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edited October 2016 in General

imagepoliticalbetting.com » Blog Archive » Another female UKIP leader is set to do a tribute to Lady Jane Grey as rumours swirl Diane James has quit as UKIP leader after just 18 days

John Stevens is The Daily Mail’s Bruxelles correspondent, so this appears to be a well sourced story. After Suzanne Evans’ memorably short stint as UKIP leader, could Nigel Farage about to be the comeback kid, again.

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  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 22,107
    edited October 2016
    UKIP WTF.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    edited October 2016
    Second....the Number of weeks the ukip leader lasted.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,321
    may the farce be with you.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,097
    4th party leadership election this year?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    edited October 2016
    I was first, but like Diane James I resigned almost immediately...

    EDIT. Oh.

    @DMcCaffreySKY: NEW: Looks like @DianeJamesMEP is on verge of resigning as UKIP leader due to her husbands ill health. More to follow.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 55,966
    Doesn't she realise that it is rude to try and be more disorganised than Labour? The Labour Party has spent *years* on their current chaos....
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    farage-time... took a little longer than the last lady kipper leader...

    surely not true??
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,097
    Carswell on a train to Birmingham tomorrow?
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    Wow. How do UKIP up with all these changes?

  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Is she on the way to Birmingham for 30 pieces of silver (and a safe seat) ?

  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    edited October 2016
    What ?
    See wants to resign as leader of her political party because she had a row at a cafe ?

    Is she so sensitive ?
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,321
    https://twitter.com/DMcCaffreySKY/status/783396164217475072
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 22,107
    If only UKIP could have stuck at screwing up their own chances rather than screwing up the country.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @GuardianAnushka: So if Diane James is quitting - Steven Woolfe can submit his application on time and Suzanne Evans appears to be a member again.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 56,000
    Is this just in case Theresa was feeling any pressure from anywhere? It is very easy to laugh at the Americans (and I do) and their truly terrible choice but our own politics is completely dysfunctional at the moment.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    serious...

    Douglas Carswell MP ‏@DouglasCarswell 26s
    27 seconds ago

    In the middle of supper. Not taking calls about UKIP stuff. It's shepherds pie, by the way
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,097
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.

    Yes, that's one of your worst.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,321
    https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/783396572268793856
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Scott_P said:

    @GuardianAnushka: So if Diane James is quitting - Steven Woolfe can submit his application on time and Suzanne Evans appears to be a member again.

    Is Douglas Carswell eligible this time ?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    dr_spyn said:

    https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/783396572268793856

    Summoning his best jezza impression.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,123
    I think she is trying to outdo Big Sam Allerdyce in terms of longevity.....and succeeded.

    Seriously, I couldn't understand why Paul Nuttall wasn't the anointed leader post Farage. Am I missing something......has he got Chukka sized skeletons lurking somewhere......he just seems to be the perfect fit for a UKIP that wants to challenge Labour in it's heartlands. He is the leader Labour would be terrified of.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 40,378
    UKIP Wars: Nigel Strikes Back
  • TCPoliticalBettingTCPoliticalBetting Posts: 10,819
    UQIT = UKIP
  • MyBurningEarsMyBurningEars Posts: 3,651
    Lib Dems on half of UKIP's poll ratings and with your vibrant dynamic media-friendly hard-campaigning leader, read this and weep.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    tyson said:

    I think she is trying to outdo Big Sam Allerdyce in terms of longevity.....and succeeded.

    Seriously, I couldn't understand why Paul Nuttall wasn't the anointed leader post Farage. Am I missing something......has he got Chukka sized skeletons lurking somewhere......he just seems to be the perfect fit for a UKIP that wants to challenge Labour in it's heartlands. He is the leader Labour would be terrified of.

    He didn't get his money down on time. There was also the matter if not declaring a previous criminal conviction.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Scott_P said:

    I was first, but like Diane James I resigned almost immediately...

    EDIT. Oh.

    @DMcCaffreySKY: NEW: Looks like @DianeJamesMEP is on verge of resigning as UKIP leader due to her husbands ill health. More to follow.

    So Diane James had a row in a EU Parliament café because her husband is not well ?

    Poor husband. He is being blamed for everything.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    https://twitter.com/twlldun/status/783393435210354689
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,274
    foxinsoxuk said:

    Is she on the way to Birmingham for 30 pieces of silver (and a safe seat) ?

    Or maybe because she sees the future is only with the conservative party
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    I bet someone had a bet that she would resign within 30 days.
  • ArtistArtist Posts: 1,893
    edited October 2016
    I remember Diane James pulled out of standing at the last General election for unspecified reasons.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    Sandpit said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.

