I’ve got a three figure profit lined up on that on any day thereafter!
Survive as PM or Tory leader? The odds of the former are slightly better than the latter I'd think, if still not great, given the slight possibility she will remain in post until a successor is clear.
Has George Freeman just said what I've been saying for the last 90 minutes?
TEMPORARY CORONATION, IT'S ON LADS AND LADIES.
Just make sure its Liddington will you please.
Anyone of Jeremy Hunt, David Lidington, Sajid Javid, Matt Hancock, Philip Hammond, Michael Gove, Penny Mordaunt, Andrea Leadsom, **checks rest of my betting portfolio**, Damien Green or Sir Michael Fallon would be acceptable.
What would you do if the winner was Andrew Bridgen, Andrea Jenkyns, or Mark Francois?
Cry lots and then speak to JohnO about what to do next.
Has George Freeman just said what I've been saying for the last 90 minutes?
TEMPORARY CORONATION, IT'S ON LADS AND LADIES.
Yet again, no vote for the members.....
Much at the moment is Pythonesque, but this seems apposite.
PM: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet! WOMAN: Order, eh -- who does he think he is? PM: I am your PM! WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you. PM: You don't vote for PMs. WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become PM then? PM: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your PM!
If you list the possible things to do right now in a long list in order of sensibleness, I would have thought that the very last item right at the bottom is to ask Tory members.
'Gove doesn't have an enemy in the world, even his friends think he's a c***'
No no.
Gove doesn't have an enemy in the world because only his friends hate him
Gove has friends?
Well he's friends with George Osborne CH.
The Standard, let's not forget, has been pounding the Norway+ drum since day one. This is just continuity Cameronism coming home!
HE'S COMING HOME HE'S COMING HOME DISHFACE COMING HOME
But Dave views with Gove with the same affection that I have for Mark Reckless.
Gove's knifing of Boris is why we are where we are. We ended up with no contest, just the Coronation of Remainer Theresa May. Boris standing and a) winning or b) losing would each have drawn plenty of lines under Brexit implementation.
Has George Freeman just said what I've been saying for the last 90 minutes?
TEMPORARY CORONATION, IT'S ON LADS AND LADIES.
Yet again, no vote for the members.....
Much at the moment is Pythonesque, but this seems apposite.
PM: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet! WOMAN: Order, eh -- who does he think he is? PM: I am your PM! WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you. PM: You don't vote for PMs. WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become PM then? PM: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your PM!
If you list the possible things to do right now in a long list in order of sensibleness, I would have thought that the very last item right at the bottom is to ask Tory members.
Yes, they are more barking than Battersea Dogs Home at full moon.
Has George Freeman just said what I've been saying for the last 90 minutes?
TEMPORARY CORONATION, IT'S ON LADS AND LADIES.
Just make sure its Liddington will you please.
Anyone of Jeremy Hunt, David Lidington, Sajid Javid, Matt Hancock, Philip Hammond, Michael Gove, Penny Mordaunt, Andrea Leadsom, **checks rest of my betting portfolio**, Damien Green or Sir Michael Fallon would be acceptable.
My strategy has been to lay the ERG like a dockside hooker.
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Baron Hague to be the first Prime Minister from the Lords in... oooh, ages.
Can someone put Hague up on the BF board for Next PM please?
Funnily enough, both my (largely centrist) wife and soft-Labour lawyer female friend of mine, lives in Leeds, still bring up Hague from time to time and suggest this.
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Wouldn't May's deal sail through and we'd be on negotiating the future trading relationship?
Baron Hague to be the first Prime Minister from the Lords in... oooh, ages.
Can someone put Hague up on the BF board for Next PM please?
Funnily enough, both my (largely centrist) wife and soft-Labour lawyer female friend of mine, lives in Leeds, still bring up Hague from time to time and suggest this.
Being a Lord, there is always the argument he'd have to recognise his own democratic illegitimacy and resign after sixth months rather than fighting on, which I can see as a concern with Gove.
I’ve got a three figure profit lined up on that on any day thereafter!
Survive as PM or Tory leader? The odds of the former are slightly better than the latter I'd think, if still not great, given the slight possibility she will remain in post until a successor is clear.
I’ve got a three figure profit lined up on that on any day thereafter!
Survive as PM or Tory leader? The odds of the former are slightly better than the latter I'd think, if still not great, given the slight possibility she will remain in post until a successor is clear.
