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If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
Of course the Brexit Party are standing in every seat. And of course they will be attacking whatever shagger's deal is. Or even his no deal. No deal won't be no dealy enough. Will have failed to deliver the unicorn cake. Etc
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Oh and the Brexit Party PPB also uses the " No Vote, No Voice, No Veto " slogan against ' The Surrender Treaty '. Coined of course by Sam Gyimah when he resigned from Givernment to vote against May's deal from a europhile direction. He is of course now a Liberal Democrat MP. Funny old world.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Sounds good. All it needs is for parliament to pass a law to that effect.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Don't be stupid...its about the rule of law...we aren't a dictatorship yet.....
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
I think one of the most compelling pieces of evidence that May's deal is in fact a very good deal is that Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Jeremy Corbyn are all so opposed to it.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Preventing the PM from ignoring the law is not a political act
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
No - they are highly judicial.
They would only become political if appointed by PM.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Labour whilst screaming that the evil tories are starving and / or killing people are content to leave those evil people in power .... go figure.
Ok, figured: An election hands more power to the PM during the election campaign, because there no MPs any more. Given the PM can't be trusted to uphold the law -- as the courts have found -- it would be irresponsible of them call an election until The Letter has been sent.
That said, a legitimate way out would be to find a compromise candidate -- Ken Clarke would do -- to be interim PM. So that's VONC, advise HM that Clarke can win a confidence vote, Clarke sends the letter, amend FTPA to schedule a November election, Clarke retires to the Lords when a new government forms.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Isn’t the committee independent, and there’s no veto on their decision? I might be thinking of something else.
In any case, political appointments would be the absolute worst.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Glad to see leavers now agreeing that we don't need to repatriate powers to make laws to British Parliamentarians and British courts because both have far too much power to make laws.
Time for a fatherly dictatorship. And Boris and his Johnson have already fathered a lot. So he knows what he's doing when it comes down to "technology lessons"
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Preventing the PM from ignoring the law is not a political act
Agreed. But don’t fall into the trap of thinking like some leavers in that the SC is there to stop Brexit or deliberately hobble the government. If whatever chicanery the government uses (if it does at all) is legal then the SC won’t come running to the rescue. It’s there for law and law alone. It’s what the government may do is lawful then....well you have to respect the decision.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Trump is a media golden goose, who sells clicks like nothing else on earth. Sure, he's trashing democracy, but all the NYT gives a fuck about is banner ad views.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Glad to see leavers now agreeing that we don't need to repatriate powers to make laws to British Parliamentarians and British courts because both have far too much power to make laws.
Time for a fatherly dictatorship. And Boris and his Johnson have already fathered a lot. So he knows what he's doing when it comes down to "technology lessons"
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
Really? You Leavers embarrass yourselves so much.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Isn’t the committee independent, and there’s no veto on their decision? I might be thinking of something else.
In any case, political appointments would be the absolute worst.
The Judicial Appointments Commission plays a role in the process.
Of course the Brexit Party are standing in every seat. And of course they will be attacking whatever shagger's deal is. Or even his no deal. No deal won't be no dealy enough. Will have failed to deliver the unicorn cake. Etc
And they will score about what UKIP scored in 2015, aka 12% of the vote and nul points in the commons.
Which was enough to give the Tories a majority.
And that was before the Lib Dems started cannibalising the Labour vote.
Speaking of which, judging from your avatar do I take it you have accepted Jo Swinson into your heart as your lord and saviour? I'm surprised as I thought you were a democrat and revoke is decidedly un-democratic.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
It is quite well done, although the focus on a Boris/May deal contradicts Richard Tice earlier in the week saying it was obvious Brexit wouldn't happen on October 31st.
Of course the Brexit Party are standing in every seat. And of course they will be attacking whatever shagger's deal is. Or even his no deal. No deal won't be no dealy enough. Will have failed to deliver the unicorn cake. Etc
And they will score about what UKIP scored in 2015, aka 12% of the vote and nul points in the commons.
Which was enough to give the Tories a majority.
And that was before the Lib Dems started cannibalising the Labour vote.
