The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie looks promising.
Heath Ledger was the best Joker. No contest.
The opposition is 66 Cesar Romero, 89 Jack Nicholson, ?? Jared Leto, and that bloke from Gotham, all overacting like crazy. It's not a difficult contest.
Was it really? Oh well. Nevertheless, it deserves re-airing given today... On which front. Does Trump have advisers? If they'd said he wasn't well. A 72 year old being unwell...solemn statement of regret, etc...fair enough. Because it is raining. No. Guess his ego brooks no weakness.
Was it really? Oh well. Nevertheless, it deserves re-airing given today... On which front. Does Trump have advisers? If they'd said he wasn't well. A 72 year old being unwell...solemn statement of regret, etc...fair enough. Because it is raining. No.
The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie looks promising.
Heath Ledger was the best Joker. No contest.
The opposition is 66 Cesar Romero, 89 Jack Nicholson, ?? Jared Leto, and that bloke from Gotham, all overacting like crazy. It's not a difficult contest.
The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie looks promising.
Heath Ledger was the best Joker. No contest.
The opposition is 66 Cesar Romero, 89 Jack Nicholson, ?? Jared Leto, and that bloke from Gotham, all overacting like crazy. It's not a difficult contest.
The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie looks promising.
Heath Ledger was the best Joker. No contest.
The opposition is 66 Cesar Romero, 89 Jack Nicholson, ?? Jared Leto, and that bloke from Gotham, all overacting like crazy. It's not a difficult contest.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for. I shall have to abstain next time. A plague on all your houses.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for. I shall have to abstain next time. A plague on all your houses.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for. I shall have to abstain next time. A plague on all your houses.
You could stand.
I could but how would I win against Nick Herbert with a24000 majority(or thereabouts) There are elements within the Tory party that are making it impossible for me to vote Tory. I just can't. Herbert will win anyway, my vote is worthless .
The Batman obsession led me to fret, because – Superman aside – these heroes are bad role models. The superhero is the unexceptional man made exceptional by tragedy – Batman, Iron Man, Hulk, Magneto – and/or by the application of powers: Batman, Iron Man and Hulk again, plus Captain America and the X-Men. But he is usually narcissistic (Iron Man, who describes himself as “a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist”, like a complete inadequate, or Elon Musk, or Arron Banks). He is often depressive (Batman, Hulk, Magneto) or frozen in ice (Captain America, though it’s not really his fault). He cannot form stable relationships with women (this applies to all of them). Anti-intellectualism is essential; none of the superheroes seems to read books, except Professor X of X-Men. They exist to punch people.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for. I shall have to abstain next time. A plague on all your houses.
You could stand.
I could but how would I win against Nick Herbert with a24000 majority(or thereabouts) There are elements within the Tory party that are making it impossible for me to vote Tory. I just can't. Herbert will win anyway, my vote is worthless .
Stand. Tell it like it is at the hustings. Who knows where it will lead.
Does graham Brady moonlight as a Florida election official?
Personally I'm in favour of Theresa May being challenged quickly. The next Conservative leader / next Prime Minister markets are ones where I'm nicely placed if she were to be replaced in current circumstances.
The Batman obsession led me to fret, because – Superman aside – these heroes are bad role models. The superhero is the unexceptional man made exceptional by tragedy – Batman, Iron Man, Hulk, Magneto – and/or by the application of powers: Batman, Iron Man and Hulk again, plus Captain America and the X-Men. But he is usually narcissistic (Iron Man, who describes himself as “a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist”, like a complete inadequate, or Elon Musk, or Arron Banks). He is often depressive (Batman, Hulk, Magneto) or frozen in ice (Captain America, though it’s not really his fault). He cannot form stable relationships with women (this applies to all of them). Anti-intellectualism is essential; none of the superheroes seems to read books, except Professor X of X-Men. They exist to punch people.
I somehow doubt Terry the Tranny, who lives in an unremarkable council house in Harringay and lists their superpowers as expert tea maker and hobbies as reading, Sudoku and quilting will have quite the same appeal to kids.
I have never liked "superheros", as I have always found that real heroes arise from fairly unremarkeable people, who have risen to the occasion.
Given how wildly successful the likes of the Marvel universe is, I think you are definitely in the minority on that one.
Yes, it seems so.
I must be one of the few that find men in underpants resolving issues by acts of violence, living in a Simpsons like world of neither ageing or developing characters, tedious and uninteresting.
I posted something a couple of days back where some sociologists with too much time on their hands had demonstrated that the heroes in the Marvel movies commit way more acts of violence than the villains. Though they did fall very slightly short on acts of torture...
