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Tomorrow sees the final chapter in this year’s midterms with the runoff for the Senatorial place in Mississippi. Today the president is attending two mass rallies in different parts of the state in the hope of shoring up his core vote ahead of the election.

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  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 20,901
    One Mississippi or two Mississippi?
  • Jonathan said:

    One Mississippi or two Mississippi?

    That is a burning question
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 66,757
    Mississippi mud pie for Trump?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400
    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
  • edmundintokyoedmundintokyo Posts: 17,136
    edited November 2018
    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lots of the voters are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    Yes, murderously is perhaps the wrong word - but I think as things do not just work out the public agitation will only increase, MPs know that and that's one reason why so many have already started down a path that leads increasingly to some kind of further democratic cover for MPs (with a sizable chunk from those who assume the public would back what they want for good measure)
  • John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503
    edited November 2018

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    We had a gathering of our extended family this weekend (most of my lot now live in the North Yorks National Park, so provincial working/lower middle class). I think 'just get on with it and stop making so much noise' was the consensus from my resolutely politically indifferent clan, remainers and leavers alike. Murderousness was singularly absent, though I think *expecting* rather than *assuming* is le mot juste.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695
    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
  • kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    I thought for a second it was SeanT rather than SeanJones!
  • GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    This deal has to go to the HOC. Everything else flows from that
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    I thought for a second it was SeanT rather than SeanJones!
    I think Sean T has other things on his mind on Twitter today... ;)
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787
    HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. There isn't going to be a shock Dem win in MS tomorrow.
  • Barely literate man fails to read report....He told reporters on Monday that he had "read some of" Friday's report.

    No not corbyn, trump...different cheeks of the same arse.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400
    edited November 2018
    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    Why? Seriously, why should the Commons not vote on this deal? It is clearly going to fall, and then something else can be tried, but we will never know for certain who would be for and against when it got down to a vote. We the public deserve that, it would be courteous to the EU (who we are likely to beg for an extension or renegotiation), and it puts every MP on record, which will be useful for all parties and factions to see where everyone stands. How many might claim they would/would not have voted for it, if only they had been given the chance, particularly those keeping quiet?

    May's time is up, and the deal is dead, so why is there any great need to not hold the vote? A new deal or option is not going to emerge before the vote, so holding it does not delay matters any.
  • FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

  • GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

  • kle4 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    Why? Seriously, why should the Commons not vote on this deal? It is clearly going to fall, and then something else can be tried, but we will never know for certain who would be for and against when it got down to a cote. We the public deserve that, it would be courteous to the EU (who we are likely to beg for an extension or renegotiation), and it puts every MP on record.
    I do not understand why anyone even thinks it should be stopped from the HOC.

    It is an essential part of the pathway through this mess
  • John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    What, both of them?
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
  • HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. Hard to see any other outcome though a big reduction of the GOP vote in such a Red stronghold won't look good
  • GIN1138 said:

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    I thought for a second it was SeanT rather than SeanJones!
    I think Sean T has other things on his mind on Twitter today... ;)
    “Theresa May is like some pathetic new liberal vicar in a rural village, accidentally summoning ancient demons by having a Be Nice To Rats car boot sale on top of a plague pit.”

    You can see how he does this writing gig for a living!
  • GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 66,757
    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    Well, to continue the Second World War analogy, Chamberlain was defenestrated with a majority of 81 on a confidence vote. So a crushing defeat would be a victory.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,069

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    You think it would be forever? You don't have much faith in our MPs, clearly, in which case I'm surprised you think they will do such a bang up job getting something else.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    rpjs said:

    HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. There isn't going to be a shock Dem win in MS tomorrow.
    Can you predict a shock win? If it happens surely it is then expected?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 91,400
    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 66,757
    Foxy said:

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
    Depends. Does Macron see himself as Napoleon III?

