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UK government may have been in contempt of Parliament by not publishing Brexit legal advice, Commons Speaker rules https://t.co/osk18Kg8GY

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TheScreamingEagles

Lock him up.

TheScreamingEagles

My this is fun.

IanB2

Second like the referendum

solarflare

I'd have been here sooner but I had to walk.

Andrew

Has anyone claimed 48th yet?

Anorak

solarflare said:

I'd have been here sooner but I had to walk.

Oh, very good. You should have set off earlier.

kle4

TheScreamingEagles said:

My this is fun.

No it isn't.

This is one fight it is just not worth having. Just publish the damn advice - Bercow wouldn't this way if it was not pretty clear there was a contempt, he wouldn't stick his neck out like that.

kle4

solarflare said:

I'd have been here sooner but I had to walk.

LOL. That's a banning offence.

Omnium

Anorak said:

solarflare said:

I'd have been here sooner but I had to walk.

Oh, very good. You should have set off earlier.

He was waiting.

Godot'nly knows who for though.

TheScreamingEagles

kle4 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

My this is fun.

No it isn't.

This is one fight it is just not worth having. Just publish the damn advice - Bercow wouldn't this way if it was not pretty clear there was a contempt, he wouldn't stick his neck out like that.

I meant Brexit in general.

The government could see one or two MPs suspended from the meanining full and any Vote of No Confidence.

AnneJGP

I knew it! I checked to see the new thread hadn't gone up before I posted on the old one. I think my post triggered the publication.

Good evening, everyone.

(What I was asking was, how the Job Centre deals with people who live in a place where the first bus doesn't go until say 9.30am. How would anyone living in a place like that ever get to a typical day job? Assuming no car, of course.)

Benpointer

FPT:

Big_G_NorthWales said:

kle4 said:

SeanT said:

Omnium said:

SeanT said:

You've probably discussed this to death, and I haven't had time to read the threads (flying to Bordeaux tomorrow at 8am, UGH), but my God.

That advice from the AG, that the TMay deal is a calculated risk??? And the risk is that we might become a permanent vassal state of the EU??? A satrapy, a far flung imperial colony. that's the "calculated risk"?? Sure, vote for that, why not, then just hope for the best.

FUCK OFF

The deal is deader than the deadest thing in the Walking Dead. What next?

I think the risk is more we have to break cover from our holier-than-though reputation and just do what we want.

There are no deals whatsoever that the British people are obliged to tell their representatives to honor. If we get somehow entrapped in the EU we can just say 'Not for us thanks'. Who's going to object, or at least object so that we care?

I doubt that you'll look back on the above post with fondness.

That did actually occur to me after I wrote the post. If it comes to it, we are a sovereign nation, indeed we are not just a sovereign nation, we are the United Kingdom, godammit, so we can just say Fuck You and walk away from whatever. What is the EU gonna do? Invade? With broken German tanks and Guy Verhoefstadt holding a fly swatter?

Of course our Fuck You would lead to a trade war and be very nasty and probably very bad for our credit rating, but it would not be the end of days. We'd survive.

Nonetheless the phrase "calculated risk" when attached to the concept of perpetual vassalage is really not very good branding for TMay's deal. I cannot see how it passes.

The deal was already dead, they're just killing time until the meaningful vote and the next stage of this farce can begin, as various improbable things have to be considered and some promises, from Labour and the Tories, will either be proven true or to be a big pile of elephant dung.

Jon Craig of Sky suggested that six amendments will be taken by the speaker and one of them could pass, negating the vote on the deal. He did not say but as Nicola Sturgeon has again been with TM tonight, and Nicola wants a Norway deal, it could just be that is the amendment that will change the debate and should receive cross party support with all the SNP on board

Interesting. When do we get to see the amendments? Can they be tabled at any time through the MV debate?

kle4

TheScreamingEagles said:

kle4 said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

My this is fun.

No it isn't.

This is one fight it is just not worth having. Just publish the damn advice - Bercow wouldn't this way if it was not pretty clear there was a contempt, he wouldn't stick his neck out like that.