    Yes, that's one of your worst.
    I am the Punmaster-General
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/ladpolitics/status/783398163864576000
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    edited October 2016
    MaxPB said:

    UKIP Wars: Nigel Strikes Back

    Ah, but will there be A New Hope or will it be a Return of the Farage?
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    She hasn't been caught by the Telegraph drinking a pint of wine in a Chinese, while asking for £400k for advice on how to legally get around immigration visas?
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Artist said:

    I remember Diane James pulled out of standing at the last General election for unspecified reasons.

    She said that her mother was ill, if I remember correctly.

    Hmm. A pattern emerges.
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584
    surbiton said:

    I bet someone had a bet that she would resign within 30 days.


    Farage?

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I am the Punmaster-General

    I was waiting for an 80s music thread, but...

    Batman crashed a vase over the villain's head with a load T'Pau!

    Ed: Don't you mean KAPOW!

    No, he had china in his hand...
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Speedy said:

    Artist said:

    I remember Diane James pulled out of standing at the last General election for unspecified reasons.

    She said that her mother was ill, if I remember correctly.

    Hmm. A pattern emerges.
    Very unhealthy family.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 56,314
    Perhaps after getting his life back, Farage discovered that he didn't like it much so decided to get his job back.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,942
    Now we're leaving trhe EU why don't UKIP just disband?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    Scott_P said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I am the Punmaster-General

    I was waiting for an 80s music thread, but...

    Batman crashed a vase over the villain's head with a load T'Pau!

    Ed: Don't you mean KAPOW!

    No, he had china in his hand...
    Genius
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/ladpolitics/status/783398163864576000

    I want to know what odds are Ladbrokes giving on Diane James being the next UKIP leader ?
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Sandpit said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.

    Yes, that's one of your worst.
    I am the Punmaster-General
    no really, that is bad. I mean mark reckless level bad.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    surbiton said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/ladpolitics/status/783398163864576000

    I want to know what odds are Ladbrokes giving on Diane James being the next UKIP leader ?
    You mean if she un-resigns ?
  • ThomasNasheThomasNashe Posts: 5,334
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    serious...

    Douglas Carswell MP ‏@DouglasCarswell 26s
    27 seconds ago

    In the middle of supper. Not taking calls about UKIP stuff. It's shepherds pie, by the way

    Good to hear: no foreign muck
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Speedy said:

    surbiton said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/ladpolitics/status/783398163864576000

    I want to know what odds are Ladbrokes giving on Diane James being the next UKIP leader ?
    You mean if she un-resigns ?
    No. She resigns. Then decides to contest the leadership election. You think it is a farce. You have seen nothing yet.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    terrible night for labour if so... he can reach a lot more reds than diane could.

    https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/783399258259132416
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    @HurstLlama

    Sliding Gerber dates from 1936... terribly new fangled! But still the best way to call for a slam as it allows for more asks than Blackwood.

    An 11-12 WNT open is great for frustrating an opponent though
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    I wonder which UKIP planner came up with the idea of how they should sabotage the Tory conference this year.

  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 56,314
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    And selected as the candidate for Clacton.
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Will Carswell be a UKIP MP at the end of 2016 ?
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,629
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    terrible night for labour if so... he can reach a lot more reds than diane could.

    https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/783399258259132416

    And we were told we should be afraid of James' appeal to the Southern Tories.. titter :D
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    Why leave as leader of a major political party to join as a small functionary in another major political party ?

    Sounds like a demotion.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Sandpit said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.

    Yes, that's one of your worst.
    I am the Punmaster-General
    no really, that is bad. I mean mark reckless level bad.
    You're just jealous of my punning abilities.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    https://twitter.com/Redpeter99/status/783400338112086016
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    2020 nailed on?

    http://blogs.channel4.com/gary-gibbon-on-politics/tories-increase-majority-dup-deal/33628
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    Donald trump will be livetweeting his reactions to pence/kaine.

    What could possibly go wrong?
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    surbiton said:

    Will Carswell be a UKIP MP at the end of 2016 ?

    he barely is now... does he go to ukip conferences?
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    https://twitter.com/Redpeter99/status/783400338112086016

    This one looks better:

    https://twitter.com/DarrenMWinter/status/783393568379449345
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/conorpope/status/783400816589803521
  • HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    FrancisUrquhart said:

    She hasn't been caught by the Telegraph drinking a pint of wine in a Chinese, while asking for £400k for advice on how to legally get around immigration visas?