The Batman obsession led me to fret, because – Superman aside – these heroes are bad role models. The superhero is the unexceptional man made exceptional by tragedy – Batman, Iron Man, Hulk, Magneto – and/or by the application of powers: Batman, Iron Man and Hulk again, plus Captain America and the X-Men. But he is usually narcissistic (Iron Man, who describes himself as “a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist”, like a complete inadequate, or Elon Musk, or Arron Banks). He is often depressive (Batman, Hulk, Magneto) or frozen in ice (Captain America, though it’s not really his fault). He cannot form stable relationships with women (this applies to all of them). Anti-intellectualism is essential; none of the superheroes seems to read books, except Professor X of X-Men. They exist to punch people.
The Batman obsession led me to fret, because – Superman aside – these heroes are bad role models. The superhero is the unexceptional man made exceptional by tragedy – Batman, Iron Man, Hulk, Magneto – and/or by the application of powers: Batman, Iron Man and Hulk again, plus Captain America and the X-Men. But he is usually narcissistic (Iron Man, who describes himself as “a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist”, like a complete inadequate, or Elon Musk, or Arron Banks). He is often depressive (Batman, Hulk, Magneto) or frozen in ice (Captain America, though it’s not really his fault). He cannot form stable relationships with women (this applies to all of them). Anti-intellectualism is essential; none of the superheroes seems to read books, except Professor X of X-Men. They exist to punch people.
I am getting to the point that I loathe the Govt, loathe theOopposition even more, UKIP are an irrelevance as are the Lib Dems and the Greens. There is no one left to vote for. I shall have to abstain next time. A plague on all your houses.
You could stand.
I could but how would I win against Nick Herbert with a24000 majority(or thereabouts) There are elements within the Tory party that are making it impossible for me to vote Tory. I just can't. Herbert will win anyway, my vote is worthless .
He's my MP too. Though given the size of the constituency we might well still live miles apart.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
Not a normal one but who knows. Corbyn only needs to come out for a second referendum to change everything but he has rejected that today to the fury of his mps. Labour split also possible
Canvassers on standby for a December or January election.
I think May has a fair point, her deal is the best the EU will give if Corbyn wants to play politics and oppose it just to force a general election fine, either May gets a mandate for it in her manifesto or Corbyn and Labour can be lumbered with Brexit and most likely a Brexit identical to the one May is proposing anyway.
Then May can retire with dignity having tried her best and Boris can take over as Leader of the Opposition and taunt PM 'cave in Corbyn' every week at PMQs
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
A mandate for a deal not agreed with the counterparty, though. And in the slightly unlikely event of a deal being agreed, and failing to pass parliament, how could she guarantee leading the Tories into such an election ?
If she were in a position to pose Labour such a problem, she probably wouldn’t need to anyway.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Seems improbable to me (not that there could be >47 letters but that Brady is supressing the fact). It would surely be a total subversion of his office.
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
A mandate for a deal not agreed with the counterparty, though. And in the slightly unlikely event of a deal being agreed, and failing to pass parliament, how could she guarantee leading the Tories into such an election ?
If she were in a position to pose Labour such a problem, she probably wouldn’t need to anyway.
Oh it's nuts (I said I agreed). A general election will solve nothing. A referendum has a chance to solve something, though in practice it almost certainly wouldn't.
In reality, I'm not expecting any kind of a vote. I'm expecting Theresa May to bring a woeful deal to Parliament and it to be rammed through on the first or second attempt. Everyone will hate it, everyone will be looking to change it and the Brexit downward spiral will continue.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Seems improbable to me (not that there could be >47 letters but that Brady is supressing the fact). It would surely be a total subversion of his office.
I simply do not believe Graham Brady is that stupid
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Seems improbable to me (not that there could be >47 letters but that Brady is supressing the fact). It would surely be a total subversion of his office.
Hasn’t there already be some people who have sent letters who have since said yeah, but no, but yeah, no I don’t really mean it anymore.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
There is nothing easy in any of this including withdrawing A50
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
What? May standing on a platform that numerous of her candidates on both wings of the Party have openly opposed. Causes Labour a nasty problem? I agree Labour would have a problem, and the LDs could at least present a coherent and logical, though not necessarily popular alternative. But the idea Tory Party unity could survive a GE campaign, thus outfoxing Labour, seems a tad optimistic.
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
No - we would simply campaign on rejecting the deal and seeking a mandate for permanent customs union and close association. Bring it on.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
I suspect that the EU would be fine with an A50 withdrawal for the purpose of us changing our government.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
Plus what happens with next year's Euro elections?
I think a temporary 'associate' status deal (no change to trade, regulation or contributions but no UK representation on EU bodies) is most likely while the negotiations go on (hopefully under a new government!)
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
No - we would simply campaign on rejecting the deal and seeking a mandate for permanent customs union and close association. Bring it on.