I meant Brexit in general.

The government could see one or two MPs suspended from the meanining full and any Vote of No Confidence.

All the more reason not to have this problem, not that it will make a difference on the meaningful vote.

And no, it isn't fun.

AlastairMeeks

This is one of those times when Leavers get irritable if anyone mentions Parliamentary sovereignty.

Benpointer

SeanT said:

FPT

"It is a lucky man who can say "I have lived in Herefordshire". That's where I grew up. And it is probably the most beautiful, unspoiled county in England and no one ever goes there. Still.

At the time, as a teenager, I thought it was ineffably boring. Now when I go back I see how lucky I was: surrounded by that intense loveliness. I could walk from my house to totally exquisite rural quietness, by the River Wye, in ten to fifteen minutes."

Anorak:

"Ditto my early life in a market town in the Lakes. Adore going back, despised it and everything about it as a teen."

The Lakes are, of course, sublime. The only problem is the tourists. But yes, it is amazing how one's perspectives change from teenhood to middle age. I would love a nice old house in rural Herefordshire right now.

Long walk to the JobCentre though...

Pulpstar

Parliament has published a 52 page summary of the legal advice. Frothers and foamers of all stripes hate the deal already, which looks like failing by 200ish.
What on earth is keeping the legal advice ?
This is a true minority administration, not Blair's or Baldwin's huge majority. The Government needs to publish

MarqueeMark

How stupid do they look? Now EVERYBODY wants to see this advice. The advice that May's Brexit is mortally wounded.

Just publish, and be damned.

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/nmdacosta/status/1069708899387928578

TheScreamingEagles

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

eek

Pulpstar said:

Parliament has published a 52 page summary of the legal advice. Frothers and foamers of all stripes hate the deal already, which looks like failing by 200ish.
What on earth is keeping the legal advice ?
This is a true minority administration, not Blair's or Baldwin's huge majority. The Government needs to publish

Things in it that compromise future negotiation tactics and options?

Big_G_NorthWales

Big_G_NorthWales

Jon Craig of Sky suggested that six amendments will be taken by the speaker and one of them could pass, negating the vote on the deal. He did not say but as Nicola Sturgeon has again been with TM tonight, and Nicola wants a Norway deal, it could just be that is the amendment that will change the debate and should receive cross party support with all the SNP on board

Benpointer

Interesting. When do we get to see the amendments? Can they be tabled at any time through the MV debate?

Big_G_NorthWales

Something is going on and it fits in with Nick Boles interview yesterday. No one can tell me that no 10 has not got a plan to announce on the deal falling

Not sure when we know about the amendments but it does seem a credible way round this mess

MarqueeMark

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Gallowgate

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

There’s no motorway in Northumberland and I doubt there’s any high rise buildings either.

IanB2

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

Isle of Wight has no motorways and only one extremely short stretch of dual carriageway outside the hospital. And no buildings more than ten storeys high afaik

Benpointer

Big_G_NorthWales said:

Big_G_NorthWales

Jon Craig of Sky suggested that six amendments will be taken by the speaker and one of them could pass, negating the vote on the deal. He did not say but as Nicola Sturgeon has again been with TM tonight, and Nicola wants a Norway deal, it could just be that is the amendment that will change the debate and should receive cross party support with all the SNP on board

Benpointer

Interesting. When do we get to see the amendments? Can they be tabled at any time through the MV debate?

Big_G_NorthWales

Something is going on and it fits in with Nick Boles interview yesterday. No one can tell me that no 10 has not got a plan to announce on the deal falling

Not sure when we know about the amendments but it does seem a credible way round this mess

Curse of the broken blockquotes, eh?

GIN1138

Remind me didn't the DUP used to be the governments "partner" ?

Jonathan

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Gardenwalker

May can’t just pivot to Norway.
Lacks credibility, surely.

However, she could concede a referendum on the deal in exchange for the deal being approved.

Said referendum could take place *after* Brexit day. So we would formally have
Brexited.