Survive as Tory leader. Market on Betfair.
Is that the one OGH advised cashing out of, last week?
💥Nervous Tory MPs hearing rumours that the ERG - in order to force the pace of a leadership contest - may release the names of 48 MPs who have told *them* they've put in letters to Graham Brady. To smoke out liars. 💥
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Wouldn't May's deal sail through and we'd be on negotiating the future trading relationship?
eh? Arent there only 11 leave voting MPs supporting it?
Despite everything the government is doing (or not) to cock things up, the most remarkable facet of the whole situation is still the failure of the (so-called official) opposition to oppose.
I’ve got a three figure profit lined up on that on any day thereafter!
Survive as PM or Tory leader? The odds of the former are slightly better than the latter I'd think, if still not great, given the slight possibility she will remain in post until a successor is clear.
Survive as Tory leader. Market on Betfair.
Is that the one OGH advised cashing out of, last week?
I could see her resigning as PM immediately on losing a vote whilst the election as Tory leader goes on and she stays as caretaker.
Even when IDS lost and there was a coronation in 2003 there was a week between the vote and the new leader being ratified. He was caretaker leader in between. So we should be safe till at least 18th December, even if she lost a vote tomorrow.
Baron Hague to be the first Prime Minister from the Lords in... oooh, ages.
Can someone put Hague up on the BF board for Next PM please?
Funnily enough, both my (largely centrist) wife and soft-Labour lawyer female friend of mine, lives in Leeds, still bring up Hague from time to time and suggest this.
Being a Lord, there is always the argument he'd have to recognise his own democratic illegitimacy and resign after sixth months rather than fighting on, which I can see as a concern with Gove.
I haven’t searched yet but I don’t think Betfair have a price for him.
Despite everything the government is doing (or not) to cock things up, the most remarkable facet of the whole situation is still the failure of the (so-called official) opposition to oppose.
Do you not remember May losing three votes in an hour, two weeks ago? May being so TERRIFIED of losing her vote she's actually run away to Europe?
The government being held in contempt?
Labour are opposing just fine. What they're failing at is providing a credible alternative.
It's too late to help. Either they embarrass themselves and change the legal text of the WA, or it has no chance at all to get through. They are helping as much as they can by revealing May's current attempts pointless and thus hastening her demise.
Despite everything the government is doing (or not) to cock things up, the most remarkable facet of the whole situation is still the failure of the (so-called official) opposition to oppose.
Do you not remember May losing three votes in an hour, two weeks ago? May being so TERRIFIED of losing her vote she's actually run away to Europe?
The government being held in contempt?
Labour are opposing just fine. What they're failing at is providing a credible alternative.
Which is pretty central to the purpose of good opposition.
Shortly before the Commons began considering Ivory Bill amendments, SNP MP Stewart M. McDonald raised a point of order with the Speaker, accusing veteran Labour MP, Dennis Skinner, of calling him "a piece of shit".
Mr Skinner sits in front of Mr McDonald in the Commons, and allegedly made the remark during the emergency debate, after the SNP MP told a party colleague that he wished Jeremy Corbyn would answer a question.
It's reported Mr Skinner defended his comment as "putting [him] in [his] place".
Mr McDonald said he'd tried to deal with the incident informally but Dennis Skinner showed no signs of regret. He asked the Speaker to "re-affirm that it's wrong and can you re-affirm that members on all sides should be able to go about this place without being at the tail end of that kind of abuse".
The Speaker John Bercow said he'd advised the MP to deal with the matter outside the debating chamber, and would "not presume to comment on a conversation I did not hear".
He said MPs should be able to disagree with one another "agreeably or reasonably agreeably" and whilst he didn't want anyone to be abused he'd known Dennis Skinner for 21 years and held him "in the highest esteem".
Shortly before the Commons began considering Ivory Bill amendments, SNP MP Stewart M. McDonald raised a point of order with the Speaker, accusing veteran Labour MP, Dennis Skinner, of calling him "a piece of shit".
Mr Skinner sits in front of Mr McDonald in the Commons, and allegedly made the remark during the emergency debate, after the SNP MP told a party colleague that he wished Jeremy Corbyn would answer a question.
It's reported Mr Skinner defended his comment as "putting [him] in [his] place".
Mr McDonald said he'd tried to deal with the incident informally but Dennis Skinner showed no signs of regret. He asked the Speaker to "re-affirm that it's wrong and can you re-affirm that members on all sides should be able to go about this place without being at the tail end of that kind of abuse".