Judging by recent press, I infer that your party leadership would not be quite as keen on that approach as you, and indeed much of your party membership, might be.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
I suspect that the EU would be fine with an A50 withdrawal for the purpose of us changing our government.
Could Boris and Mogg stand as Conservatives with Mays manifesto?
They would issue promises committing to a hard Brexit much as many Tories issued personal manifestoes ruling out the Euro in 1997 even as Major promised to 'wait and see'
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Seems improbable to me (not that there could be >47 letters but that Brady is supressing the fact). It would surely be a total subversion of his office.
Hasn’t there already be some people who have sent letters who have since said yeah, but no, but yeah, no I don’t really mean it anymore.
Surely if you change your mind you simply write a letter to Brady to that effect - and the number of letters comes down by one.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
I suspect that the EU would be fine with an A50 withdrawal for the purpose of us changing our government.
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
No - we would simply campaign on rejecting the deal and seeking a mandate for permanent customs union and close association. Bring it on.
So close to what May is proposing now except a permanent rather than temporary Customs Union.
So if Corbyn does scrape together enough seats to become PM Labour would then be squeezed between a Tory opposition going on a full, hard Brexit platform freed from the constraints of government and the LDs and SNP and Labour Remainer backbenchers demanding EUref2 or at least permanent single market membership as well
"Mrs May is said to have told Brexiteers the plan was "not needed yet" but it received a "surprisingly warm" response from Chancellor Philip Hammond, a senior source told Sky News."
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
Plus what happens with next year's Euro elections?
I think a temporary 'associate' status deal (no change to trade, regulation or contributions but no UK representation on EU bodies) is most likely while the negotiations go on (hopefully under a new government!)
But a new government will not change anything without a manifesto mandate to either remain or leave and would require a coherent argument, not all things to everyone, which is labour's policy today
While I basically agree, it would cause Labour a nasty problem. If Theresa May was seeking a mandate for a specific deal with a very short time frame, Labour could not rely on studied ambiguity on Brexit.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
No - we would simply campaign on rejecting the deal and seeking a mandate for permanent customs union and close association. Bring it on.
Well quite. Meanwhile, Tory candidates would have to defend a position they have slated in public, with, no doubt, numerous clauses they have solemnly sworn would never see the light of day. The idea is insane...
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
I suspect that the EU would be fine with an A50 withdrawal for the purpose of us changing our government.
And to what
The choice would be ours, of course, but in the context it would be hard to see a Tory majority. In the unlikely event of that happening the current In terms Tory civil war would not resolve the situation.
Caroline Lucas leading a government of national unity would be my preference
Could Boris and Mogg stand as Conservatives with Mays manifesto?
They would issue promises committing to a hard Brexit much as many Tories issued personal manifestoes ruling out the Euro in 1997 even as Major promised to 'wait and see'
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
The upcoming Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie looks promising.
Heath Ledger was the best Joker. No contest.
The opposition is 66 Cesar Romero, 89 Jack Nicholson, ?? Jared Leto, and that bloke from Gotham, all overacting like crazy. It's not a difficult contest.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Yes.
Can it? What's changing on the EU side?
Nothing with May in charge because they know she's weak, incompetent and will surrender. We need a Churchill to take over.
Could Boris and Mogg stand as Conservatives with Mays manifesto?
They would issue promises committing to a hard Brexit much as many Tories issued personal manifestoes ruling out the Euro in 1997 even as Major promised to 'wait and see'
Mmm. And that turned out well.
Corbyn is no Blair though, most likely Corbyn becomes PM without a majority
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
I get that we could have had multiple leadership contests but none of the Tory contenders had the cojones did they?
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
Easy. Withdraw A50. Then all the time in the world.
Is that even possible? I doubt the EU will be too happy if it's constant cycles of canceling and activating. No doubt conditions would be applied.
I suspect that the EU would be fine with an A50 withdrawal for the purpose of us changing our government.
And to what
The choice would be ours, of course, but in the context it would be hard to see a Tory majority. In the unlikely event of that happening the current In terms Tory civil war would not resolve the situation.
Caroline Lucas leading a government of national unity would be my preference
Caroline Lucas to be next PM available at 1000/1 on Betfair.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Yes.
Can it? What's changing on the EU side?
Nothing with May in charge because they know she's weak, incompetent and will surrender. We need a Churchill to take over.
There isn't one. And I don't think it matters who is on the other end, their position won't change all that much.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Yes.
Such a stance inspires admiration. If not necessarily approval. And ideally from a distance.
Being alleged that Brady is suppressing that he has enough letters to call a VONC in May.
Oh dear...
Link...
Sunday Times. It’s mentioned in the story on the front page in the tweet below.
To be honest if I was TM I would say I have done my best but others think they can do better so I am standing down and let them get on with it
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
We don't really have time for a Coservative leadership election though do we?
