Yellow Flu is a term to describe the slow descent of a political party into self destruction.
Coined shortly after the 2010 general election in the UK Yellow Flu takes its name from the party colours of the Liberal Democrats.
Yellow Flu typically manifests itself within local party activists and councillors who do not get to directly enjoy the fruits of being in government. Namely a ministerial car or occasional dinner with News International lobbyists. First symptoms include a growing reluctance to defend Liberal Democrat supported policies beyond blaming the Labour party, the weather, or coalition, medium level symptoms include erratic opinion shifts and outbursts of crying. Terminal Yellow Flu results in resignation and oft repeated vows to never give Nick Clegg the time of day again.
Yellow Flu has given rise to another illness specific to Liberal Democrats. With the Conservative party considering the Liberal Democrats barely worth bothering with beyond a whip sheet, the Labour party is at its warmest, now completely opposed to talking to the Liberal Democrats with words other than "sellout", "lackies" or "shower of useless Tory supporting shites". This secondary illness is known as Yellow loneliness and it's becoming increasingly common for this to strike quickly after the onset of Yellow Flu.
Coined shortly after the 2010 general election in the UK Yellow Flu takes its name from the party colours of the Liberal Democrats.
Yellow Flu typically manifests itself within local party activists and councillors who do not get to directly enjoy the fruits of being in government. Namely a ministerial car or occasional dinner with News International lobbyists. First symptoms include a growing reluctance to defend Liberal Democrat supported policies beyond blaming the Labour party, the weather, or coalition, medium level symptoms include erratic opinion shifts and outbursts of crying. Terminal Yellow Flu results in resignation and oft repeated vows to never give Nick Clegg the time of day again.
Yellow Flu has given rise to another illness specific to Liberal Democrats. With the Conservative party considering the Liberal Democrats barely worth bothering with beyond a whip sheet, the Labour party is at its warmest, now completely opposed to talking to the Liberal Democrats with words other than "sellout", "lackies" or "shower of useless Tory supporting shites". This secondary illness is known as Yellow loneliness and it's becoming increasingly common for this to strike quickly after the onset of Yellow Flu.
Voter1: "Did you hear about that Lib Dem resigning?"
Voter2: "What? Why? I thought he was chuffed at having made the Tories implement the pupil premium, even though it was in both their manifestos?"
Voter1: "No. Apparently he can't support the coalition now"
Voter2: "After he's sold off our NHS, put us back in recession and propped up the Tories for two years?"
Voter1: "Yup. Must be Yellow Flu."
Voter2: "Twat."
Voter3: "Sorry I was just passing, did you just call a Liberal Democrat a twat? I quite agree. I remember tuition fees even if they don't"
Voter2: "What? Why? I thought he was chuffed at having made the Tories implement the pupil premium, even though it was in both their manifestos?"
Voter1: "No. Apparently he can't support the coalition now"
Voter2: "After he's sold off our NHS, put us back in recession and propped up the Tories for two years?"
Voter1: "Yup. Must be Yellow Flu."
Voter2: "Twat."
Voter3: "Sorry I was just passing, did you just call a Liberal Democrat a twat? I quite agree. I remember tuition fees even if they don't"
by BritishVotersEverywhere5 October 18, 2012
Get the Yellow Flumug. What happened to your missus gav? She looks like shit this morning and hasn't stopped whining!
Yep, she has wine flu - drank 3 bottles of red last night!
Yep, she has wine flu - drank 3 bottles of red last night!
by gammagav July 14, 2009
Get the wine flumug. Has anyone seen Ivo's car. Nah! His car was hit with the EIP Flu and hasn't seen the road in over 2 years.
by Team Freddy November 25, 2009
Get the EIP FLUmug. by Thanatos454 December 13, 2010
Get the Jade Flumug. "Dude, when I blew my load the other day sneezed at the same time. Thought my eyeballs were going to pop out at the intensity of the flu jab."
by potato_owl March 29, 2012
Get the Flu Jabmug. Simpsons episode marge in chains season 4 1993. Thought to be prediction for covid last year. Untrue.
by DonW15 December 31, 2020
Get the Osaka flumug. when a man or lesbian is being driven crazy or sick by they're current or ex female partner (also known as a "bird" in the UK).
1st guy: Man did you hear about Andy's problems with his girl?
2nd guy: Yeah man, he's got bad bird flu.
OR
1st guy: Dude, did you hear about how Martin's ex has been treating him?
2nd guy: Yeah, it's so bad, he don't deserve it at all. She's being so childish! Mart's got 1st degree bird flu!
2nd guy: Yeah man, he's got bad bird flu.
OR
1st guy: Dude, did you hear about how Martin's ex has been treating him?
2nd guy: Yeah, it's so bad, he don't deserve it at all. She's being so childish! Mart's got 1st degree bird flu!
by A Man Scorned July 15, 2008
Get the bird flumug.