    (The answer should be no. Napoleon III famously liked his women teenaged, whereas Macron is er, not that way inclined.)
  • Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?
  • kle4 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    You think it would be forever? You don't have much faith in our MPs, clearly, in which case I'm surprised you think they will do such a bang up job getting something else.
    With no unilateral exit clause it will be forever unless the EU voluntarily relinquishes the vassal status . . . and that's not something I'm prepared to sign up to.
  • Foxy said:

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
    Nato could
  • John_MJohn_M Posts: 7,503

    Foxy said:

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
    Nato could
    Ukraine is not in NATO. However, NATO will do as the US pleases.
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,623
    On topic - but just barely: that graph looks like a fish.

    Incisive analysis from solarflare
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,069

    Foxy said:

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
    Nato could
    We could send a light brigade, for old times sake.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,771

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    I suspect Northern Ireland would vote decisively in favor of the backstop in any referendum.
  • rpjsrpjs Posts: 3,787

    Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?

    If trump pardoned them, probably even the Republican party would agree to impeachment and removal. Probably.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    rcs1000 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    I suspect Northern Ireland would vote decisively in favor of the backstop in any referendum.
    You favour a referendum on the deal then?
  • GIN1138 said:

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    I thought for a second it was SeanT rather than SeanJones!
    I think Sean T has other things on his mind on Twitter today... ;)
    “Theresa May is like some pathetic new liberal vicar in a rural village, accidentally summoning ancient demons by having a Be Nice To Rats car boot sale on top of a plague pit.”

    You can see how he does this writing gig for a living!
    He's wrong though, it was the previous vicar who summoned the ancient demons, by opening the box marked "opening this box will summon ancient demons"
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,069

    Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?

    An interesting comparison here on Trump, and a well known historical figure. The conclusion is stark though, even when Trump himself fades into history, his toxic legacy will live on.

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-tempered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire?mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_medium=social
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    Most voters were expecting 'the easiest trade deal in history' which was promised by the Leave campaign. Not the most complex exit from a Union agreement in history before trade talks are even begun. Campaign rhetoric has hit the reality of implementing Brexit
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
  • rpjs said:

    Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?

    If trump pardoned them, probably even the Republican party would agree to impeachment and removal. Probably.
    Their primary electorate still lives Trump, no way they'd vote to impeach him for pardoning his own kids, they'd tut a bit then mutter something about his strong family values.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited November 2018
    rpjs said:

    HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. There isn't going to be a shock Dem win in MS tomorrow.
    Yes, Mississippi had the 13th highest Trump vote of any US state in 2016 and Hyde-Smith is not Roy Moore.


    Trump could lose by a landslide in 2020 and still win Mississippi
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709

    HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. Hard to see any other outcome though a big reduction of the GOP vote in such a Red stronghold won't look good
    Yes it is the swing to the Democrats that will be of most interest, the GOP will hold it regardless
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789

    GIN1138 said:

    kle4 said:

    Scott_P said:
    It's the main reason and always has been.
    I wonder if the voters will start to murmur murderously though, I think a lot of them are just assuming that somebody will work something out.
    I thought for a second it was SeanT rather than SeanJones!
    I think Sean T has other things on his mind on Twitter today... ;)
    “Theresa May is like some pathetic new liberal vicar in a rural village, accidentally summoning ancient demons by having a Be Nice To Rats car boot sale on top of a plague pit.”

    You can see how he does this writing gig for a living!
    He's wrong though, it was the previous vicar who summoned the ancient demons, by opening the box marked "opening this box will summon ancient demons"
    Theresa May is the New Age spiritualist who promises the villagers that they can have a deep and special relationship with their demons.
  • ydoethur said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    Well, to continue the Second World War analogy, Chamberlain was defenestrated with a majority of 81 on a confidence vote. So a crushing defeat would be a victory.
    Brexit has cost you your strength! Victory has defeated you!
  • Dura_AceDura_Ace Posts: 12,880

    Foxy said:

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    No way would Britain get involved in a Crimean War...
    Nato could
    The NATO apologists on here are always saying that it's a defensive alliance. Unless the US bestows MNNA status on Ukraine (as they did with Argentina to give them cover for not getting involved in a future Falklands conflict) then NATO has no business in Ukraine.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    The GOP should still win in Mississippi even with Trump's approval rating that low, indeed the latest Mississippi poll has GOP candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith on 51% to 46% for Democrat Mike Espy, though it may be closer than usual in the state