We don't really have time not to have one either. We could have had multiple leadership contests already in the time May has wasted since people started saying we don't have time.
You have five months. Can the party unseat May and negotiate an entirely new deal in that time that has to be signed off by the UK Parliament, the European Council (and IIRC European Parliament)? I'll be honest: I don't think it can
Yes.
She can lose a vnoc but negotiate a new treaty when the HOC maths has not changed, no
If so, I would treat that as a threat to her MPs rather than a plan. Problem is, potential Labour supporters of her form of Brexit may see an election as an opportunity.
Nothing with May in charge because they know she's weak, incompetent and will surrender. We need a Churchill to take over.
There isn't one. And I don't think it matters who is on the other end, their position won't change all that much.
Then we prepare for no deal. If abject surrender is what we want then May should stay, if it isn't acceptable then we need someone prepared to take the fight to Europe and not back down.
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On which front. Does Trump have advisers?
If they'd said he wasn't well. A 72 year old being unwell...solemn statement of regret, etc...fair enough.
Because it is raining. No.
Guess his ego brooks no weakness.
Otherwise it looks to me like we're already into the New Year even if things fell apart quickly.
I'm not expecting a general election this year or next.
Oh dear...
There are elements within the Tory party that are making it impossible for me to vote Tory. I just can't. Herbert will win anyway, my vote is worthless .
Though they did fall very slightly short on acts of torture...
No matter who takes over the maths does not change
https://twitter.com/oflynnmep/status/1061226840260599811?s=21
Mays best last chance is to do a deal with Corbyn. Secure an amended deal in return for a GE in May.
The fact that superheroes are flawed humans isn't a problem to be condemned. We all are.
It would be a gift for the Lib Dems. Unlike in 2017, Brexit is bad would be a sufficient policy.
Of course if you know of a way to turn the clock back to an appropriate time, please proceed.
I think May has a fair point, her deal is the best the EU will give if Corbyn wants to play politics and oppose it just to force a general election fine, either May gets a mandate for it in her manifesto or Corbyn and Labour can be lumbered with Brexit and most likely a Brexit identical to the one May is proposing anyway.
Then May can retire with dignity having tried her best and Boris can take over as Leader of the Opposition and taunt PM 'cave in Corbyn' every week at PMQs
And in the slightly unlikely event of a deal being agreed, and failing to pass parliament, how could she guarantee leading the Tories into such an election ?
If she were in a position to pose Labour such a problem, she probably wouldn’t need to anyway.
* can’t afford the fee to use the trademarked phrase..
In reality, I'm not expecting any kind of a vote. I'm expecting Theresa May to bring a woeful deal to Parliament and it to be rammed through on the first or second attempt. Everyone will hate it, everyone will be looking to change it and the Brexit downward spiral will continue.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/416046-trump-blames-gross-mismanagement-for-deadly-california-wildfires
...it ought to be pointed out that 57% of them are Federally owned and managed.
https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/California_forests/
Heckuva job, Don.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/10/justine-greening-says-theresa-may-handing-power-to-eu-in-brexit-deal
This all does increasingly have the feel of a loosely-woven cloth coming unravelled tbf.
I agree Labour would have a problem, and the LDs could at least present a coherent and logical, though not necessarily popular alternative.
But the idea Tory Party unity could survive a GE campaign, thus outfoxing Labour, seems a tad optimistic.
I think a temporary 'associate' status deal (no change to trade, regulation or contributions but no UK representation on EU bodies) is most likely while the negotiations go on (hopefully under a new government!)
Surely if you change your mind you simply write a letter to Brady to that effect - and the number of letters comes down by one.
Each attacking TM deal from opposite spectrums leaving all of us despairing of the stupidity of all of this.
Remain, TM deal, no deal are each in their own way a disaster
So if Corbyn does scrape together enough seats to become PM Labour would then be squeezed between a Tory opposition going on a full, hard Brexit platform freed from the constraints of government and the LDs and SNP and Labour Remainer backbenchers demanding EUref2 or at least permanent single market membership as well
https://news.sky.com/story/ministers-gave-theresa-may-a-plan-for-no-deal-brexit-11549753
"Mrs May is said to have told Brexiteers the plan was "not needed yet" but it received a "surprisingly warm" response from Chancellor Philip Hammond, a senior source told Sky News."
However, I also don’t really see Theresa getting her deal through Parliament. Not without conceding another referendum.
We’re all calling bullshit on her “My Way or No Deal” strategy.
Caroline Lucas leading a government of national unity would be my preference
Hilarious. There’d be 200 letters in Mr Brady’s postbox.
Corbyn pledges Labour support for an amended deal in return for an election.
May’s only way out is to “be forced” into a referendum situation.