Speaking of which, judging from your avatar do I take it you have accepted Jo Swinson into your heart as your lord and saviour? I'm surprised as I thought you were a democrat and revoke is decidedly un-democratic.
So a government elected by a majority vote introducing it's manifesto policies is un-democratic?
Another fool with no idea how our democratic system works
Well, Dominic Cummings is officially more deluded than Charles VI of France, who refused to let anyone touch him because he thought he was made of glass.
But that doesn't necessarily mean MPs are judging the mood correctly either.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Trump is a media golden goose, who sells clicks like nothing else on earth. Sure, he's trashing democracy, but all the NYT gives a fuck about is banner ad views.
I think it was the ALCU who candidly referred to " the Trump Bump " as their fundraising has exploded since he was elected. The NYT CEO gave an equally candid interview citing Trump as a big driver in its very healthy online subscription growth. ( The NYT is now in profit and recruiting extra newsroom staff. Quite something in today's media environment )
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Trump is a media golden goose, who sells clicks like nothing else on earth. Sure, he's trashing democracy, but all the NYT gives a fuck about is banner ad views.
Do you really think that - the journalists there do an amazing job in trying to bring these corrupt bastards to account for themselves. All your side want is to sell our country and our values off to the likes of them. If we have a no deal, I hope this country turns into a heap of shit. I am sick of hearing about the 17.4million. There are 68 million people living here...millions of whom pay tax but got no vote. Nobody born in this millenium had a vote. I really could not care less about the referendum result. Leaving the EU is a stupid idea, believed in by stupid people, led by tossers who could not give a fig for the welfare of the less well off. You think Jacob and Nigel give a flying fuck about ordinary families and their problems. You think Boris does?
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
He's officiallly more deluded than the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
He does sound weirdly confident. And there are intriguing reports of Boris being far bouncier than one would expect.
Hmm. Do they possibly have a cunning plan, after all? What could it possibly be??!!
I hope they surprise us on the upside; I doubt they will.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .
Isn't the general rule that when someone goes public on how you don't need to worry, because something is easy and going well, you should worry a lot, because it's difficult and going badly?
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Wall to wall coverage here in the US. NPR are carrying the committee hearings in full, interspersed with experts making comparisons with Nixon (the most pertinent being that it needs a piece of killer evidence to turn public opinion); meanwhile the talk stations churn out pro-Trump stuff and damn the whole story as part of the never ending witch hunt.
Meanwhile the rumour is that Trump thinks he now has the religious nuts sewn up and is looking for a female running mate to replace Pence
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
I don't think that's correct. The WA settles fairly few issues, the political declaration is not legally binding. The largest part of future EU-UK relations is yet to be negotiated. Where we are now is just the first step of many more to come, and even the WA, if and when ratified, could just be reneged on by a Tory/BXP government.
If Boris/Dom tries another legal trick to suspend or delay legislation I would expect SC to grant an immediate injunction to stop it. And to call them in to answer for Contempt of Court.
Basically what you are saying is the Supreme Court (a new Labour invention) is highly political.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Leaving the EU is a stupid idea, believed in by stupid people, led by tossers who could not give a fig for the welfare of the less well off. You think Jacob and Nigel give a flying fuck about ordinary families and their problems. You think Boris does?
I agree with you. My avatar might need some explanation. Firstly, it's gone midnight and the Vote Leave bus has turned back into a pumpkin. Secondly, it stemmed from a conversation about some Leavers not even having a single candle burning in the empty vegetable hollow that is their head. If you thought I was a Leaver, you thought wrong.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Are they threatening to do it to invoke a response I wonder.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Are they threatening to do it to invoke a response I wonder.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
That's the flaw in the purported plan. By law Bozo has to ask for the extension by 19 Oct and there is time enough to depose and replace him after that, whatever way he finds to avoid sending the letter.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Anyone with half a brain would have done it already.
Unfortunately, Corbyn doesn't even have half a brain.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Are they threatening to do it to invoke a response I wonder.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
That's the flaw in the purported plan. By law Bozo has to ask for the extension by 19 Oct and there is time enough to depose and replace him after that, whatever way he finds to avoid sending the letter.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
I don't think that's correct. The WA settles fairly few issues, the political declaration is not legally binding. The largest part of future EU-UK relations is yet to be negotiated. Where we are now is just the first step of many more to come, and even the WA, if and when ratified, could just be reneged on by a Tory/BXP government.