This all so seems unlikely.
But so does everything else.

kle4

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

No PM can make someone do such a thing, they can always resign. Especially with this PM.

Mortimer

Has HYUFD been appointed as DWP Sec of State yet?

Cyclefree

FPT:

Let's take my village in Cumbria. The nearest job centre is in the nearest city - Barrow - some 21 miles away, a good 50 minutes along country roads by car, to be certain of getting there allow an hour, maybe a bit more to get there and find parking.

Walking - about 7 hours there - and 7 hours back. I'm sure HYUFD does those sorts of walks in a day regularly.

By bike - dunno - but say, over 2 hours, there and 2 hours back.

By public transport: well a walk to the local station is about 20 minutes and there is one train an hour which takes 45 minutes and then another walk or bus to the job centre. If the train does not come you're stuffed. There are no buses.

Some may have noticed that there were problems with Northern Rail this year. A big issue in Cumbria but not one which made it to the London-based papers. Who cares about unemployed rural Cumbrians after all.....

So easy peasy really......

About the only time I have really rooted for Corbyn was when he spoke up about rural bus services at PMQs - doubtless to the derisive condescension of many. But not me - because this sort of boring every day stuff, the minutiae of most people's lives, which can make life pleasant or tolerable or like an endless exhausting battle, is what matters to a lot of people.

And while I have no time for scroungers I do understand from my own life and that of people close to me that when you're down you need practical help not lectures and punishments and sometimes a little kindness does not go amiss not sanctioning people and then spouting statistics. What can seem easy to those of us who can cope can seem like an unsurmountable mountain to those who can't.

Yes people need to make an effort and develop a work ethic etc etc. Plunging them into poverty without thinking is not the best way to get them where you want them to be.


Oh - and apparently, according to HYUFD, working mothers need to get a non-working friend or relative to take their kids to school. Tough on those who don't have friends willing to get up at an early hour, travel to your house to take your kids to school or those whose nearest relative was their elderly and partly disabled mother.

HYUFD may be a splendid chap in real life but his latest comments exemplify why so many of us think so many Tories (a) don't live in the real world the rest of us live in; and (b) are heartless bastards, indifferent to the plight of those not like them.

Mortimer

MarqueeMark said:

How stupid do they look? Now EVERYBODY wants to see this advice. The advice that May's Brexit is mortally wounded.

Just publish, and be damned.

+1

The vote is lost, it is not worth risking suspension of Tory MPs.

Big_G_NorthWales

Benpointer said:

Big_G_NorthWales said:

Big_G_NorthWales

Jon Craig of Sky suggested that six amendments will be taken by the speaker and one of them could pass, negating the vote on the deal. He did not say but as Nicola Sturgeon has again been with TM tonight, and Nicola wants a Norway deal, it could just be that is the amendment that will change the debate and should receive cross party support with all the SNP on board

Benpointer

Interesting. When do we get to see the amendments? Can they be tabled at any time through the MV debate?

Big_G_NorthWales

Something is going on and it fits in with Nick Boles interview yesterday. No one can tell me that no 10 has not got a plan to announce on the deal falling

Not sure when we know about the amendments but it does seem a credible way round this mess

Curse of the broken blockquotes, eh?

Indeed. They are more complex than Brexit !!!!

kle4

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/nmdacosta/status/1069708899387928578

And the Speaker would accept this other proposation because?

solarflare

Maybe the dog ate the full legal advice, there's no copy and noone wants to be the one to admit it...

Mortimer

IanB2 said:

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

Isle of Wight has no motorways and only one extremely short stretch of dual carriageway outside the hospital. And no buildings more than ten storeys high afaik

But the IoW is part of Hants.

theProle

As a die hard leaver who thinks May did a worse job of negotiating than if we'd sent Donald Duck, even I think this is starting to get silly. It's only a (probably ambiguous) legal opinion for crying out loud, not the holy grail. It's also not going to change a single mind no matter what it says - those who find it politically convenient to do so will either shout about it or rubbish it.

Let's just get on with the meaningful vote, and then we can either go off and lick our wounds or await plans B C and D from Downing Street.