    A pint of wine in a chinese? Dreadful if true. There were a group of us in the late 1980s who used to meet up in a curry house in Westminster and we would be served "Bull's Blood", a bulgarian wine, by the pint. Everything seemed to work out OK.
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    surbiton said:

    Will Carswell be a UKIP MP at the end of 2016 ?

    I don't know, he could stand for the UKIP leadership though, I think this time he is eligible since it's been more than 2 years that he is in UKIP.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,021
    @hrtbps: I'm hearing from sources that Diane James was caught in an undercover sting claiming immigrants "are people too." Had to go.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,274
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    Find out tomorrow maybe at Birmingham just prior to Theresa's speech
  • MarkHopkinsMarkHopkins Posts: 5,584

    UKIP announce the launch of their new app: iQuit.

  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/783401236011839488
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,321
    https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/783401849386897413
  • ThreeQuidderThreeQuidder Posts: 6,133
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Sandpit said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    I've just stuck in the most appalling pun in PB history.

    Yes, that's one of your worst.
    I am the Punmaster-General
    no really, that is bad. I mean mark reckless level bad.
    Don't make me tell my favourite bad joke.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 56,314
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/783401236011839488

    UKIP really is some kind of bizarre cult.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/conorpope/status/783400816589803521

    which one?
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 10,218
    Let's face it, Cameron was UKIP's principal recruiting sergeant. Many Kippers - however misguidedly - will see May as one of there own and will flood to the Tories. I suspect the UKIP leadership have realized this and know their time is up.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Speedy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    Why leave as leader of a major political party to join as a small functionary in another major political party ?

    Sounds like a demotion.
    A party with 0.15% of MPs, 0.37% of Lords and 2.37% of Councillors is a "major party"?

    More chance of holding office as a Tory than UKIP leader.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 35,368
    HurstLlama said:

    FrancisUrquhart said:

    She hasn't been caught by the Telegraph drinking a pint of wine in a Chinese, while asking for £400k for advice on how to legally get around immigration visas?

    A pint of wine in a chinese? Dreadful if true. There were a group of us in the late 1980s who used to meet up in a curry house in Westminster and we would be served "Bull's Blood", a bulgarian wine, by the pint. Everything seemed to work out OK.
    Bulls Blood is Hungarian. Just saying.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,629
    williamglenn said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/783401236011839488

    UKIP really is some kind of bizarre cult.
    Is that serious? Might explain why she didn't do any of the hustings.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    For the sake of the 4m they should disband.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 35,368
    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Speedy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    Why leave as leader of a major political party to join as a small functionary in another major political party ?

    Sounds like a demotion.
    A party with 0.15% of MPs, 0.37% of Lords and 2.37% of Councillors is a "major party"?

    More chance of holding office as a Tory than UKIP leader.
    4m voters.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,194
    GIN1138 said:

    Now we're leaving trhe EU why don't UKIP just disband?

    Unless we not only leave the single market but end free movement completely and immigration falls to near zero in 2020 UKIP will not disband
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,274
    williamglenn said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/783401236011839488

    UKIP really is some kind of bizarre cult.
    Well it's not unique now that labour is a fully paid up cult movement.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,274
    Still not on Sky or the BBC
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 10,218
    OldKingCole said:

    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
    I detect Farage's fingerprints all over this. Being Trump's court jester wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He wants to be idolized on his own shores again.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    surbiton said:

    Will Carswell be a UKIP MP at the end of 2016 ?

    I think the only reason he hasn't quit is that at the moment Carswell is basically a glorified independent MP responsible to no whip but with the trimmings of being the sole MP in a party that means he can get media attention any time he wants it.

    If for some reason someone was able to stamp authority on UKIP I think Carswell would quit. Right now he's laughing and has no need to.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 56,314
    Stark_Dawning said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
    I detect Farage's fingerprints all over this. Being Trump's court jester wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He wants to be idolized on his own shores again.
    Perhaps Trump put him up to it. "You and me, Nige. We could rule the world!"
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    TOPPING said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Speedy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Could Diane James have quit in order to defect to the Tories under Theresa?

    That would be the ultimate defection. :D

    Why leave as leader of a major political party to join as a small functionary in another major political party ?

    Sounds like a demotion.
    A party with 0.15% of MPs, 0.37% of Lords and 2.37% of Councillors is a "major party"?