Reneging on the withdrawal agreement isn't the same as leaving though.
It's just not possible to leave twice. If we've already left, we can't leave again. Unless Farage wants to rejoin just so that we can leave with No Deal. Who knows?
Well, Dominic Cummings is officially more deluded than Charles VI of France, who refused to let anyone touch him because he thought he was made of glass.
But that doesn't necessarily mean MPs are judging the mood correctly either.
That may well be true.
But MPs have surgeries, receive correspondence from their voters, are out and about in their constituencies and have been elected.
Cummings has been elected by no-one. Who does he talk to? Whom does he represent? How dare an unelected administrator lecture people who have actually bothered to go to the effort to get themselves elected. He has no more right to be heard or to think himself important than any one of us here or a random person in the street. He has one vote just like the rest of us.
He is displaying the same sort of arrogance that Brexiteers usually accuse Eurocrats of displaying.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
Anyone with half a brain would have done it already.
Unfortunately, Corbyn doesn't even have half a brain.
He can't do it until he is sure that he or AN Other acceptable to him will be able to form a government. Otherwise Johnson stays PM, parliament stops sitting and we leave without a deal on 31 Oct. To do that, he has to show that all other options have been exhausted, otherwise the allies he needs, including a handful of Tory rebels, won't trust him.
I am far from Corbyn's biggest fan but I think he has been acting sensibly and responsibly on this issue, at least recently.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Wall to wall coverage here in the US. NPR are carrying the committee hearings in full, interspersed with experts making comparisons with Nixon (the most pertinent being that it needs a piece of killer evidence to turn public opinion); meanwhile the talk stations churn out pro-Trump stuff and damn the whole story as part of the never ending witch hunt.
Meanwhile the rumour is that Trump thinks he now has the religious nuts sewn up and is looking for a female running mate to replace Pence
Well, Dominic Cummings is officially more deluded than Charles VI of France, who refused to let anyone touch him because he thought he was made of glass.
But that doesn't necessarily mean MPs are judging the mood correctly either.
That may well be true.
But MPs have surgeries, receive correspondence from their voters, are out and about in their constituencies and have been elected.
Cummings has been elected by no-one. Who does he talk to? Whom does he represent? How dare an unelected administrator lecture people who have actually bothered to go to the effort to get themselves elected. He has no more right to be heard or to think himself important than any one of us here or a random person in the street. He has one vote just like the rest of us.
He is displaying the same sort of arrogance that Brexiteers usually accuse Eurocrats of displaying.
While I agree with you about Cummings, such straws in the wind as we are seeing suggest that whatever the actual rights and wrongs of the situation right now Parliament is making itself look ridiculous. That's not helpful. Their refusal to vote through a recess for the Tory conference was however emotionally satisfying for them both crass and, given the likely events at that conference, very foolish.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
That's the flaw in the purported plan. By law Bozo has to ask for the extension by 19 Oct and there is time enough to depose and replace him after that, whatever way he finds to avoid sending the letter.
Major was almost certainly hinting at the Civil Contingencies Act. Just as the Supreme Court was with its specific reasoning and device in the prorogation ruling. It's exactly the same reason and device they'd use to quash a State of Emergency declared under the CCA. It's another reason why it's a very well crafted ruling.
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
That's the flaw in the purported plan. By law Bozo has to ask for the extension by 19 Oct and there is time enough to depose and replace him after that, whatever way he finds to avoid sending the letter.
Major was almost certainly hinting at the Civil Contingencies Act. Just as the Supreme Court was with its specific reasoning and device in the prorogation ruling. It's exactly the same reason and device they'd use to quash a State of Emergency declared undrr the CCA. It's another reason why it's a very well crafted ruling.
He didn't mention the CCA. Although I believe Jo Maugham has warned that they might go down that route. Major certainly didn't mince his words, to see a Conservative PM speaking about his successor like that was quite remarkable.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Wall to wall coverage here in the US. NPR are carrying the committee hearings in full, interspersed with experts making comparisons with Nixon (the most pertinent being that it needs a piece of killer evidence to turn public opinion); meanwhile the talk stations churn out pro-Trump stuff and damn the whole story as part of the never ending witch hunt.