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Mississippi,_2018

    Agreed. Hard to see any other outcome though a big reduction of the GOP vote in such a Red stronghold won't look good
    Yes it is the swing to the Democrats that will be of most interest, the GOP will hold it regardless
    Probably so - though a 5% lead is almost within margin of error.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,083
    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    Most voters were expecting 'the easiest trade deal in history' which was promised by the Leave campaign. Not the most complex exit from a Union agreement in history before trade talks are even begun. Campaign rhetoric has hit the reality of implementing Brexit
    As has yours!
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281
    edited November 2018
    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    Ahah! Finally the men in grey grey men in suits arise!
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Really.. Its the ERG and other MP's who are being treacherous. Frankly they are just the sort of "bastards" that John Major had to deal with.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    Ahah! Finally the men in grey grey men in suits arise!
    :D
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    kle4 said:

    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?

    This is why I continue to believe that she is badly advised, any sensible person in her team would advise not to put this to a vote. It is very bad party management to alienate the two opposing sides leaving just the payroll vote in support.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    “PM is biggest asset” = “You’re on your own”
    https://twitter.com/steven_swinford/status/1067173589542203394?s=21
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695
    edited November 2018

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Really.. Its the ERG and other MP's who are being treacherous. Frankly they are just the sort of "bastards" that John Major had to deal with.
    I don't think you can blame it all on the ERG. It seems the vast majority of MP's on all sides of the House and on all wings of the Tory Party are repulsed by the backstop.

    Theresa May should have known she couldn't possibly get this through without some sort of end date or other provision particularly as her government is relying on the DUP to survive...
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281

    kle4 said:

    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?

    This is why I continue to believe that she is badly advised, any sensible person in her team would advise not to put this to a vote. It is very bad party management to alienate the two opposing sides leaving just the payroll vote in support.
    Do you think it's the advice? Or the deaf ears it's falling on?
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    They they have rocks for brains.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 66,757

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    Ahah! Finally the men in grey grey men in suits arise!
    Are you implying here has been a Major development?

    Good night.
  • HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    Most voters were expecting 'the easiest trade deal in history' which was promised by the Leave campaign. Not the most complex exit from a Union agreement in history before trade talks are even begun. Campaign rhetoric has hit the reality of implementing Brexit
    Would have been easier had May not thrown away our aces.
  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,195

    FT - US backs Kiev in naval clash

    And the EU army is on stand by !!!!!!

    Well, you made me laugh anyway.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281
    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Really.. Its the ERG and other MP's who are being treacherous. Frankly they are just the sort of "bastards" that John Major had to deal with.
    I don't think you can blame it all on the ERG. It seems the vast majority of MP's on all sides of the House and on all wings of the Tory Party are repulsed by the backstop.

    Theresa May should have known she couldn't possibly get this through without some sort of end date or other provision particularly as her government is relying on the DUP to survive...
    That's piffle! A vociferous minority of the Tory party + the DUP are repulsed by the backstop. Pretty much all the other opponents of the deal want (misguidedly in my view) a 2nd referendum leading to Remain.
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201

    kle4 said:

    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?

    This is why I continue to believe that she is badly advised, any sensible person in her team would advise not to put this to a vote. It is very bad party management to alienate the two opposing sides leaving just the payroll vote in support.
    Do you think it's the advice? Or the deaf ears it's falling on?
    A bit of both. but the advice is leading to the stubbornness. The ploy last week and continues tonight to get Labour votes to support her. Dumb as rocks, you can not trust Corbyn and it would create a huge chasm in the Tory party.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 40,950
    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Really.. Its the ERG and other MP's who are being treacherous. Frankly they are just the sort of "bastards" that John Major had to deal with.
    I don't think you can blame it all on the ERG. It seems the vast majority of MP's on all sides of the House and on all wings of the Tory Party are repulsed by the backstop.
    Are they also repulsed by the sun rising every day?
  • rcs1000 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    This deal is going nowhere. The Cabinet have got to pull the plug on Mrs May before it gets to 11th December.
    The Cabinet cannot pull the plug TMay under Tory party rules. In any case she has delivered what most voters were expecting from Brexit. She had performed heroically against the elderly, white almost totally male nutters.