GIN1138

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Because she's a truly terrible politician... How else do you blow a 20% opinion poll lead in 4 weeks.

Mortimer

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Because she is out of moves.

kle4

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

When you reel from crisis to crisis you can turn every new problem into a crisis by default.

MikeL

What is the timetable for the Standards Committee?

ie Assuming Govt loses vote tomorrow, when would Standards Committee meet and how quickly could it issue its verdict?

And what would be timetable after that - ie would it come back to Commons again for a final vote?

dixiedean

Gallowgate said:

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

There’s no motorway in Northumberland and I doubt there’s any high rise buildings either.

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

Northumberland is curious. Over half the population live in the tiny corner south of Ashington and east of Morpeth. North of there and west, especially north of Hexham, and it is empty. Far more so than Herefordshire.

kle4

theProle said:

As a die hard leaver who thinks May did a worse job of negotiating than if we'd sent Donald Duck, even I think this is starting to get silly. It's only a (probably ambiguous) legal opinion for crying out loud, not the holy grail. It's also not going to change a single mind no matter what it says - those who find it politically convenient to do so will either shout about it or rubbish it.

Let's just get on with the meaningful vote, and then we can either go off and lick our wounds or await plans B C and D from Downing Street.

Sensible words all around. Not least because everybody's already talking about what the advice says or doesn't say without even seeing the full thing anyway, so it is not as though this is preventing talk of it.

williamglenn

Mortimer said:

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Because she is out of moves.

That's where you're wrong. Everyone is playing into her hands at the moment.

MarqueeMark

MikeL said:

What is the timetable for the Standards Committee?

ie Assuming Govt loses vote tomorrow, when would Standards Committee meet and how quickly could it issue its verdict?

And what would be timetable after that - ie would it come back to Commons again for a final vote?

Could they decide to make it a committee of the whole House?

JosiasJessop

Gallowgate said:

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

There’s no motorway in Northumberland and I doubt there’s any high rise buildings either.

Yeah, but Herefordshire has the SAS. If they say their county is the most rural, I'm not arguing with them. Ditto if they say it isn't.

Pulpstar

Mortimer said:

MarqueeMark said:

How stupid do they look? Now EVERYBODY wants to see this advice. The advice that May's Brexit is mortally wounded.

Just publish, and be damned.

+1

The vote is lost, it is not worth risking suspension of Tory MPs.

If everyone votes as I think they will in the VONC, the Government survives by a single vote if the DUP abstain. (IF Cox, Lidington suspended)
I've assumed Bercow for, Hermon against the government

Benpointer

Does anyone know when the MV amendments will be published?

theProle

Gardenwalker said:

May can’t just pivot to Norway.
Lacks credibility, surely.

However, she could concede a referendum on the deal in exchange for the deal being approved.

Said referendum could take place *after* Brexit day. So we would formally have
Brexited.

This all so seems unlikely.
But so does everything else.

How exactly would that work? If we vote to reject the deal - too late, we've signed up?

kle4

williamglenn said:

Mortimer said:

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Because she is out of moves.

That's where you're wrong. Everyone is playing into her hands at the moment.

Oh william, you are either this generation's Cassandra or simply extremely funny.

Cyclefree

SeanT said:

FPT



Anorak:

"Ditto my early life in a market town in the Lakes. Adore going back, despised it and everything about it as a teen."

The Lakes are, of course, sublime. The only problem is the tourists. But yes, it is amazing how one's perspectives change from teenhood to middle age. I would love a nice old house in rural Herefordshire right now.

My other half had exactly the same view as Anorak about his market town in the Lakes (maybe the same one?) when young. Now he adores the Lakes and has to be dragged away from the place.

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Big_G_NorthWales

Jonathan said:

MarqueeMark said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

So this is sub optimal for my bets on Geoffrey Cox or David Lidington succeeding Mrs May then?

Cox should point to May and say "She made me do it!"

Why is May getting the politics of this so wrong?