Meanwhile the rumour is that Trump thinks he now has the religious nuts sewn up and is looking for a female running mate to replace Pence
What’s Sarah Palin up to these days? 😁
Getting a divorce from Todd, so plenty of time on her hands.
The New York Times is going absolutely mental over the impeachment.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
Wall to wall coverage here in the US. NPR are carrying the committee hearings in full, interspersed with experts making comparisons with Nixon (the most pertinent being that it needs a piece of killer evidence to turn public opinion); meanwhile the talk stations churn out pro-Trump stuff and damn the whole story as part of the never ending witch hunt.
Meanwhile the rumour is that Trump thinks he now has the religious nuts sewn up and is looking for a female running mate to replace Pence
What’s Sarah Palin up to these days? 😁
Will Haley want to be pulled back into this vortex of shit?
Well, Dominic Cummings is officially more deluded than Charles VI of France, who refused to let anyone touch him because he thought he was made of glass.
But that doesn't necessarily mean MPs are judging the mood correctly either.
That may well be true.
But MPs have surgeries, receive correspondence from their voters, are out and about in their constituencies and have been elected.
Cummings has been elected by no-one. Who does he talk to? Whom does he represent? How dare an unelected administrator lecture people who have actually bothered to go to the effort to get themselves elected. He has no more right to be heard or to think himself important than any one of us here or a random person in the street. He has one vote just like the rest of us.
He is displaying the same sort of arrogance that Brexiteers usually accuse Eurocrats of displaying.
While I agree with you about Cummings, such straws in the wind as we are seeing suggest that whatever the actual rights and wrongs of the situation right now Parliament is making itself look ridiculous. That's not helpful. Their refusal to vote through a recess for the Tory conference was however emotionally satisfying for them both crass and, given the likely events at that conference, very foolish.
Agreed. Though I note that the opposition parties did offer a compromise re attendance to allow the Tory conference to go ahead, before the vote, which the Tories refused. So even there the fault is rather more evenly shared than you are assuming.
Parliament was elected by us. It reflects our divisions. I'd rather have a Parliament - however foolish - that I elect governing me than some elected nobody, no matter how clever he thinks he is, who thinks he can ignore the law.
I want to live "constrained by law but not constrained by tyranny". Such straws in the wind are there are suggest we may well end up subject to tyranny but have no law to protect us.
For all the hysterical blustering one fact remains.
The opposition parties could bring down the government tomorrow and install Corbyn as PM to deliver the extension request followed by an immediate GE.
If the country is in such grave danger why are they not taking this action?
1 they want Johnson to have to do it because it is a problem of his own making 2 I would trust corbyn as much as I trust Johnson to do the right thing
The way out is for Johnson who wants an election to seek an extension to morrow which when granted will allow him to seek a GE which could take place in October, what is wrong with that? Problem solved everybody gets what the want after all a 10% in time extension of article 50 is neither here or there to ant body without paranoid fears.
Apparently it's OK to call me a fool for suggesting that 52% is a higher number than 30% though.
Oh well.
Don't remember saying anything of the sort. The fool bit is that you think that a government elected in a 2019 election fulfilling the manifesto which got it elected to majority is "undemocratic". I am confident that you are aware that our system is first past the post thus national percentage vote tallies or percentages are largely irrelevant. That a majority government elected on 35% national percentage is as legitimate as a government elected on a 50% national percentage. That no parliament is bound by the laws or actions of its predecessors.
You surely know all this. That you disagree with it - and think that somehow overrides the reality - is the foolish bit. You and all the other people spouting the same nonsense.
He's officiallly more deluded than the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
He does sound weirdly confident. And there are intriguing reports of Boris being far bouncier than one would expect.
Hmm. Do they possibly have a cunning plan, after all? What could it possibly be??!!
I hope they surprise us on the upside; I doubt they will.
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .
You missed: "If you have no idea what's going on, tell everybody that everything is going according to plan, and that you're winning."