    This will go down as her finest hour

    Most voters were expecting a portion of our country to be disenfranchised and condemned to some undemocratic vassal state purgatory where they will be forever obliged to follow EU rules without getting a voice in elections over them?
    I suspect Northern Ireland would vote decisively in favor of the backstop in any referendum.
    If they do then I'd have no qualms with the backstop happening but only if they vote for it. Sacrificing other people's democratic rights shouldn't be chosen for them.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 37,603

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    If there's anyone who can get remainers onto the leave train it's Blair! Top trolling by Hunt.
  • Foxy said:

    Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?

    An interesting comparison here on Trump, and a well known historical figure. The conclusion is stark though, even when Trump himself fades into history, his toxic legacy will live on.

    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-tempered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire?mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_brand=tny&utm_medium=social
    Very interesting. Thank you
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,837

    kle4 said:

    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?

    This is why I continue to believe that she is badly advised, any sensible person in her team would advise not to put this to a vote. It is very bad party management to alienate the two opposing sides leaving just the payroll vote in support.
    Raising this question. If, as seems likely, this is to fall by 100+ (and opposition seems to be hardening if anything), surely it will be a dash for the lifeboats. How many of the "payroll vote" will still be on the payroll come Wednesday 12th?
    What incentive is there for the ambitious to vote for it? Given that they all know her reign will be short?
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    Mmmm... Blair might win that one. (But maybe that's what Hunt intended?)

    Better by far, from her perspective, to debate with Corbyn - she'll run rings round him on the detail.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    That would be a good watch... :D
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,709
    edited November 2018

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    They they have rocks for brains.
    No, it is reality, after all the Commons only voted by 307 to 301 votes against staying in the Customs Union in July. That was a closer vote than the vote to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU and the vote to leave the Single Market and will likely be closer than the vote on May's Deal as it stands
  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,195
    Someone not happy with the Corbyn brothers

    http://hurryupharry.org/2018/11/26/jeremy-corbyns-brother-spreads-neo-nazi-conspiracies/

    Some very punchy stuff in there.
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    And when he left the room he burst out laughing, so later on he can say "nothing to do with me guv it woz that May's deal, she said so on TV."
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281
    dixiedean said:

    kle4 said:

    May could end up setting a record - biggest ever defeat for a government?

    This is why I continue to believe that she is badly advised, any sensible person in her team would advise not to put this to a vote. It is very bad party management to alienate the two opposing sides leaving just the payroll vote in support.
    Raising this question. If, as seems likely, this is to fall by 100+ (and opposition seems to be hardening if anything), surely it will be a dash for the lifeboats. How many of the "payroll vote" will still be on the payroll come Wednesday 12th?
    What incentive is there for the ambitious to vote for it? Given that they all know her reign will be short?
    I'm sure there could be a tipping point. But it's fascinating to watch her try to get it through.

    If by any chance she does pull this off she'll be untouchable, surely?
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 20,695
    TOPPING said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Really.. Its the ERG and other MP's who are being treacherous. Frankly they are just the sort of "bastards" that John Major had to deal with.
    I don't think you can blame it all on the ERG. It seems the vast majority of MP's on all sides of the House and on all wings of the Tory Party are repulsed by the backstop.
    Are they also repulsed by the sun rising every day?

    It's not my fault Theresa's flogging a dead horse...
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,083
    She can hardly not put a deal already struck with the EU to a vote. Especially as Parliament was promised a vote having had a vote to ask for a vote.
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    They they have rocks for brains.
    No, it is reality, after all the Commons only voted by 307 to 301 votes against staying in the Customs Union in July. That was a closer vote than the vote to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU and the vote to leave the Single Market and will likely be closer than the vote on May's Deal as it stands
    That vote was because the Labour Party were causing trouble and the ERG backed May. Do the same now and the Labour Party would still want to cause trouble so they would vote against and the DUP and ERG would join them. Big defeat for May.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    GIN1138 said:

