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The Guardian was reporting last night that some Tory backbenchers are pushing for the formation of a coalition national government with Labour.

Anyone else seen this in other news sources?

^ probably just a few of them letting of a bit of the old gruntles that are dissed then.

^They do enjoy rattling the prime minister's chains. God forbid a national (and global) emergency should slow them down.

^ now that would be a national crisis: their parents didn’t spend all that money on public schooling to see them not turn affairs of state & nation into an ego trip.

It's not funny, really. It's very serious.

Repeat after me, "I will not laugh, I will not laugh, I will not laugh"

After all, he's almost a human being. And he is the Prime Minister.

^ are you referring to the fact that our country is now governed not by any old joke, but by a sick joke?

^lol, poor Boris.

It's hard to feel much sympathy for someone though who always, without fail, lands on his feet.

Boris the cat

What? Intensely territorial? Notoriously promiscuous? Grossly arrogant? Inexplicably beloved by elderly ladies?

How dare you insult cats by comparing them to Bozo the Magnificent, first of his name, long may his philandering enliven the great metropolis.

Matt Hancock's supposed to be the Health Minister, so how come he's got the Coronavirus?

"Documents show that officials working under former health secretary Jeremy Hunt told medical advisers three years ago to “reconsider” a formal recommendation that eye protection should be provided to all healthcare professionals who have close contact with pandemic influenza patients.

The expert advice was watered down after an “economic assessment” found a medical recommendation about providing visors or safety glasses to all hospital, ambulance and social care staff who have close contact with pandemic influenza patients would “substantially increase” the costs of stockpiling"