Actually I do not think she is. If Jon Craigs story tonight is true that there is a coalition of mps including Nick Boles and the SNP seeking to amend the deal to Norway , it is onlyby her going on and pressing the meaningful vote that will see this materialise.

Indeed if this happens I will be delighted as it will stop no deal and also another referendum

Iceland would welcome us and with Norway we would be 3 Countries wth our own coastal waters

kle4

Pulpstar said:

Mortimer said:

MarqueeMark said:

How stupid do they look? Now EVERYBODY wants to see this advice. The advice that May's Brexit is mortally wounded.

Just publish, and be damned.

+1

The vote is lost, it is not worth risking suspension of Tory MPs.

If everyone votes as I think they will in the VONC, the Government survives by a single vote if the DUP abstain. (IF Cox, Lidington suspended)
I've assumed Bercow for, Hermon against the government

I don't think Bercow misses the opportunity to vote against, precedent be damned.

TheScreamingEagles

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Where's my embargoed copy?

IanB2

Mortimer said:

IanB2 said:

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

Isle of Wight has no motorways and only one extremely short stretch of dual carriageway outside the hospital. And no buildings more than ten storeys high afaik

But the IoW is part of Hants.

Err, nope. Not for a long time.

kle4

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Tories up. Come on, that has to be nonsense. I don't like Corbyn one bit, and I support the deal, and even I wouldn't say I was voting Tory to a pollster right now.

Gardenwalker

theProle said:

Gardenwalker said:

May can’t just pivot to Norway.
Lacks credibility, surely.

However, she could concede a referendum on the deal in exchange for the deal being approved.

Said referendum could take place *after* Brexit day. So we would formally have
Brexited.

This all so seems unlikely.
But so does everything else.

How exactly would that work? If we vote to reject the deal - too late, we've signed up?

Presumably May would need confirmation from the EU that they’d have us back.

As I said, it seems unlikely.

However, May either has a cunning plan, or she has a plan to go down like the Titanic.

Not sure which it is right now.

TheScreamingEagles

https://twitter.com/johnrentoul/status/1069713570970157057?s=21

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/1069714155668729856

Benpointer

Gardenwalker said:

theProle said:

Gardenwalker said:

May can’t just pivot to Norway.
Lacks credibility, surely.

However, she could concede a referendum on the deal in exchange for the deal being approved.

Said referendum could take place *after* Brexit day. So we would formally have
Brexited.

This all so seems unlikely.
But so does everything else.

How exactly would that work? If we vote to reject the deal - too late, we've signed up?

Presumably May would need confirmation from the EU that they’d have us back.

As I said, it seems unlikely.

However, May either has a cunning plan, or she has a plan to go down like the Titanic.

Not sure which it is right now.

Suspect she's engaged in a Titanic struggle. Unfortunately.

Big_G_NorthWales

SeanT said:

dixiedean said:

Gallowgate said:

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

There’s no motorway in Northumberland and I doubt there’s any high rise buildings either.

SeanT said:

Fpt

Dixiedean:


"Herefordshire is more rural than Northumberland? As I said. Hexham JCP covers an area bigger than Herefordshire. And it is the only one."

It depends, of course, on how you define rurality. I think Herefordshire might be unique in England in having no high rise buildings (more than, say, ten storeys high), and no official length of motorway (unless you count the Ross spur (which some don't))

In other words its complicated. Northumberland would surely win on other metrics. Population density?

"Northumberland is curious. Over half the population live in the tiny corner south of Ashington and east of Morpeth. North of there and west, especially north of Hexham, and it is empty. Far more so than Herefordshire."

I'm sure that's true. Northumberland has a magnificent emptiness. And a grandeur, as well.

Bamburgh is stunning.

How can you forget my beloved Berwick on Tweed were I went to primary and grammar schools before leaving when I was 18

Cyclefree

I wonder what the EU is making of all these shenanigans.

Or are they too busy hiring zillions of customs inspectors?

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/ProfChalmers/status/1069714426352295936

Pulpstar

kle4 said:

Pulpstar said:

Mortimer said:

MarqueeMark said:

How stupid do they look? Now EVERYBODY wants to see this advice. The advice that May's Brexit is mortally wounded.