The Speaker John Bercow said he'd advised the MP to deal with the matter outside the debating chamber, and would "not presume to comment on a conversation I did not hear".
He said MPs should be able to disagree with one another "agreeably or reasonably agreeably" and whilst he didn't want anyone to be abused he'd known Dennis Skinner for 21 years and held him "in the highest esteem".
"If the Prime Minister lost a leadership challenge, they would not automatically resign.
They could choose to stay in post until a new leader is elected or resign in favour of another Conservative MP who would temporarily be Prime Minister until the leadership contest is over. This would be an unusual situation."
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Wouldn't May's deal sail through and we'd be on negotiating the future trading relationship?
If all the remain MPs abstained you think a majority of the leave MPs in parliament would back May's deal?
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Wouldn't May's deal sail through and we'd be on negotiating the future trading relationship?
If all the remain MPs abstained you think a majority of the leave MPs in parliament would back May's deal?
Shortly before the Commons began considering Ivory Bill amendments, SNP MP Stewart M. McDonald raised a point of order with the Speaker, accusing veteran Labour MP, Dennis Skinner, of calling him "a piece of shit".
Mr Skinner sits in front of Mr McDonald in the Commons, and allegedly made the remark during the emergency debate, after the SNP MP told a party colleague that he wished Jeremy Corbyn would answer a question.
It's reported Mr Skinner defended his comment as "putting [him] in [his] place".
Mr McDonald said he'd tried to deal with the incident informally but Dennis Skinner showed no signs of regret. He asked the Speaker to "re-affirm that it's wrong and can you re-affirm that members on all sides should be able to go about this place without being at the tail end of that kind of abuse".
The Speaker John Bercow said he'd advised the MP to deal with the matter outside the debating chamber, and would "not presume to comment on a conversation I did not hear".
He said MPs should be able to disagree with one another "agreeably or reasonably agreeably" and whilst he didn't want anyone to be abused he'd known Dennis Skinner for 21 years and held him "in the highest esteem".
It's only words, but Skinner does give the appearance of being a rather unpleasant, bitter man. Hopefully in his personal and professional life that is not how he truly is.
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.
I say we nuke Westminster from orbit - it's the only way to be sure
I cannot begin to tell you how angry I am at politicians playing stupid bloody games, out of malice, ambition, ignorance, which will harm the future of this country and that of my family.
For reasons which need not concern anyone I actually own a proper yellow high-vis jacket. I am beginning to think that hurling paving stones at the utter wankers in Westminster is the only rational course of action.
I also possess a high vis jacket and I think i have a small crowbar as well. I will happily join you in cobblestone hurling as I have held all our politicians in contempt for some time now.
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
If Labour was led by anyone except their front bench they would be very close to power...
Do you not think they are very close to power *now*?
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
Well, hardly.
The chaos is on the government benches.
Your statement does not contradict the one you've quoted. The government is a shambles, it doesn't mean that Labour would not be doing better if led by Starmer or that Corbyn is not a disaster. He might not be one, but that the government benches are in chaos has no bearing on whether he is or not.
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.
I say we nuke Westminster from orbit - it's the only way to be sure
I cannot begin to tell you how angry I am at politicians playing stupid bloody games, out of malice, ambition, ignorance, which will harm the future of this country and that of my family.
For reasons which need not concern anyone I actually own a proper yellow high-vis jacket. I am beginning to think that hurling paving stones at the utter wankers in Westminster is the only rational course of action.
I also possess a high vis jacket and I think i have a small crowbar as well. I will happily join you in cobblestone hurling as I have held all our politicians in contempt for some time now.
It doesn't make the blindest bit of difference whom the Prime Minister is if no approach to Brexit can command a majority in the House of Commons.
By which I mean, of course, an approach that a majority is willing actually to vote for, rather than to mutter about.
Either one is found or No Deal happens by default next March. All else is noise.
Indeed. Some other Tory, Corbyn, whoever, these are minor issues, the big problem is getting something, anything, through, and yet Tories are too busy sorting out their leadership campaigns and Corbyn is only after a GE.
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
If Labour was led by anyone except their front bench they would be very close to power...
Do you not think they are very close to power *now*?
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
it is quite possible that under a different Labour leader, the Tories would have a stonking majority.