John Major warning the government might try to use an order of council to overrule the Benn act. Frightening stuff. I think parliament is going to have to VONC this government next month.
That's the flaw in the purported plan. By law Bozo has to ask for the extension by 19 Oct and there is time enough to depose and replace him after that, whatever way he finds to avoid sending the letter.
Major was almost certainly hinting at the Civil Contingencies Act. Just as the Supreme Court was with its specific reasoning and device in the prorogation ruling. It's exactly the same reason and device they'd use to quash a State of Emergency declared undrr the CCA. It's another reason why it's a very well crafted ruling.
He didn't mention the CCA. Although I believe Jo Maugham has warned that they might go down that route. Major certainly didn't mince his words, to see a Conservative PM speaking about his successor like that was quite remarkable.
It is not clear the conservative party survives this.
If you've not seen it do catch tonight's Brexit Party PPB. It clearly references a children's story telling show with Nigel Farage as the Narrator. It begins with the question " Why hasn't Brexit happened ? " then tells a story as it sees it.
What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
How could they campaign to leave with No Deal if we'd already left with a deal? Surely the scenario would have to be an extension?
I don't think that's correct. The WA settles fairly few issues, the political declaration is not legally binding. The largest part of future EU-UK relations is yet to be negotiated. Where we are now is just the first step of many more to come, and even the WA, if and when ratified, could just be reneged on by a Tory/BXP government.
Reneging on the withdrawal agreement isn't the same as leaving though.
It's just not possible to leave twice. If we've already left, we can't leave again. Unless Farage wants to rejoin just so that we can leave with No Deal. Who knows?
On the one hand, you are correct, of course, you can 'leave' only once.
On the other hand, it should ne noted that the content of the WA (citizens' rights, money, NI) is merely a side show in comparison to the real issues that come next, those are objectively more consequential by at least one order of magnitude, and if you succeed in selling the WA as BRINO to your audience, then there opens up a new opportunity for creating monumental mischief.
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What's fascinating is the political premise used for the future. The election it is clearly aimed is one where Boris has a deal and we have quite possibly left the EU.
Boris' deal is described as " The Surrender Treaty " and " Mrs May's deal in a blond wig ". It then simply reframes the classic Leave/Remain debate as The Surrender Treaty vs " a Clean Break ".
In my mind itt's clearly aimed an election where the Brexit Party is standing in every seat where the incumbent hasn't promised to/didn't vote against The Surrender Treaty.
That also chimes with both of Farage's narrative framing interventions in the last 48 hours.
Other's will take a different view but I would encourage everyone to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrzu37-ljI
Labour whilst screaming that the evil tories are starving and / or killing people are content to leave those evil people in power .... go figure.
Time to start appointing the Supreme Court by the PM.
They've just ran a piece of reactions to impeachment from "swing" voters where they fail to disclose things lile the swing voter has been to 23 Trump rallies, or the swing voter has voted straight Republican all their life etc.
They have just now all but outed the whistle-blower.
They would only become political if appointed by PM.
The current Supremes are appointed on the recommendation of the PM.
Then we could talk endlessly about Fudge Supreme.
An election hands more power to the PM during the election campaign, because there no MPs any more.
Given the PM can't be trusted to uphold the law -- as the courts have found -- it would be irresponsible of them call an election until The Letter has been sent.
That said, a legitimate way out would be to find a compromise candidate -- Ken Clarke would do -- to be interim PM. So that's VONC, advise HM that Clarke can win a confidence vote, Clarke sends the letter, amend FTPA to schedule a November election, Clarke retires to the Lords when a new government forms.
In any case, political appointments would be the absolute worst.
Time for a fatherly dictatorship. And Boris and his Johnson have already fathered a lot. So he knows what he's doing when it comes down to "technology lessons"
Sure, he's trashing democracy, but all the NYT gives a fuck about is banner ad views.
Which was enough to give the Tories a majority.
And that was before the Lib Dems started cannibalising the Labour vote.
Speaking of which, judging from your avatar do I take it you have accepted Jo Swinson into your heart as your lord and saviour? I'm surprised as I thought you were a democrat and revoke is decidedly un-democratic.