Just publish, and be damned.

+1

The vote is lost, it is not worth risking suspension of Tory MPs.

If everyone votes as I think they will in the VONC, the Government survives by a single vote if the DUP abstain. (IF Cox, Lidington suspended)
I've assumed Bercow for, Hermon against the government

I don't think Bercow misses the opportunity to vote against, precedent be damned.

I think he'll vote for, but the government is on shaky enough ground without getting its own members suspended.

Big_G_NorthWales

kle4 said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Tories up. Come on, that has to be nonsense. I don't like Corbyn one bit, and I support the deal, and even I wouldn't say I was voting Tory to a pollster right now.

I have no such problem. I am a conservative and voting member

Roger

OT. MM. If the film your wife recommended with Rachel Weisz was 'Disobedience' about an Orthodox married Jewish girl who realizes she's a lesbien it's excellent as are Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams

Big_G_NorthWales

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/1069714155668729856

Well that is helpful then

TheWhiteRabbit

TheScreamingEagles said:

https://twitter.com/johnrentoul/status/1069713570970157057?s=21

Looks to me like the "in full" invites opposition, whereas comparison with No Deal or Remain encourages pragmatism.

kle4

Cyclefree said:

I wonder what the EU is making of all these shenanigans.

Or are they too busy hiring zillions of customs inspectors?

The EU is not without its own shenanigans. If they mean what they say they should be urgently preparing for no deal. Other than the belief they want a deal so bad they will massively compromise, I've not seen a reason why the EU would be so kind as to accommodate anything else. And anything else requires them to be accommodating.

Big_G_NorthWales said:

kle4 said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Tories up. Come on, that has to be nonsense. I don't like Corbyn one bit, and I support the deal, and even I wouldn't say I was voting Tory to a pollster right now.

I have no such problem. I am a conservative and voting member

Yes, but any waverers moving toward the Tories right now I find baffling, even if MOE.

Sweet dreams all. What a shit show this all is.

FrancisUrquhart

Some of the yellow vests are right charmers...

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says more moderate members of the movement who said they would be prepared to talk are being shouted down by more extreme elements, and have been receiving death threats.

HYUFD

Cyclefree said:

FPT:

Let's take my village in Cumbria. The nearest job centre is in the nearest city - Barrow - some 21 miles away, a good 50 minutes along country roads by car, to be certain of getting there allow an hour, maybe a bit more to get there and find parking.

Walking - about 7 hours there - and 7 hours back. I'm sure HYUFD does those sorts of walks in a day regularly.

By bike - dunno - but say, over 2 hours, there and 2 hours back.

By public transport: well a walk to the local station is about 20 minutes and there is one train an hour which takes 45 minutes and then another walk or bus to the job centre. If the train does not come you're stuffed. There are no buses.

Some may have noticed that there were problems with Northern Rail this year. A big issue in Cumbria but not one which made it to the London-based papers. Who cares about unemployed rural Cumbrians after all.....

So easy peasy really......

About the only time I ha

Yes people need to make an effort and develop a work ethic etc etc. Plunging them into poverty without thinking is not the best way to get them where you want them to be.


Oh - and apparently, according to HYUFD, working mothers need to get a non-working friend or relative to take their kids to school. Tough on those who don't have friends willing to get up at an early hour, travel to your house to take your kids to school or those whose nearest relative was their elderly and partly disabled mother.

HYUFD may be a splendid chap in real life but his latest comments exemplify why so many of us think so many Tories (a) don't live in the real world the rest of us live in; and (b) are heartless bastards, indifferent to the plight of those not like them.

No, someone who believes unemployment benefits should go hand in hand with getting people ready for the world of work not as a handout.

If I was really handless I would advocate what the USA or Canada or Italy or Spain or Japan or Poland or indeed Norway does ie you cannot get any unemployment benefits at all unless you have made sufficient unemployment insurance contributions when in work and benefits are time limited, it is in those countries the foodbank for some really does become permanent.

