#winter of discontent

[whinlatter]

Beasts chapter 8 this week out now!

i will simply never stop with the vibes 🚂🧣☕️🏔️🌨️

art credits: sambourne house interior (royal borough of kensington and chelsea) | shakin steven by jerrybones | 155-oxford street in the late 1980s by warsaw1948 | picadilly by berk aksen | how soon is now/please please please let me get what i want by the smiths | the grapes by ron donoghue | modern life is rubbish by blur | sambourne house interior 2 | petit grand cafe by dutchamsterdam | a christmas carol by charles dickens

[georgefairbrother]

On March 23rd, 1977, just one year into the premiership of James Callaghan, the governing Labour Party faced a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons.  The minority government only survived by virtue of an arrangement with the Liberal Party; the Lib-Lab Pact.

 According to BBC News;

 "…In return the Liberal Party will be able to scrutinise future government policies and contribute their own policy proposals as part of a joint consultation committee to be overseen by the Leader of the House Michael Foot…"

The BBC also reported that some senior members of Callaghan’s Cabinet had reservations.  In what was seen as a test of the Prime Minister’s leadership, wavering Cabinet colleagues were convinced to fall in behind the arrangement for the stability of the government. 

Unsurprisingly, Conservative Opposition Leader Margaret Thatcher was not a fan, stating;

 "…it showed clearly that this government is more concerned to cling to office than it is to seek the verdict of the people…They have concluded a shadowy deal with the Liberal MPs based on one single identity of interest - the common dread of facing a general election…"

The issue of election readiness, or lack of, was probably a fair point. The Liberal Party, now under the leadership of  David Steel, was in no position to face an election (in the context of the times), following the departure of previous Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe in 1976, over publicised  issues surrounding his sexuality and personal life. (He would later be tried and acquitted for conspiracy and incitement to murder, with the judge highly critical of prosecution witnesses). Meanwhile, Labour would become an increasingly unpopular senior partner, with its failure to come to grips with with rising inflation, unemployment, and paralyzing industrial unrest.

The Lib-Lab pact expired in August 1978.  Rather than go to the country right away, Jim Callaghan decided to try and tough it out, but the destructive chaos of the nationwide Winter of Discontent strikes killed any chance of a political recovery.  In March of 1979, the government was more vulnerable than ever and Margaret Thatcher’s Tories steamed in once again. This time they had the numbers; their no confidence motion succeeded, and Labour was out of office within weeks.

[youcantcallmethat]

Why is Age of Ultron such a bad movie. How did Whedon mess up the throwaway action sequence at the beginning so badly?

[drdeejofficial]

[thoughtkick]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent

[perfectquote]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent

[quotefeeling]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent

[surqrised]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent

[shabbytigers]

housecleaner just suggested coming tomorrow, and you know what that means: kitchen nightmare begone

the roommate is pro-cleaner but kitchen-dubious. like me, he used to make good money but has fallen on hard times, and there is coffee-making equipment here he’s in an intense relationship with that i don’t even know how excellent it is, or on what metrics one would assess its excellence. the coffee is nice. what the fuck ever. he can suck it. if he doesn’t want stuff messed with, he can keep it in a state of minimal tolerable hygiene. my standards are highly florid and permissive and really truly are not difficult to meet, but regardless, i’m making an executive decision to reclassify this situation from “standards failure” (negotiate or accept) to “boundary violation” (unilaterally actionable) and proceeding accordingly

like, what would someone with a spine do? they’d get the fucking kitchen dealt with. great. i’m gonna do that. fin

[maximura]

WAIT. THEY HAVE GREENLIT A DICK GRAYSON AND JASON TODD MOVIE. JASON? MY SILLY STABBY MAN? IN A MOVIE THAT MIGHT GET RELEASED? I AM EXCITED BUT ALSO. I’m feeling nervous about this, pookie.

[litandlifequotes]

I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.

The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck

[westerberg]

This was supposed to be the autumn of comedy yaoi

[femcelpagliacci]

[bangtanagan]

lowkey a bummer to find out most of your mutuals are in a big fandom writer spreadsheet and you’re not

[thoughtkick]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent

[perfectquote]

When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.

John Steinbeck; The Winter of Our Discontent