    More chance of holding office as a Tory than UKIP leader.
    4m voters.
    Being a First Past the Post nation makes that moot. We've just voted to lose our only PR Parliament. Besides I suspect that is not true anymore I suspect.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 39,247
    Maybe UKIP have concluded - like Ian Birrell - that you can't put a cigarette paper between them and the Conservatives any more.

    I was certainly pleased to learn that the ECHR will no longer apply to British soldiers in wartime conditions.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,274
    Just breaking on Sky
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    Now we're leaving trhe EU why don't UKIP just disband?

    Unless we not only leave the single market but end free movement completely and immigration falls to near zero in 2020 UKIP will not disband
    Immigration near zero? Isn't that the BNP you're describing not UKIP?
  • HurstLlamaHurstLlama Posts: 9,098
    Charles said:

    @HurstLlama

    Sliding Gerber dates from 1936... terribly new fangled! But still the best way to call for a slam as it allows for more asks than Blackwood.

    An 11-12 WNT open is great for frustrating an opponent though

    Mr. Charles, my original comment was about openings, not slam systems. I hoped you would have picked up on the fact from my response. I did after all ignore your references to Blackwood and Gerber.

    I suppose that there are still some who seek the slam above all else but ,in my experience, in rubber or competition tables, they will come out the losers.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 44,496
    Sean_F said:

    Maybe UKIP have concluded - like Ian Birrell - that you can't put a cigarette paper between them and the Conservatives any more.

    I was certainly pleased to learn that the ECHR will no longer apply to British soldiers in wartime conditions.

    Returning to the fold klaxon.
  • brokenwheelbrokenwheel Posts: 3,352
    edited October 2016
    Theuniondivvie said:

    Sean_F said:

    Maybe UKIP have concluded - like Ian Birrell - that you can't put a cigarette paper between them and the Conservatives any more.

    I was certainly pleased to learn that the ECHR will no longer apply to British soldiers in wartime conditions.

    Returning to the fold klaxon.
    They are going to be very disappointed eventually.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/mr_eugenides/status/783405384371310592
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    HurstLlama said:

    FrancisUrquhart said:

    She hasn't been caught by the Telegraph drinking a pint of wine in a Chinese, while asking for £400k for advice on how to legally get around immigration visas?

    A pint of wine in a chinese? Dreadful if true. There were a group of us in the late 1980s who used to meet up in a curry house in Westminster and we would be served "Bull's Blood", a bulgarian wine, by the pint. Everything seemed to work out OK.
    It's Hungarian
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476
    williamglenn said:

    Stark_Dawning said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
    I detect Farage's fingerprints all over this. Being Trump's court jester wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He wants to be idolized on his own shores again.
    Perhaps Trump put him up to it. "You and me, Nige. We could rule the world!"
    Now that would be a special relationship. Better than the days of Ronnie and Maggie.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 44,496
    https://twitter.com/banalyst/status/783403837650530304
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    williamglenn said:

    Stark_Dawning said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
    I detect Farage's fingerprints all over this. Being Trump's court jester wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He wants to be idolized on his own shores again.
    Perhaps Trump put him up to it. "You and me, Nige. We could rule the world!"
    There is a slight flaw in the plan, they will have to be elected President and PM first.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:

    williamglenn said:

    Stark_Dawning said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Scott_P said:

    @ZoraSuleman: Nigel Farage told #LBC he doesnt want to comment on Diane James leaving the party - hasnt ruled out returning as leader of #UKIP

    Leaving the party; not just resigning as leader?
    I detect Farage's fingerprints all over this. Being Trump's court jester wasn't all it was cracked up to be. He wants to be idolized on his own shores again.
    Perhaps Trump put him up to it. "You and me, Nige. We could rule the world!"
    Now that would be a special relationship. Better than the days of Ronnie and Maggie.
    I don't remember Ronnie & Maggie been quite so keen on Russian dictators though.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    HurstLlama said:

    Charles said:

    @HurstLlama

    Sliding Gerber dates from 1936... terribly new fangled! But still the best way to call for a slam as it allows for more asks than Blackwood.

    An 11-12 WNT open is great for frustrating an opponent though

    Mr. Charles, my original comment was about openings, not slam systems. I hoped you would have picked up on the fact from my response. I did after all ignore your references to Blackwood and Gerber.

    I suppose that there are still some who seek the slam above all else but ,in my experience, in rubber or competition tables, they will come out the losers.
    The Norman 4NT is superior to both Blackwood and Gerber . Competition depends on whether scoring is MPS , IMPS or Teams as to whether Slams are of great importance .
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