    GIN1138 said:



    This will go down as her finest hour


    Her finest hour will be a crushing defeat on the floor of the Commons?
    It will show up who the real scum are in the Tory Party. I don't want to be in a party that has such awful people in it. I am going to be one of the, "no idea who to vote for" if the Tory Party does not support its leader.
    And that's exactly why the Cabinet would be well advised to threaten a complete walk out if Mrs May doesn't resign and take her deal with her before Dec 11th.
    Hammond, Clarke, Lidington etc are apparently already ready to demand May switches to backing permanent UK membership of the Customs Union to get Labour MPs and potentially Corbyn's support if May cannot get her Deal through as it stands
    They they have rocks for brains.
    No, it is reality, after all the Commons only voted by 307 to 301 votes against staying in the Customs Union in July. That was a closer vote than the vote to invoke Article 50 to leave the EU and the vote to leave the Single Market and will likely be closer than the vote on May's Deal as it stands
    Was that not the vote when pairing agreements were broken by the Tories? If so, the real majority was even smaller.
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 27,837
    And, incidentally, what is the record defeat for a government on a vote in the HoC? Anyone know?
  • I wonder whether the mooted plan to have a second vote after a TARP-style market reaction to the first vote going down might have one fatal flaw. The markets surely expect the vote to fail and thus its failure will already be priced in to market rates thus any reaction would be minimal.

    TARP was expected by the markets to be passed, its failure was unexpected. Just as the markets had expected a remain vote. Its when things go against expectations that we see dramatic changes.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,069

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    Mmmm... Blair might win that one. (But maybe that's what Hunt intended?)

    Better by far, from her perspective, to debate with Corbyn - she'll run rings round him on the detail.
    Possibly, but he will nail her on the rhetoric and soundbites. No-one is interested in tractor stats delivered by a speak your weight machine.

    Debates are about theatre, if you want facts and analysis, look elsewhere.
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    IanB2 said:

    She can hardly not put a deal already struck with the EU to a vote. Especially as Parliament was promised a vote having had a vote to ask for a vote.

    For full clarity I did not mean she moved forward with the WDA without a vote. I meant that she should have binned it and told the House that no deal has been reached with the EU that would be acceptable to Parliament.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,274
    edited November 2018
    Floater said:

    Someone not happy with the Corbyn brothers

    http://hurryupharry.org/2018/11/26/jeremy-corbyns-brother-spreads-neo-nazi-conspiracies/

    Some very punchy stuff in there.

    It sad that none of that will make a blind bit of difference.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,083
    edited November 2018
    dixiedean said:

    And, incidentally, what is the record defeat for a government on a vote in the HoC? Anyone know?

    The Labour opposition day motions last year, when the Tory party chose to abstain.

    On an actual decision, probably on MPs pay under Major in the 90s?
  • IanB2 said:

    She can hardly not put a deal already struck with the EU to a vote. Especially as Parliament was promised a vote having had a vote to ask for a vote.

    For full clarity I did not mean she moved forward with the WDA without a vote. I meant that she should have binned it and told the House that no deal has been reached with the EU that would be acceptable to Parliament.
    She should have but wasn't prepared to not reach a deal, hence she got a shit one.
    Same as Cameron, he wasn't prepared to not reach a deal, hence he got a shit one.

    The key to getting a good deal is to be prepared not to get one.
  • Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    Mmmm... Blair might win that one. (But maybe that's what Hunt intended?)

    Better by far, from her perspective, to debate with Corbyn - she'll run rings round him on the detail.
    The public don't care about detail. They look for leadership and an aura of competence, failing that then authenticity. There is no upside for May.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Blair was not always that good a debater - more of a smarmy salesman type actor. Not in the same league as Robin Cook - or Harold Wilson.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281
    Foxy said:

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    Mmmm... Blair might win that one. (But maybe that's what Hunt intended?)

    Better by far, from her perspective, to debate with Corbyn - she'll run rings round him on the detail.
    Possibly, but he will nail her on the rhetoric and soundbites. No-one is interested in tractor stats delivered by a speak your weight machine.