Anazina

Who is this big Cox character? I need to keep up.

HYUFD

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/1069714155668729856

So No Deal plus May's Deal combined on 60% but Remain ahead of both individually.

Head to head I suspect the Deal would still beat No Deal and Remain

TheWhiteRabbit

HYUFD said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/1069714155668729856

So No Deal plus May's Deal combined on 60% but Remain ahead of both individually.

Head to head I suspect the Deal would still beat No Deal and Remain

Presumably it's approval one by one, since they sum to ~200%!

Anazina

kle4 said:

Cyclefree said:

I wonder what the EU is making of all these shenanigans.

Or are they too busy hiring zillions of customs inspectors?

The EU is not without its own shenanigans. If they mean what they say they should be urgently preparing for no deal. Other than the belief they want a deal so bad they will massively compromise, I've not seen a reason why the EU would be so kind as to accommodate anything else. And anything else requires them to be accommodating.

Big_G_NorthWales said:

kle4 said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069713183567503363

Tories up. Come on, that has to be nonsense. I don't like Corbyn one bit, and I support the deal, and even I wouldn't say I was voting Tory to a pollster right now.

I have no such problem. I am a conservative and voting member

Yes, but any waverers moving toward the Tories right now I find baffling, even if MOE.

Sweet dreams all. What a shit show this all is.

The clue is in the name – margin of error.

Benpointer

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/ProfChalmers/status/1069714426352295936

Can someone translate that into laypersonspeak please?

TheScreamingEagles

https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069715009914191873
https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1069715437678669824

steve_garner

FrancisUrquhart said:

Some of the yellow vests are right charmers...

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says more moderate members of the movement who said they would be prepared to talk are being shouted down by more extreme elements, and have been receiving death threats.

Yes, whilst Emperor Macron struts round the globe lecturing anyone and everyone his country descends into anarchy. To think some on this site have been envious of the French being governed by the pompous out of touch Macron.

alex.

So let me get this right. The problem with the legal advice is that it suggests that there is a risk that under the backstop the EU can prevent the U.K. from leaving the customs union. Labour’s policy is to legally insist on the customs union being permanent.

Go figure...

TheWhiteRabbit

Benpointer said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/ProfChalmers/status/1069714426352295936

Can someone translate that into laypersonspeak please?

The government might prefer to hold the vote and get it done with. Members of the opposition would shy from drama, and it wouldn't take many of them to stay home.

Nemtynakht

AlastairMeeks said:

This is one of those times when Leavers get irritable if anyone mentions Parliamentary sovereignty.

I think leavers who want no deal probably want the legal advice published

HYUFD

SeanT said:

FPT

"It is a lucky man who can say "I have lived in Herefordshire". That's where I grew up. And it is probably the most beautiful, unspoiled county in England and no one ever goes there. Still.

At the time, as a teenager, I thought it was ineffably boring. Now when I go back I see how lucky I was: surrounded by that intense loveliness. I could walk from my house to totally exquisite rural quietness, by the River Wye, in ten to fifteen minutes."

Anorak:

"Ditto my early life in a market town in the Lakes. Adore going back, despised it and everything about it as a teen."

The Lakes are, of course, sublime. The only problem is the tourists. But yes, it is amazing how one's perspectives change from teenhood to middle age. I would love a nice old house in rural Herefordshire right now.

Yes, the scene walking over the bridge towards Hereford Cathedral on a sunny day is sublime

Roger

OT Watching the news a nurse was murdered and her murderer has been sentenced to 17 years in jail. They were said to have had a three year 'affair'. Strange way to refer to it if neither of them were married or in a relationship with anyone else which i understand they weren't.

Scott_P

Benpointer said:

Can someone translate that into laypersonspeak please?

MPs will debate the contempt motion tomorrow, which as I understand it would lead to a straight vote.

The government is delaying the close of business tonight so they can lay an amendment, which I think would refer the matter to a committee.

They are gambling Parliament would rather shuffle it to the committee than vote.

