I had to give my smart, lefty young wife Jung Chang's Wild Swans to read, to make her grasp the total and evil failure of communism. She said she had no idea, she thinks the book has changed her worldview, she is sharing it with her friends, who are all equally stunned. Seriously. It is a revelation to them.
They should put that book on the bloody National Curriculum.
Things would have gone no better in Russia or China had the Whites or Kuomintang won the respective civil wars.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
A disorderly hard Brexit could see the loss of 100,000 jobs in Scotland, the country’s main economics thinktank, the Fraser of Allander Institute, has forecast.
Citing the Bank of England’s worst case scenario that the economy would shrink by 8.9% after Brexit, the institute, based at the University of Strathclyde, said that would reverse recent steady growth in Scotland’s economy, now growing at a faster rate than the UK as a whole.
It would have twice the impact on the Scottish economy than the 2008 financial crash, which saw tens of thousands of jobs cut in the finance sector and other industries.
Odd, then, that the SNP are risking a No Deal crash out by not supporting the EU's deal.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
I had to give my smart, lefty young wife Jung Chang's Wild Swans to read, to make her grasp the total and evil failure of communism. She said she had no idea, she thinks the book has changed her worldview, she is sharing it with her friends, who are all equally stunned. Seriously. It is a revelation to them.
They should put that book on the bloody National Curriculum.
Things would have gone no better in Russia or China had the Whites or Kuomintang won the respective civil wars.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Case in point.
Afraid of Leadsom? Wasn't she senior partner of Goldman Sachs?
What does that have to do with anything?
"According to a former colleague who admitted to not knowing her personally, "the problem about these claims[clarification needed] is that they risk misleading people into believing that she has finance management skills and experience which qualify her for senior posts in government"; her actual job was to work (sometimes part-time) on “special projects”, mostly for the Chief Investment Officer, which included negotiating pay terms for senior fund managers. Towards the end of her time, she advised on a number of governance issues, but she had no-one reporting to her in either role"
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
Testify.
This is why I'm positively tumescent at the prospect of No Deal, it'll destroy the credibility of the ERG and their hangers on forever, they are the modern day appeasers.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
I don't know if people who can't make the distinction are just being dishonest, or if they just don't understand the distinction.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
The problem is that the WA is supposed to be temporary but the backstop is permanent.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
I don't know if people who can't make the distinction are just being dishonest, if they just don't understand the distinction.
There was a long Twitter thread yesterday, detailing Dan Hannan's persistent confusion between *a* single market, *the* single market, the EEA, EFTA, the common market, a free trade area, and a free trade agreement.
He seems to use all these terms so fungibly, so often, that we can only assume that he literally has no real idea what any of them mean, or how they differ from each other.
The great intellectual of the Brexit project, appears to understand as much about global trade as the average house brick.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
I don't know if people who can't make the distinction are just being dishonest, if they just don't understand the distinction.
There was a long Twitter thread yesterday, detailing Dan Hannan's persistent confusion between *a* single market, *the* single market, the EEA, EFTA, the common market, a free trade area, and a free trade agreement.
He seems to use all these terms so fungibly, so often, that we can only assume that he literally has no real idea what any of them mean, or how they differ from each other.
The great intellectual of the Brexit project, appears to understand as much about global trade as the average house brick.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
It's by no means your fault; what is worrying is that they've got to the top of it.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
It's by no means your fault; what is worrying is that they've got to the top of it.
They haven't, you're thinking of the Labour Party.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
It's by no means your fault; what is worrying is that they've got to the top of it.
They haven't, you're thinking of the Labour Party.
Mr. Cocque, ha, I know you're being silly, but it's still remarkable that May's going through with this charade given *everyone* saw this coming. Daft woman.
Realise that Brady may already have the letters, but won't announce it whilst May is out-of-office on her futility tour, which means he probably won't announce till Friday and she's back from EUCO.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
Testify.
This is why I'm positively tumescent at the prospect of No Deal, it'll destroy the credibility of the ERG and their hangers on forever, they are the modern day appeasers.
Short term pain for long term gain I say.
I'd argue there is an ocean of intellectual water separating boorish right wingers like Bridgen and (Andrea) Jenkyns from the likes of Raab and Johnson. At least Raab, Johnson, Gove and Hannan have made attempts to understand the EU and formulate a plan for a UK outside of the EU. Bridgen, Jenkyns and co seem not to have moved beyond 'Fuck the Frogs and Krauts'.
Realise that Brady may already have the letters, but won't announce it whilst May is out-of-office on her futility tour, which means he probably won't announce till Friday and she's back from EUCO.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Case in point.
