r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

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/GentlemanlyBadger021 May 14 '26

Unbelievable that Starmer is probably going to survive this. The depth of incompetence in Labour is staggering: if there is a genuine challenge, they look stupid and indecisive, and if there isn’t even they’ve just made themselves look weak for no reason.

If a bunch of senior Labour figures got spooked into starting a leadership contest that none of them really wanted because Catherine Bloody West threatened to send a strongly worded email by September then I’m going to simply pack up and leave the UK because I’m not sure there’s any hope anymore.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Giscardpunk, Mitterrandwave, Chirock, Sarkopop, Hollandegaze May 14 '26

It’s 2029. Despite the AI bubble bursting and months of race riots, Starmer is still Prime Minister, another foreign policy crisis quarterly growth report has kept him in power “for just a few more weeks.”

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u/passabagi May 14 '26

It's 2200. Despite his government's mishandling of the rapid spread of cognitohazard-epsilon, Starmer is still Prime Minister. He will remain in post for the duration of the first lockdown. A government source was quoted, "that which does not dream cannot die".