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1177300434228326400?s=21
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Another fool with no idea how our democratic system works
A couple of times I've said he's bad but not as bad as May. I now have to admit I was wrong. He's worse. Much, much worse.
Mea culpa.
But that doesn't necessarily mean MPs are judging the mood correctly either.
All your side want is to sell our country and our values off to the likes of them. If we have a no deal, I hope this country turns into a heap of shit. I am sick of hearing about the 17.4million. There are 68 million people living here...millions of whom pay tax but got no vote. Nobody born in this millenium had a vote. I really could not care less about the referendum result. Leaving the EU is a stupid idea, believed in by stupid people, led by tossers who could not give a fig for the welfare of the less well off. You think Jacob and Nigel give a flying fuck about ordinary families and their problems. You think Boris does?
He's officiallly more deluded than the Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
Hmm. Do they possibly have a cunning plan, after all? What could it possibly be??!!
I hope they surprise us on the upside; I doubt they will.
Has he declared war on clouds for getting in the way of the sunlit uplands yet?
Meanwhile the rumour is that Trump thinks he now has the religious nuts sewn up and is looking for a female running mate to replace Pence
The largest part of future EU-UK relations is yet to be negotiated.
Where we are now is just the first step of many more to come, and even the WA, if and when ratified, could just be reneged on by a Tory/BXP government.
No.
Honestly nostalgic for May. She was inept, but at least she wasn't using the Bannon playbook.
- Confused of Scotland
My avatar might need some explanation. Firstly, it's gone midnight and the Vote Leave bus has turned back into a pumpkin.
Secondly, it stemmed from a conversation about some Leavers not even having a single candle burning in the empty vegetable hollow that is their head.
If you thought I was a Leaver, you thought wrong.
Unfortunately, Corbyn doesn't even have half a brain.
Oh well.
https://twitter.com/StewartWood/status/1177178027723231232
Will we ever see a conservative party again?
Mind, I felt like that about thirty seconds after he'd kissed hands.
It's just not possible to leave twice. If we've already left, we can't leave again. Unless Farage wants to rejoin just so that we can leave with No Deal. Who knows?
But MPs have surgeries, receive correspondence from their voters, are out and about in their constituencies and have been elected.
Cummings has been elected by no-one. Who does he talk to? Whom does he represent? How dare an unelected administrator lecture people who have actually bothered to go to the effort to get themselves elected. He has no more right to be heard or to think himself important than any one of us here or a random person in the street. He has one vote just like the rest of us.
He is displaying the same sort of arrogance that Brexiteers usually accuse Eurocrats of displaying.
I am far from Corbyn's biggest fan but I think he has been acting sensibly and responsibly on this issue, at least recently.
The opposition parties could bring down the government tomorrow and install Corbyn as PM to deliver the extension request followed by an immediate GE.
If the country is in such grave danger why are they not taking this action?
It is not an integer or counting number.
Because of the wonderful things Corbyn does
One of those graphs that suddenly switches all of a sudden at some point?
Parliament was elected by us. It reflects our divisions. I'd rather have a Parliament - however foolish - that I elect governing me than some elected nobody, no matter how clever he thinks he is, who thinks he can ignore the law.
I want to live "constrained by law but not constrained by tyranny". Such straws in the wind are there are suggest we may well end up subject to tyranny but have no law to protect us.
Glad I'm on at 18.
2 I would trust corbyn as much as I trust Johnson to do the right thing
The way out is for Johnson who wants an election to seek an extension to morrow which when granted will allow him to seek a GE which could take place in October, what is wrong with that? Problem solved everybody gets what the want after all a 10% in time extension of article 50 is neither here or there to ant body without paranoid fears.
You surely know all this. That you disagree with it - and think that somehow overrides the reality - is the foolish bit. You and all the other people spouting the same nonsense.
Because most of them are aware that awful as Johnson is, Corbyn is somehow much, much worse.
On the other hand, it should ne noted that the content of the WA (citizens' rights, money, NI) is merely a side show in comparison to the real issues that come next, those are objectively more consequential by at least one order of magnitude, and if you succeed in selling the WA as BRINO to your audience, then there opens up a new opportunity for creating monumental mischief.