Afraid of Leadsom? Wasn't she senior partner of Goldman Sachs?
What does that have to do with anything?
"According to a former colleague who admitted to not knowing her personally, "the problem about these claims[clarification needed] is that they risk misleading people into believing that she has finance management skills and experience which qualify her for senior posts in government"; her actual job was to work (sometimes part-time) on “special projects”, mostly for the Chief Investment Officer, which included negotiating pay terms for senior fund managers. Towards the end of her time, she advised on a number of governance issues, but she had no-one reporting to her in either role"
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
The problem is that the WA is supposed to be temporary but the backstop is permanent.
Yes I understand that. I understand the objection but it is not seeing the wood for the trees. It is in everyone's best interest to conclude an FTA as soon as possible. For the EU because they think we are cherry-picking and for us because of, well, the backstop which irritates some folk.
But it is a staging post which all sides want to move on from as soon as possible.
The Cons MP Brexiters are not even clever enough to understand that the EU dislikes the deal that the UK has got intensely.
Plus, of course, as I have pointed out a zillion times, there simply cannot not be a backstop so it's just as well that it will be redundant in a year or two or three.
Realise that Brady may already have the letters, but won't announce it whilst May is out-of-office on her futility tour, which means he probably won't announce till Friday and she's back from EUCO.
She's back for PMQs isn't she?
Just announced she's meeting Varadkar tomorrow as part of Futility Tour '18, but doesn't say when.
Honestly might be best if she doesn't show her face round these parts for a little while.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
I don't know if people who can't make the distinction are just being dishonest, if they just don't understand the distinction.
There was a long Twitter thread yesterday, detailing Dan Hannan's persistent confusion between *a* single market, *the* single market, the EEA, EFTA, the common market, a free trade area, and a free trade agreement.
He seems to use all these terms so fungibly, so often, that we can only assume that he literally has no real idea what any of them mean, or how they differ from each other.
The great intellectual of the Brexit project, appears to understand as much about global trade as the average house brick.
My mistake was always suggesting he was a moron or he was mendacious. TSE's breakthrough was that he was both.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
Testify.
This is why I'm positively tumescent at the prospect of No Deal, it'll destroy the credibility of the ERG and their hangers on forever, they are the modern day appeasers.
Short term pain for long term gain I say.
The problem with the WA is that it ties our hands for the FTA agreement. Whilst no FTA is easy, I do sympathise with those saying it should be easy to negotiate, as we already have agreed and equal standards for goods through British Standards reflecting their Eurocodes. And if the EU followed the spirit of article 50 and weren’t seeking to punish us for leaving (pour encourager les autres) then we could have had a managed no deal exit with agreement on import of goods, air traffic etc without with doom laden predictions.
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
The problem is that the WA is supposed to be temporary but the backstop is permanent.
Oh FFS! The backstop only comes into operation if there is no FTA. Even the dimmest MP should understand that it is there as an incentive to ensure that the EU and us enter into a FTA, which is what everyone wants and which one particularly dim Tory MP (the former Brexit secretary no less) described as the "easiest trade deal in history".
Will a No Confidence vote on Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party take place in 2018? The market will be settled once the vote has officially taken place.
If Theresa May stands down as leader after the no confidence vote is triggered but before the actual vote takes place then No will be settled as the winner
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
It's by no means your fault; what is worrying is that they've got to the top of it.
They haven't, you're thinking of the Labour Party.
Topping and the man from Spurs are Labour?
Mind as an ex Lib Dem I would/couldn't gloat.
Richard may be right that there are loons at the top of the Labour Party but dear god when the airwaves are full of the ERG, for all the world looking as though they are indeed at the top of their party then yes I worry.
TBF, the fiscal compact makes allowances for occasionally going over, especially in response to serious and unexpected events, it's serious and persistent violations of the rules that matter.
So it's not surprising the Commission will show France a measure of forbearance.
Mr. Cocque, ha, I know you're being silly, but it's still remarkable that May's going through with this charade given *everyone* saw this coming. Daft woman.
She will now go back and try to sell the exact same deal to MPs which has already been widely rejected, of course with the same result. Then she'll go back to the EU once again to try and renegotiate even though they've told her they won't.
Tricky market: Will a No Confidence vote on Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party take place in 2018? The market will be settled once the vote has officially taken place.
If Theresa May stands down as leader after the no confidence vote is triggered but before the actual vote takes place then No will be settled as the winner
I think she'll stand and win. Perhaps we shall see quite shortly!
