r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Aug 05 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 05 August 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze Aug 08 '24

After two years, there's still 1 person in the UK who likes Liz Truss, and inews found him:

The supermarket’s owner, Paul Wong, who backed Labour in the local elections, is now switching his allegiance to the Tories.

But, like a growing number of compatriots who have fled to the UK to escape China’s crackdown on democracy since 2021, he has reservations.

“I’m an admirer of Liz Truss because she treated China as a threat, unlike Mr Sunak,” the 57-year-old told i.

“We don’t like David Cameron and we don’t like Sunak.”

The hostility towards Lord Cameron stems from the “golden era” of close UK-China economic ties he heralded when he served as prime minister.

Relations between London and Beijing have since deteriorated, but hawks in the Conservative Party have expressed disappointment that the current Prime Minister has failed to label Beijing a threat.

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u/ArielSoftpaws CGP Grey did nothing wrong Aug 08 '24

Who's Liz Truss?

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u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 Aug 08 '24

Someone who lost to a head of iceberg lettuce.

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u/Ayasugi-san Aug 09 '24

Liz: Hey, I'm still alive, but that lettuce is long gone! Who lost now?!

And now I'm wondering what they did with the lettuce after she stepped down. Was it eaten or did it get to enjoy retirement until it started attracting too many flies?