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1069718795567144960

HYUFD

TheWhiteRabbit said:

HYUFD said:

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/Andrew_ComRes/status/1069714155668729856

So No Deal plus May's Deal combined on 60% but Remain ahead of both individually.

Head to head I suspect the Deal would still beat No Deal and Remain

Presumably it's approval one by one, since they sum to ~200%!

I assume the May Deal, Remain, No Deal Question is stand alone

Foxy

FrancisUrquhart said:

Some of the yellow vests are right charmers...

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says more moderate members of the movement who said they would be prepared to talk are being shouted down by more extreme elements, and have been receiving death threats.

Interesting to see so many PBers shilling for the vandalisers of the Arc de Triomphe.

Big_G_NorthWales

Scott_P said:

https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1069718795567144960

No surprise there.

Scott_P

https://twitter.com/ParlyApp/status/1069719218214572032

FrancisUrquhart

Foxy said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

Some of the yellow vests are right charmers...

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says more moderate members of the movement who said they would be prepared to talk are being shouted down by more extreme elements, and have been receiving death threats.

Interesting to see so many PBers shilling for the vandalisers of the Arc de Triomphe.

Are they?

alex.

Frankly, the legal advice thing is ridiculous. The Attorney general provides legal advice to the Govt. if Parliament wants its own advice it can commission that for themselves. Legal advice is opinion, not fact. It is delivered for a client and that client is not obliged to act upon it or to make it available to others to influence their course of action.

MarqueeMark

Roger said:

OT. MM. If the film your wife recommended with Rachel Weisz was 'Disobedience' about an Orthodox married Jewish girl who realizes she's a lesbien it's excellent as are Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams

That would no doubt be it, Roger.

Foxy

FWIW, isnt ComRes the Gold Standard?

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1069718468763807745?s=19

alex.

Imagine if the Government were to go to court to try and argue a case that in some respects contradicted legal advice they had been given. If that legal advice could be forced into publication they could never win. And what if they had two contradictory versions of legal advice?

theProle

Roger said:

OT Watching the news a nurse was murdered and her murderer has been sentenced to 17 years in jail. They were said to have had a three year 'affair'. Strange way to refer to it if neither of them were married or in a relationship with anyone else which i understand they weren't.

She was engaged to someone else until not long before she was murdered.

I regularly use the very minor single track road past the abandoned quarry where her body was found - it gave me the creeps when I realised it was quite likely I'd driven past around the time the murderer was hiding the body!

Benpointer

Scott_P said:

Benpointer said:

Can someone translate that into laypersonspeak please?

MPs will debate the contempt motion tomorrow, which as I understand it would lead to a straight vote.

The government is delaying the close of business tonight so they can lay an amendment, which I think would refer the matter to a committee.

They are gambling Parliament would rather shuffle it to the committee than vote.

Thank-you.

AmpfieldAndy

The Gov have behaved like a bunch of muppets. If they didnt want to publish the legal advice, and there are good reasons either way, they should have opposed the motion to publish it in the first place. Once that motion was passed,they were always going to struggle with not publishing. Such incompetence seems typical of May and typical of why the Brexit negotiations have been so badly handled.

Foxy

No majority for anything:

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1069720867180027909?s=19

Anorak

Cyclefree said:

SeanT said:

FPT



Anorak:

"Ditto my early life in a market town in the Lakes. Adore going back, despised it and everything about it as a teen."

The Lakes are, of course, sublime. The only problem is the tourists. But yes, it is amazing how one's perspectives change from teenhood to middle age. I would love a nice old house in rural Herefordshire right now.

My other half had exactly the same view as Anorak about his market town in the Lakes (maybe the same one?) when young. Now he adores the Lakes and has to be dragged away from the place.

Penrith, which even then i recognised as infinitely more pleasant than some other Cumbrian towns such as Maryport or Workington or Cockermouth. I suspect I would still have hated it even if I'd been living in Keswick surrounded by true splendour.

I also used to hate being 'dragged' fell walking with my Dad. Can't get enough of it now - and I'm fortunate in that my young city-dwelling kids love it too!