One lives in hope that the gutless wonders on the Tory benches have finally got 48 letters in to Graham Brady. Britain has no future as long as May remains in power and the Tories have no defence against the lunatics currently in charge of Labour.
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
If Labour was led by anyone except their front bench they would be very close to power...
Do you not think they are very close to power *now*?
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
it is quite possible that under a different Labour leader, the Tories would have a stonking majority.
With respect I think you need to lie down in a darkened room
Great news put one of the ERG nutjobs in to own this sorry mess . As soon as they come out with their managed no deal fantasy the Tories will completely implode !
Agreed. I think that all the remainers in parliament should sit on their hands and abstain on every Brexit related issue between now and March.
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
Wouldn't May's deal sail through and we'd be on negotiating the future trading relationship?
If all the remain MPs abstained you think a majority of the leave MPs in parliament would back May's deal?
Thanks to the payroll vote
I'm assuming at that point that May would have gone and a leaver elected as PM given than the remainers would have left the field so to speak.
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
If Labour was led by anyone except their front bench they would be very close to power...
Do you not think they are very close to power *now*?
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
it is quite possible that under a different Labour leader, the Tories would have a stonking majority.
I think it would more likely that there would be a stinking Tory lead over Labour under a different Tory leader.
It doesn't make the blindest bit of difference whom the Prime Minister is if no approach to Brexit can command a majority in the House of Commons.
By which I mean, of course, an approach that a majority is willing actually to vote for, rather than to mutter about.
Either one is found or No Deal happens by default next March. All else is noise.
Indeed. Some other Tory, Corbyn, whoever, these are minor issues, the big problem is getting something, anything, through, and yet Tories are too busy sorting out their leadership campaigns and Corbyn is only after a GE.
Corbyn wants to sit on his hands and wait to push for an election after No Deal has happened. Then he doesn't have to take responsibility for attempting to force through a second referendum, he's rid of the EU, and (with any luck, as he would see it) an accumulation of the Tories' manifest incompetence and their failure to prepare for No Deal could well mean that the country is struggling economically and up in arms about it.
For both May and Corbyn there is nothing to lose from simply allowing the clock to run down. He gets what he wants; God alone knows what she's up to, but the one thing she seems least disposed to do is pack her bags and go back to Maidenhead. And they're being allowed to get away with it because MPs are unwilling or unable to intervene.
And every day is another day nearer to March 29th.
You have to say if labour were led by Starmer backing a second referendum they would be very close to power
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
If Labour was led by anyone except their front bench they would be very close to power...
Do you not think they are very close to power *now*?
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
it is quite possible that under a different Labour leader, the Tories would have a stonking majority.
With respect I think you need to lie down in a darkened room
Jezza achieved the highest Labour vote share in a long while in his last GE. Whatever else he is, he is a formidable campaigner.
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.
I say we nuke Westminster from orbit - it's the only way to be sure
I cannot begin to tell you how angry I am at politicians playing stupid bloody games, out of malice, ambition, ignorance, which will harm the future of this country and that of my family.
For reasons which need not concern anyone I actually own a proper yellow high-vis jacket. I am beginning to think that hurling paving stones at the utter wankers in Westminster is the only rational course of action.
I also possess a high vis jacket and I think i have a small crowbar as well. I will happily join you in cobblestone hurling as I have held all our politicians in contempt for some time now.
The problem the Tories are going to have with PM Corbyn is that his domestic agenda will prove alarmingly popular, but since it's anathema to Tories their opposition will harm them.
Also, he'll be PM fresh off the back of the Tories having betrayed Brexit, so he'll be buoyed up by the relieved remainers.
It doesn't make the blindest bit of difference whom the Prime Minister is if no approach to Brexit can command a majority in the House of Commons.
By which I mean, of course, an approach that a majority is willing actually to vote for, rather than to mutter about.
Either one is found or No Deal happens by default next March. All else is noise.
Indeed. Some other Tory, Corbyn, whoever, these are minor issues, the big problem is getting something, anything, through, and yet Tories are too busy sorting out their leadership campaigns and Corbyn is only after a GE.
And every day is another day nearer to March 29th.
Then I have a solution - Parliament legislates to move us to the Julian Calendar, buying us another 2 weeks of time.
Snore. Do these idiots think it even matters if a wolf actually shows up now? Why are they even leaking these details, just send the letter and Brady will tell everyone when it is relevant.
It doesn't make the blindest bit of difference whom the Prime Minister is if no approach to Brexit can command a majority in the House of Commons.