    Debates are about theatre, if you want facts and analysis, look elsewhere.
    I do get that but there's surely only so much fluff and nonesense about Brexit that Corbyn can get away with? Plus he could lose his cool whihc is always amusing.

    I am still coming at this with a view that wonders what it is precisely about May's transition Deal that Corbyn would actually want to change?
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201

    I wonder whether the mooted plan to have a second vote after a TARP-style market reaction to the first vote going down might have one fatal flaw. The markets surely expect the vote to fail and thus its failure will already be priced in to market rates thus any reaction would be minimal.

    TARP was expected by the markets to be passed, its failure was unexpected. Just as the markets had expected a remain vote. Its when things go against expectations that we see dramatic changes.

    It would be even funnier if the house voted down the WDA and the pound rose because the markets thought that some sensible people do actually inhabit the place.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    edited November 2018
    IanB2 said:

    dixiedean said:

    And, incidentally, what is the record defeat for a government on a vote in the HoC? Anyone know?

    The Labour opposition day motions last year, when the Tory party chose to abstain.
    What about on a proper whipped vote where the government has three line whipped an affirmative vote?
  • I wonder whether the mooted plan to have a second vote after a TARP-style market reaction to the first vote going down might have one fatal flaw. The markets surely expect the vote to fail and thus its failure will already be priced in to market rates thus any reaction would be minimal.

    TARP was expected by the markets to be passed, its failure was unexpected. Just as the markets had expected a remain vote. Its when things go against expectations that we see dramatic changes.

    It would be even funnier if the house voted down the WDA and the pound rose because the markets thought that some sensible people do actually inhabit the place.
    I suspect it will go down but we'll see graphs with stupidly zoomed in y-axes to make it look significant.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281

    I wonder whether the mooted plan to have a second vote after a TARP-style market reaction to the first vote going down might have one fatal flaw. The markets surely expect the vote to fail and thus its failure will already be priced in to market rates thus any reaction would be minimal.

    TARP was expected by the markets to be passed, its failure was unexpected. Just as the markets had expected a remain vote. Its when things go against expectations that we see dramatic changes.

    It would be even funnier if the house voted down the WDA and the pound rose because the markets thought that some sensible people do actually inhabit the place.
    Unicorn alert!
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 47,789
    justin124 said:

    Blair was not always that good a debater - more of a smarmy salesman type actor. Not in the same league as Robin Cook - or Harold Wilson.

    Although Brexit is really the first time since 1997 that he's been the opposition, which is possibly where he's most effective.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,083

    IanB2 said:

    She can hardly not put a deal already struck with the EU to a vote. Especially as Parliament was promised a vote having had a vote to ask for a vote.

    For full clarity I did not mean she moved forward with the WDA without a vote. I meant that she should have binned it and told the House that no deal has been reached with the EU that would be acceptable to Parliament.
    She should have but wasn't prepared to not reach a deal, hence she got a shit one.
    Same as Cameron, he wasn't prepared to not reach a deal, hence he got a shit one.

    The key to getting a good deal is to be prepared not to get one.
    When business panicked after the referendum, they were promised a deal by HMG. So preparing for not having one was never realistic.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 31,281

    Apparently Hunt suggested May should debate with Blair and frame it as her deal versus Remain.

    Mmmm... Blair might win that one. (But maybe that's what Hunt intended?)

    Better by far, from her perspective, to debate with Corbyn - she'll run rings round him on the detail.
    The public don't care about detail. They look for leadership and an aura of competence, failing that then authenticity. There is no upside for May.

    Well, it's a view. You might be right but anecdotally, people I've been speaking to (Tory & Labour, Leavers & Remainers) generally want May to get on with it and can't see what Jezza's bleating on about.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,771

    Everyone understandably is focusing on the possibility of an impeachment of the president. But how will American politics be changed if several Trump family members are indicted, even if he is not?

    It's a witch hunt. It's fake news.

    I think the answer is that any trial would be incredibly poisoned by the President's constant tweets about it. As it would be impossible for the defendants to have a fair trial, there would be a mistrial, which Trump would spin as proof that there was nothing to see here.

    And which his base would believe.
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