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
We are on the same page yet again. I think the only reason I maintain my membership is because it is on a DD (that's direct debit, not David Davis) ! If I had to physically write the cheque I would probably have second thoughts
Mr. Cocque, ha, I know you're being silly, but it's still remarkable that May's going through with this charade given *everyone* saw this coming. Daft woman.
She will now go back and try to sell the exact same deal to MPs which has already been widely rejected, of course with the same result. Then she'll go back to the EU once again to try and renegotiate even though they've told her they won't.
She is stuck in an endless and pointless loop.
Somebody should try upgrading the Maybot's firmware.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
We are on the same page yet again. I think the only reason I maintain my membership is because it is on a DD (that's direct debit, not David Davis) ! If I had to physically write the cheque I would probably have second thoughts
Now is not the time for second thoughts, we can't leave the next leadership selection to the loons to decide.
Mr. Cocque, ha, I know you're being silly, but it's still remarkable that May's going through with this charade given *everyone* saw this coming. Daft woman.
She will now go back and try to sell the exact same deal to MPs which has already been widely rejected, of course with the same result. Then she'll go back to the EU once again to try and renegotiate even though they've told her they won't.
She is stuck in an endless and pointless loop.
She's running the clock down.
She hopes to get to the point where there is no time left for anything but her deal or no deal, and expects the stubborn MPs to cave in then.
That's the Plan, if you can call it that, but as you and I know, in reality there is no f in Plan.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
Testify.
This is why I'm positively tumescent at the prospect of No Deal, it'll destroy the credibility of the ERG and their hangers on forever, they are the modern day appeasers.
Short term pain for long term gain I say.
I'd argue there is an ocean of intellectual water separating boorish right wingers like Bridgen and (Andrea) Jenkyns from the likes of Raab and Johnson. At least Raab, Johnson, Gove and Hannan have made attempts to understand the EU and formulate a plan for a UK outside of the EU. Bridgen, Jenkyns and co seem not to have moved beyond 'Fuck the Frogs and Krauts'.
The last two years have shown us that Raab, Johnson and Hannan have not the first clue how the EU works. They are ignorant, self-serving, malicious and damaging. At least Gove has tried to do something worthwhile at DEFRA. The rest of them are a useless waste of space.
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
We are on the same page yet again. I think the only reason I maintain my membership is because it is on a DD (that's direct debit, not David Davis) ! If I had to physically write the cheque I would probably have second thoughts
Now is not the time for second thoughts, we can't leave the next leadership selection to the loons to decide.
Indeed. It is the real reason I do not terminate the dd
All those MPs of others demanding this, that and the other and clearly not understanding the difference between a transitional agreement and the permanent FTA between the UK and the EU should listen to the German MEP interviewed on today's WATO. He puts many of our legislators to shame.
Many sane Tory MPs (yes there still are some) are at their wits' end trying to point out to their colleagues just this. The WA is the WA. Different from any future FTA.
The problem is that the WA is supposed to be temporary but the backstop is permanent.
Yes I understand that. I understand the objection but it is not seeing the wood for the trees. It is in everyone's best interest to conclude an FTA as soon as possible. For the EU because they think we are cherry-picking and for us because of, well, the backstop which irritates some folk.
But it is a staging post which all sides want to move on from as soon as possible.
The Cons MP Brexiters are not even clever enough to understand that the EU dislikes the deal that the UK has got intensely.
Plus, of course, as I have pointed out a zillion times, there simply cannot not be a backstop so it's just as well that it will be redundant in a year or two or three.
Given that the backstop allows the EU to use access to the UK market in its trade deals, I have no faith that they will "want to move on from it as soon as possible".
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Case in point.
Afraid of Leadsom? Wasn't she senior partner of Goldman Sachs?
What does that have to do with anything?
"According to a former colleague who admitted to not knowing her personally, "the t Officer, which included negotiating pay terms for senior fund managers. Towards the end of her time, she advised on a number of governance issues, but she had no-one reporting to her in either role"
Hey, Beverley, don't worry! Me and my squad of ultimate Brexiteers will protect you! Check it out. Independently targeting particle-beam phalanx. WHAP! Fry half a city with this puppy. We got tactical smart missiles, phase plasma pulse rifles, RPGs. We got sonic, electronic ball-breakers! We got nukes, we got knives, sharp sticks...
Now is not the time for second thoughts, we can't leave the next leadership selection to the loons to decide.
We're going to end up with the leadership of both main parties decided on the Buggins' Turn system, after the ERGers roll dice to decide which nutter stands.
Mr. Cocque, ha, I know you're being silly, but it's still remarkable that May's going through with this charade given *everyone* saw this coming. Daft woman.
