Well, cripes. You can take our ipods and trainers, but dash it all, you can't take our bally freedom

[davywavy]

On Saturday 15 June 1381, leader of the peasant's revolt Wat Tyler was beheaded by the Lord Mayor of London in single combat.

I'm totally up for giving Boris a sword and telling him to get on with it.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It would take him a bit long with a sword, given how many of the blighters there are. I think giving him an uzi as well would help.

If they come back to Lavender Hill tonight

[(Anonymous)]

and decide to head down any of the residential streets, you will be expected, as a condition of your tenancy, to go out and beat them to death with the fire extinguisher.

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[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

You know, you say this, and suddenly Boris Johnson warped into Brian Blessed in my mind...

[colonel-maxim.livejournal.com]

Well, you say single combat, others might say hacked down unexpectedly.

[(Anonymous)]

Sophistry.

[zenicurean.livejournal.com]

Now that the entire country seems to have gone bonkers (which I frankly find rather scary; I like the UK, as far as places go, and in fact some of my very best British acquaintances live there) I fully expect they'll need to build a Battle Arena Of Great Star Trek Fight Music large enough to fit in an awful lot of fighters at once.

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry about it too much; this will be over and done in a week and largely forgotten about in six.