By which I mean, of course, an approach that a majority is willing actually to vote for, rather than to mutter about.
Either one is found or No Deal happens by default next March. All else is noise.
Indeed. Some other Tory, Corbyn, whoever, these are minor issues, the big problem is getting something, anything, through, and yet Tories are too busy sorting out their leadership campaigns and Corbyn is only after a GE.
And every day is another day nearer to March 29th.
Then I have a solution - Parliament legislates to move us to the Julian Calendar, buying us another 2 weeks of time.
Sadly, Exit under the Treaty is set by reference to the time in Brussels, which is why it's 11PM at the moment.
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Could be.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va_Rmpd3PZI
The leavers would then have nowhere to hide, it would all be entirely in their hands, no more excuses. They would collectively soil themselves.
So would George Osborne CH.
The UK continues to provide other EU members with the best advert for not leaving !
TROLOLOLOLOLOLO
Must have Crossrail....
Even when IDS lost and there was a coronation in 2003 there was a week between the vote and the new leader being ratified. He was caretaker leader in between. So we should be safe till at least 18th December, even if she lost a vote tomorrow.
I haven’t searched yet but I don’t think Betfair have a price for him.
The government being held in contempt?
Labour are opposing just fine. What they're failing at is providing a credible alternative.
At least it’s a pleasant thought, though, rather than all this politics malarkey.
Are they right this time?
Corbyn is a disaster for labour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-46506969
Shortly before the Commons began considering Ivory Bill amendments, SNP MP Stewart M. McDonald raised a point of order with the Speaker, accusing veteran Labour MP, Dennis Skinner, of calling him "a piece of shit".
Mr Skinner sits in front of Mr McDonald in the Commons, and allegedly made the remark during the emergency debate, after the SNP MP told a party colleague that he wished Jeremy Corbyn would answer a question.
It's reported Mr Skinner defended his comment as "putting [him] in [his] place".
Mr McDonald said he'd tried to deal with the incident informally but Dennis Skinner showed no signs of regret. He asked the Speaker to "re-affirm that it's wrong and can you re-affirm that members on all sides should be able to go about this place without being at the tail end of that kind of abuse".
The Speaker John Bercow said he'd advised the MP to deal with the matter outside the debating chamber, and would "not presume to comment on a conversation I did not hear".
He said MPs should be able to disagree with one another "agreeably or reasonably agreeably" and whilst he didn't want anyone to be abused he'd known Dennis Skinner for 21 years and held him "in the highest esteem".
They could choose to stay in post until a new leader is elected or resign in favour of another Conservative MP who would temporarily be Prime Minister until the leadership contest is over. This would be an unusual situation."
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/conservative-party-leadership-challenges
That might help.
It will make All Out War and Fall Out look like chicken feed.
By which I mean, of course, an approach that a majority is willing actually to vote for, rather than to mutter about.
Either one is found or No Deal happens by default next March. All else is noise.
The chaos is on the government benches.
FPT:
I also possess a high vis jacket and I think i have a small crowbar as well. I will happily join you in cobblestone hurling as I have held all our politicians in contempt for some time now.
(Though I agree a competent leader could be doing better, but having Labour on 40%, a historically high vote share, is not bad for a leader as shit at leading as Corbyn)
Was a gag gift to be worn at someone's birthday.
https://twitter.com/Mike_Fabricant/status/1072555646996877314
In todays Sky poll 45% want TM to do Brexit and just 22% Corbyn - and you think he is an asset
He has pulled off a very cunning plan. The Tories are fighting like rats in a sack, while he eats popcorn from the opposing benches.
Fabricant is humouring her, that's all. He's probably already sent his letter.
https://twitter.com/jessphillips/status/1072479807370420225?s=19
it's just a different form of straightjacket.
For both May and Corbyn there is nothing to lose from simply allowing the clock to run down. He gets what he wants; God alone knows what she's up to, but the one thing she seems least disposed to do is pack her bags and go back to Maidenhead. And they're being allowed to get away with it because MPs are unwilling or unable to intervene.
And every day is another day nearer to March 29th.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/china-holds-canadian-ex-diplomat-michael-kovrig-in-tit-for-tat-dispute-0sxsstzg8
Also, he'll be PM fresh off the back of the Tories having betrayed Brexit, so he'll be buoyed up by the relieved remainers.
"The teachers don't like him ... but it's got to be Michael, it's GOT to be Michael"