She will now go back and try to sell the exact same deal to MPs which has already been widely rejected, of course with the same result. Then she'll go back to the EU once again to try and renegotiate even though they've told her they won't.
She is stuck in an endless and pointless loop.
She's running the clock down.
She's just planning to spend the next month and a half ping-ponging between Brussels, Berlin, Paris and Dublin, to polite rebuffs until 21st January comes around?
(Incidentally I think we can add the rights and responsibilities of the Speaker's Chair to the bumper book of Things Mrs Leadsom Does Not Understand).
He's an odious little twerp. Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound. The extent to which she's attacked by remainers is a measure of how afraid they are of her. See also Rees Mogg.
"Once again Leadsom is thoroughly sound."
ha haha hahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
That has to be one of the best unintentionally funny posts I have ever seen!
Thing is, these are the people we are dealing with: Leadsom, Baker, Jenkyns, Francois, Bridgen. They seem the dimmest, nastiest ones. Then we have the clowns: JRM, Boris, Raab.
That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
+1
We are on the same page yet again. I think the only reason I maintain my membership is because it is on a DD (that's direct debit, not David Davis) ! If I had to physically write the cheque I would probably have second thoughts
Now is not the time for second thoughts, we can't leave the next leadership selection to the loons to decide.
In a hung parliament it's difficult to see how a leadership election could be allowed to go to the membership.
In a hung parliament it's difficult to see how a leadership election could be allowed to go to the membership.
Yes. I hope the 1922 committee has had enough foresight to put plans in place to ensure Boris comes to an unfortunate accident should disaster befall the Tories and he make it through to the final two.
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That I am a member of the same party as these utter, utter arseholes is a cause of significant concern.
really they should stick to making the tea.
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This is why I'm positively tumescent at the prospect of No Deal, it'll destroy the credibility of the ERG and their hangers on forever, they are the modern day appeasers.
Short term pain for long term gain I say.
He seems to use all these terms so fungibly, so often, that we can only assume that he literally has no real idea what any of them mean, or how they differ from each other.
The great intellectual of the Brexit project, appears to understand as much about global trade as the average house brick.
Labour leads 49% to 33% in London voting intention.
The Conservatives would probably regain Battersea and Kensington on those numbers.
#BREAKING: 'No way to change' Brexit deal, says Merkel after May visit #Brexit @AFP
LITERALLY NOBODY SAW THIS ONE COMING, RIGHT?
Mind as an ex Lib Dem I would/couldn't gloat.
OF COURSE HE IS.
59% think his proposals wont work
54% think the gilets jaunes should keep protesting
http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2018/12/11/25001-20181211ARTFIG00094-macron-n-a-pas-seduit-une-majorite-des-francais-mais-le-soutien-aux-gilets-jaunes-s-effrite.php
https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1072520814745083916
https://twitter.com/RobDotHutton/status/1072521400118849537
Corbyn is also unsuitable, but for different reasons and Uncle Vince is busy with a prolonged nap....
Andrew Lillico is right - we might as well join Le Grand Projet and hope that their politicians are better than ours.
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/politics/market/1.151481378
So thats alright then.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2018/12/11/01016-20181211LIVWWW00017-en-direct-gilets-jaunes-emmanuel-macron-annonces-smic-pouvoir-achat-retraites-edouard-philippe.php
But it is a staging post which all sides want to move on from as soon as possible.
The Cons MP Brexiters are not even clever enough to understand that the EU dislikes the deal that the UK has got intensely.
Plus, of course, as I have pointed out a zillion times, there simply cannot not be a backstop so it's just as well that it will be redundant in a year or two or three.
Honestly might be best if she doesn't show her face round these parts for a little while.
Will a No Confidence vote on Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party take place in 2018? The market will be settled once the vote has officially taken place.
If Theresa May stands down as leader after the no confidence vote is triggered but before the actual vote takes place then No will be settled as the winner
https://twitter.com/dansabbagh/status/1072503438418829312
So it's not surprising the Commission will show France a measure of forbearance.
She is stuck in an endless and pointless loop.
I’d now be betting on Mrs May going in 2018 and replaced by Gove in a coronation and a full blown leadership contest in the summer of 2019.
Totally unrelated I enjoyed my visit to Westminster today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Healy-Rae
WHAT THE HELL IS TAKING SO LONG?
She hopes to get to the point where there is no time left for anything but her deal or no deal, and expects the stubborn MPs to cave in then.
That's the Plan, if you can call it that, but as you and I know, in reality there is no f in Plan.
https://twitter.com/BBCPeterH/status/1072524874160238592