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[-] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago

Parliament: "We know. That's the point."

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrlx5yxr60o

The same group behind this hilarious stunt

[-] zante@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago
[-] davel@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

I’m disappointed to learn that no actual donkeys led—or participated in any way—the unfurling.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I don't know for sure, but my guess would be that the name refers to the fact that the most powerful people in the world are mostly a bunch of stubborn asses doing the same bullshit no matter what the people wants.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

It's an old phrase, "lions lead by donkeys", originally used to describe British soldiers being lead by incompetent generals, possibly during the Crimean war. The concept goes way further back though; apparently an Athenian general in the 4th century said (translated) "an army of deer commanded by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions commanded by a deer".

[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Can we get one of these in DC next?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago
[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago
[-] Rogue@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

UK to be more precise. England doesn't have a devolved parliament

[-] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Why would they, entland is the parliment. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined make up a fraction of England's population. Scotland's still better tho

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