:
“It was on his birthday, there was birthday cake, snacks, people sang ‘happy birthday’ but let’s wait until Sue Gray’s report to find out if it was a birthday party”
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 24, 2022

Boris Johnson’s aide, Rafe Hubris BA (oxon), phoning the Prime Minister RE: His birthday party in lockdown. pic.twitter.com/xerC3nWxj0
— Josh ‘On Tour Link in Bio’ Berry (@JoshBerryComedy) January 24, 2022

“When I saw the Colin the Caterpillar cake held by my wife and our interior designer I believed implicitly that this was a work event.” https://t.co/mIrlNqv7Gm
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 24, 2022

Downing Street Cluedo.

Anyone else have Carrie in the Cabinet Room with the birthday cake?
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 24, 2022

Led by Donkeys have a whole sketch, it's rather neatly edited!

“Those were meetings of people at work…”

“Mother of God, you must think we were born yesterday fella.”

pic.twitter.com/AOl2D4f0Bc
— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) January 24, 2022

ETA:

If Rishi's meteoric rise gets done in because he had a slice of Colin the Caterpillar I will laugh my arse off.
— John Bull (@garius) January 25, 2022

(there's a whole thread, pop along to Twitter to see it.)

Anyway, was also reminded of this gem: