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How far does loyalty stretch? How far should it stretch? Loyalty to persons who have behaved wrongly is misplaced loyalty but is more common than it should be. Still, even in the absence of misbehaviour there is no one easy answer to this, especially for anyone who has voluntarily joined a group because they believed in its mission, in what it was trying to do.
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Nothing ever lasts forever. If labour is gone, then time to build something better.0
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Unhappy MPs in both parties should put up. Never has our political system been more in need of change.0
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Utah state legislature passes a bill to decriminalise sex outside of marriage but it still needs the Governor's approval
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fornication-in-utah-to-no-longer-be-illegal0 -
FPT:
Surely that rumour has been put about to reduce the chance of it happening> Certainly the Chancellor was talking about all of next week's votes on R4 this morning. Having explicitly promised to hold the votes (and reminded us she has kept all such earlier promises) it would be the nuclear option to pull them now, surely driving a few Tories to TIG.edmundintokyo said:
That feels like it underestimates the chances of TMay's deal failing again, and her pulling the rest of the votes to prevent anything else from passing.At Belvedere Forum @CER_Grant says chances of May deal passing next week 20-25%, Customs Union 25 %, No Deal 10 %, General Election 20 %, and further referendum 20 %. "Essentially we don't know what is going to happen."
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Bring the Tories down at the same time. They are two cheeks of the same arse.Slackbladder said:Nothing ever lasts forever. If labour is gone, then time to build something better.
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The votes would still be held, the question is just whether after a 2nd or 3rd MVIanB2 said:FPT:
Surely that rumour has been put about to reduce the chance of it happening> Certainly the Chancellor was talking about all of next week's votes on R4 this morning. Having explicitly promised to hold the votes (and reminded us she has kept all such earlier promises) it would be the nuclear option to pull them now, surely driving a few Tories to TIG.edmundintokyo said:
That feels like it underestimates the chances of TMay's deal failing again, and her pulling the rest of the votes to prevent anything else from passing.At Belvedere Forum @CER_Grant says chances of May deal passing next week 20-25%, Customs Union 25 %, No Deal 10 %, General Election 20 %, and further referendum 20 %. "Essentially we don't know what is going to happen."
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Blimey that Jezza photo must be the most frequently used on PB thread headers.
Interesting header as ever from @Cyclefree - thanks!
Sort of on topic: what happened to the the Conservative Party that used to want to, you know, conserve things (great public institutions, a way of life, etc.)?0 -
"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
I still always laugh at that photo, and what must have been the process behind the scenes that led it to happen. (For those who don't know, it was for a TV comedy show).
At what point in the process did his handlers think it might be a bad idea, and did they fall for old excuse that the production company had already rented the ermine coat and the Bentley so it would be poor form to cancel it at a late stage?0 -
Good article Ms. Cyclefree. It is very depressing when the party one has supported for many years (Conservative in my case) gets taken over by its most extreme elements.
My own view is that it is the natural end point of a tendency which has become prevalent in the last 20 years; the "I don't do politics" tendency. This means that the parties are taken over by those that do "do politics" and these are for the most part the extremists, the true believers; those who build their sense of being on who they are not rather than how they can reach out to their neighbour and try and understand her/him. Brexiteers are examples of this.
I can only hope that those of a more moderate disposition wake up and realise it is time they did "do politics" before it is too late.0 -
Good point about Labour members but how in tune do you think the Conservative members are with the party leadership and Conservative voters?MarqueeMark said:"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
I can imagine:HYUFD said:Utah state legislature passes a bill to decriminalise sex outside of marriage but it still needs the Governor's approval
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fornication-in-utah-to-no-longer-be-illegal
“Mr Governor, can Julie and I have sex tonight? We’re not married but we love other very much”0 -
Id go along with that... we need a 21st century re-formation and re-structure of politics.Jonathan said:
Bring the Tories down at the same time. They are two cheeks of the same arse.Slackbladder said:Nothing ever lasts forever. If labour is gone, then time to build something better.
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Relatively in tune with the leadership, but an extreme caricature of conservative voters. It is a problem that will eventually have consequences.Benpointer said:
Good point about Labour members but how in tune do you think the Conservative members are with the party leadership and Conservative voters?MarqueeMark said:"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
Mr. Sandpit (FPT), is that the case? We haven't even seen the current incarnation running with all its bits.
Mr. Charles, is adultery a criminal offence in Utah? If not, Julia could just marry someone else, and then it'd be legal.0 -
I'm not sure they've come around to the bad idea way of thinking quite yet, more at the that went well stage.Sandpit said:I still always laugh at that photo, and what must have been the process behind the scenes that led it to happen. (For those who don't know, it was for a TV comedy show).
At what point in the process did his handlers think it might be a bad idea, and did they fall for old excuse that the production company had already rented the ermine coat and the Bentley so it would be poor form to cancel it at a late stage?
I don't know if older people would react negatively to that kind of thing but the last leg tends to have a younger audience (I assume anyway) or at least one more towards that way of thinking.0 -
I think the difference is that the Tory membership and Tory voters are rightly appalled and frustrated that the Party's MPs are pursuing their own agenda. In Labour, the MPs and the voters are rightly appalled and frustrated that the membership are pursuing their own agenda.Benpointer said:
Good point about Labour members but how in tune do you think the Conservative members are with the party leadership and Conservative voters?MarqueeMark said:"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
The picture above shows a particularly fancy example of a modern perversion, aka an automobile, the increasing use of which is symptomatic of our doom.
I can not disagree with one word of this George Monbiot article, 'tho I do find it a bit understated:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out0 -
" It is surely time for unhappy Labour MPs to put up or shut up."
If by 'put up' you mean leave the party then I strongly disagree. Everyone in the party has the right to espouse their personal vision of Socialism, and to win over others through their strength of argument. That is what MPs should be doing.0 -
Charles said:
I can imagine:HYUFD said:Utah state legislature passes a bill to decriminalise sex outside of marriage but it still needs the Governor's approval
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fornication-in-utah-to-no-longer-be-illegal
“Mr Governor, can Julie and I have sex tonight? We’re not married but we love other very much”
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It just seemed so far out of character for him to dress up like that, and as we see above it's not difficult for something that was funny at the time to later be taken well out of context.TheJezziah said:
I'm not sure they've come around to the bad idea way of thinking quite yet, more at the that went well stage.Sandpit said:I still always laugh at that photo, and what must have been the process behind the scenes that led it to happen. (For those who don't know, it was for a TV comedy show).
At what point in the process did his handlers think it might be a bad idea, and did they fall for old excuse that the production company had already rented the ermine coat and the Bentley so it would be poor form to cancel it at a late stage?
I don't know if older people would react negatively to that kind of thing but the last leg tends to have a younger audience (I assume anyway) or at least one more towards that way of thinking.0 -
Morning all
You'd better believe it's not just Labour and Conservatives where party members have to grapple with these questions, As a Leave-voting anti-second vote LD it's not comfortable for me to see where the party I have supported financially and in other ways for many years has gone. There have been times (the Iraq War and, whisper it quietly, some aspects of the Coalition years) when I have felt proud to be a Lib Dem and knew we were doing something to benefit all the country.
And yet, there's still that strand that keeps me with Vince for now. I look at the TIG or the Progressives and I genuinely wish them well but I need to know a lot more what they stand for beyond Brexit. Hopefully, as the 11 and others get to know each other and spend time together they realise much more unites them than divides them.
I see the pro-Deal Henry Newman has put up a cogent and coherent argument as to why it's not such a bad Deal and we should all vote for it. I'm still not entirely convinced but it's a case of sorts - the problem I have is I can see the political consequences of the Deal passing which will be an avalanche of gushing euphoric praise for the Prime Minister and all the missteps and idiocies of the last twenty three and a half months melting like chocolate in front of a good fire.
The poll boost will lead to calls for May to stay on to fight the GE - who cares what she said or agreed, she has saved Britain and the Union, shower her with roses and let her govern for ever. I'm a believer in accountability, don't know why but I am - the question is not that she stopped us going over the cliff, the question is why she led us to the edge in the first place.0 -
Political parties evolve over time. The Conservatives are no longer riven by imperial preference or the Corn laws, and have now gone full circle from being an anti-business party to a pro-business party to an anti-business party once more.
Individuals' political views evolve over time. Leavers who three years ago had not decided to vote Leave and who were then horrified about the idea of leaving the single market are now enthusiastically arguing for no deal.
If you no longer identify with the consensus of core values of the party you once supported, you should leave. That applies equally to both main parties. It's not like supporting a football club. You can change your affiliation.0 -
This rather overstates the horror that most people on the left feel about ex-Communists. Nowadays Communist parties barely exist and few people care whether someone used to support them - it's like previously believing in Santa, as Healey put it. There is little in the abstract concept that left-wingers would disagree with in principle (from each according to ability, to each according to need - the way one personally should try to live and treat one's family and friends, IMO), but we varied in how quickly we noticed that it doesn't work in government. I still find the Morning Star quite useful (and they are nowadays not a mouthpiece for one party but for any old left-wing faction) because they cover issues that few other newspapers care about - oppression of trade unionists around the world, etc.
People who say they'd support a Labour government but would be highly critical friends and might vote against a particular policy are in principle fine with me (depending on the details). The position is different if someone stands on a Labour platform, gets Labour votes, but says they won't support a Labour government. I think they are deceiving the electorate, the party and themselves, and should quit.0 -
I think that turning up three days late to the first test was probably the final straw for the board, after Lowe had promised the car would be competitive. The problem they have is that Lowe was given shares in the company on his appointment (same as Toto Wolff at Mercedes) so it's not going to be to easy to sack him. Unless they score a hatful points in Australia he's not coming back.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Sandpit (FPT), is that the case? We haven't even seen the current incarnation running with all its bits.
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Pretty representative of cutrent Conservative voters.Benpointer said:
Good point about Labour members but how in tune do you think the Conservative members are with the party leadership and Conservative voters?MarqueeMark said:"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
How many hundred times would an MP have to vote against the Labour whip for that to apply?NickPalmer said:
The position is different if someone stands on a Labour platform, gets Labour votes, but says they won't support a Labour government. I think they are deceiving the electorate, the party and themselves, and should quit.0 -
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.stodge said:Morning all
You'd better believe it's not just Labour and Conservatives where party members have to grapple with these questions, As a Leave-voting anti-second vote LD it's not comfortable for me to see where the party I have supported financially and in other ways for many years has gone. There have been times (the Iraq War and, whisper it quietly, some aspects of the Coalition years) when I have felt proud to be a Lib Dem and knew we were doing something to benefit all the country.
And yet, there's still that strand that keeps me with Vince for now. I look at the TIG or the Progressives and I genuinely wish them well but I need to know a lot more what they stand for beyond Brexit. Hopefully, as the 11 and others get to know each other and spend time together they realise much more unites them than divides them.
I see the pro-Deal Henry Newman has put up a cogent and coherent argument as to why it's not such a bad Deal and we should all vote for it. I'm still not entirely convinced but it's a case of sorts - the problem I have is I can see the political consequences of the Deal passing which will be an avalanche of gushing euphoric praise for the Prime Minister and all the missteps and idiocies of the last twenty three and a half months melting like chocolate in front of a good fire.
The poll boost will lead to calls for May to stay on to fight the GE - who cares what she said or agreed, she has saved Britain and the Union, shower her with roses and let her govern for ever. I'm a believer in accountability, don't know why but I am - the question is not that she stopped us going over the cliff, the question is why she led us to the edge in the first place.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.0 -
"Greggs vegan sausage roll boosts sales"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47480247
I always knew that mincing up vegans and turning them into sausage rolls was a good idea.0 -
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https://twitter.com/joerichlaw/status/1103582706372395009
Edited extra bit: at the time of writing, the tweet cited there is up on the band's Twitter feed.0 -
A clarification: it's like believing in a Santa that has killed millions and not noticeably improved the world in any way. It's like believing in a Santa that is lying in a p*ss-laden gutter, eight cans of Tennants Extra lying by its side.NickPalmer said:This rather overstates the horror that most people on the left feel about ex-Communists. Nowadays Communist parties barely exist and few people care whether someone used to support them - it's like previously believing in Santa, as Healey put it. There is little in the abstract concept that left-wingers would disagree with in principle (from each according to ability, to each according to need - the way one personally should try to live and treat one's family and friends, IMO), but we varied in how quickly we noticed that it doesn't work in government. I still find the Morning Star quite useful (and they are nowadays not a mouthpiece for one party but for any old left-wing faction) because they cover issues that few other newspapers care about - oppression of trade unionists around the world, etc.
People who say they'd support a Labour government but would be highly critical friends and might vote against a particular policy are in principle fine with me (depending on the details). The position is different if someone stands on a Labour platform, gets Labour votes, but says they won't support a Labour government. I think they are deceiving the electorate, the party and themselves, and should quit.
Communism matters, because it is an evil system wrapped up in a comfort blanket that is liked by likewise evil people and idiots.0 -
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.stodge said:Morning all
You'd better believe it's not just Labour and Conservatives where party members have to grapple with these questions, As a Leave-voting anti-second vote LD it's not comfortable for me to see where the party I have supported financially and in other ways for many years has gone. There have been times (the Iraq War and, whisper it quietly, some aspects of the Coalition years) when I have felt proud to be a Lib Dem and knew we were doing something to benefit all the country.
And yet, there's still that strand that keeps me with Vince for now. I look at the TIG or the Progressives and I genuinely wish them well but I need to know a lot more what they stand for beyond Brexit. Hopefully, as the 11 and others get to know each other and spend time together they realise much more unites them than divides them.
I see the pro-Deal Henry Newman has put up a cogent and coherent argument as to why it's not such a bad Deal and we should all vote for it. I'm still not entirely convinced but it's a case of sorts - the problem I have is I can see the political consequences of the Deal passing which will be an avalanche of gushing euphoric praise for the Prime Minister and all the missteps and idiocies of the last twenty three and a half months melting like chocolate in front of a good fire.
The poll boost will lead to calls for May to stay on to fight the GE - who cares what she said or agreed, she has saved Britain and the Union, shower her with roses and let her govern for ever. I'm a believer in accountability, don't know why but I am - the question is not that she stopped us going over the cliff, the question is why she led us to the edge in the first place.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.0 -
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.0 -
Its the only name I could think of as well.Sandpit said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.stodge said:Morning all
You'd better believe it's not just Labour and Conservatives where party members have to grapple with these questions, As a Leave-voting anti-second vote LD it's not comfortable for me to see where the party I have supported financially and in other ways for many years has gone. There have been times (the Iraq War and, whisper it quietly, some aspects of the Coalition years) when I have felt proud to be a Lib Dem and knew we were doing something to benefit all the country.
And yet, there's still that strand that keeps me with Vince for now. I look at the TIG or the Progressives and I genuinely wish them well but I need to know a lot more what they stand for beyond Brexit. Hopefully, as the 11 and others get to know each other and spend time together they realise much more unites them than divides them.
I see the pro-Deal Henry Newman has put up a cogent and coherent argument as to why it's not such a bad Deal and we should all vote for it. I'm still not entirely convinced but it's a case of sorts - the problem I have is I can see the political consequences of the Deal passing which will be an avalanche of gushing euphoric praise for the Prime Minister and all the missteps and idiocies of the last twenty three and a half months melting like chocolate in front of a good fire.
The poll boost will lead to calls for May to stay on to fight the GE - who cares what she said or agreed, she has saved Britain and the Union, shower her with roses and let her govern for ever. I'm a believer in accountability, don't know why but I am - the question is not that she stopped us going over the cliff, the question is why she led us to the edge in the first place.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
Although there are some here who would disagree.
But would anyone trust any of the ERG gang to negotiate competently ?0 -
Tut tut. You'll never work on the BBC again!SandyRentool said:"Greggs vegan sausage roll boosts sales"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47480247
I always knew that mincing up vegans and turning them into sausage rolls was a good idea.0 -
How much do rents have to be cut before the Tories have low-rent voters?Sean_F said:
Pretty representative of cutrent Conservative voters.Benpointer said:
Good point about Labour members but how in tune do you think the Conservative members are with the party leadership and Conservative voters?MarqueeMark said:"Far Left groupuscules" - I prefer to think of them as Far Left groupustules. As do Labour MPs.
Labour MP's still feel vehemently that their Party is still their Party. Their voters are still their voters. It's their membership that is no longer their membership. And a small coterie at the top are happy enough to see that membership include some very rum coves....0 -
John Redwood has the intelligence to do it. But none of the other attributes.another_richard said:
Its the only name I could think of as well.
Although there are some here who would disagree.
But would anyone trust any of the ERG gang to negotiate competently ?0 -
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.
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Careful. There's a test case before an employment tribunal which may result in veganism becoming a protected characteristic under the Equality Act.SandyRentool said:"Greggs vegan sausage roll boosts sales"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47480247
I always knew that mincing up vegans and turning them into sausage rolls was a good idea.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46385597
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^^^^^ This.Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
Needs to be PM or CoTE when we finally move on from the disastrous May/Hammond era of terrible leadership.0 -
It's funny how some reputations can survive even the most damning counter-evidence.Pulpstar said:
John Redwood has the intelligence to do it. But none of the other attributes.another_richard said:
Its the only name I could think of as well.
Although there are some here who would disagree.
But would anyone trust any of the ERG gang to negotiate competently ?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GzBq0n8dxFQ/hqdefault.jpg0 -
FPT
https://mobile.twitter.com/HenryNewman/status/1103404253786370059
It makes a far better case for May's Deal than May or anyone in government is willing or capable of.
But I find the comparison between the comments there to the the standard PB discussion we have interesting.
We seem a rather more civilised and thoughtful bunch.0 -
Of course the same handwringing MPs will bemoan the Honda factory shutting down whilst supporting climate strikes by kids whilst not investing in cycle lanes and taking the cars to work.Toms said:The picture above shows a particularly fancy example of a modern perversion, aka an automobile, the increasing use of which is symptomatic of our doom.
I can not disagree with one word of this George Monbiot article, 'tho I do find it a bit understated:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out
Meanwhile incentives to switch to electric cars are zero.
Meanwhile a new political party is set up with the sole policy aim of ensuring Irish trucks can barrel across England , chugging out fumes with no benefit to the Uk.
Paucity of our politicians is the problem.0 -
I think the relevant Conservative MPs suspect that as well, hence the briefings about getting a commitment from her to step down in order to win their vote for the MV (MV3, by the sounds of it).stodge said:
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.0 -
Vegan? I happen to be a vegetarianSandyRentool said:"Greggs vegan sausage roll boosts sales"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47480247
I always knew that mincing up vegans and turning them into sausage rolls was a good idea.
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With apols to Simply Red:Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're feeling
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're giving
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FPT
I suspect that for some in the ERG if there ISN'T chaos after Brexit then it hasn't been carried out properly.rcs1000 said:
There is a meaningful minority of leavers (cough, Nadine Dorries, cough) who believe that if the EU is willing to agree to it, then it must be bad for the UK.Casino_Royale said:
Yes, it’s a fair deal.IanB2 said:This long thread is worth a read
https://mobile.twitter.com/HenryNewman/status/1103404253786370059
Just reinforces my point that many Leavers either haven’t read it or don’t understand it.
The latest one is that Geoffrey Cox has gone to the EU to propose an independent body to verify that treaty obligations (in particular vis-a-vis Ireland and the EU actually attempting to implement a technical solution) are being fulfilled.
But he's got his legs completely cut out from under him by the ERG demanding that there cannot be EU representation on the body. Wait: if there are 12 members of this body, of which one is from the UK and one from the EU, then that's unacceptable because there's an EU representative???
It's insane.
And if nothing much changes initially, business carries on as previously etc then it means that May has conceded too much in the negotiation.0 -
I see Mr Bolsonaro has a question for the Twitter Brains Trust.
https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1103270588850806787?s=19
Socially Conservative Populists should know their roses better!
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/golden-showers0 -
What's Gove got to do with it?Sunil_Prasannan said:
With apols to Simply Red:Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're feeling
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're giving
Just a second hand politician...0 -
But who do they to replace May with ?Tissue_Price said:
I think the relevant Conservative MPs suspect that as well, hence the briefings about getting a commitment from her to step down in order to win their vote for the MV (MV3, by the sounds of it).stodge said:
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.0 -
#askDonaldFoxy said:I see Mr Bolsonaro has a question for the Twitter Brains Trust.
https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1103270588850806787?s=19
Socially Conservative Populists should know their roses better!
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/golden-showers0 -
That's the lookFoxy said:
What's Gove got to do with it?Sunil_Prasannan said:
With apols to Simply Red:Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're feeling
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're giving
Just a second hand politician...
That's the look
The Look of Gove0 -
Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
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I don't think they know, which is because I don't think the desire to replace her is that much to do with Brexit either.another_richard said:
But who do they to replace May with ?Tissue_Price said:
I think the relevant Conservative MPs suspect that as well, hence the briefings about getting a commitment from her to step down in order to win their vote for the MV (MV3, by the sounds of it).stodge said:
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.
EDIT: plus of course that wing doesn't necessarily have enough votes to get whichever candidate onto the ballot paper anyway.
And I don't think the membership are blindly going to vote for the "most Brexit" candidate - though there are certain Remainer candidates whom I believe would almost certainly lose regardless of opponent (a la Ken Clarke).0 -
Honest to god, there's a bush of golden shower roses right outside the loos at Regent's Park (um, the ones outside the Rose Garden section)!Foxy said:I see Mr Bolsonaro has a question for the Twitter Brains Trust.
https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1103270588850806787?s=19
Socially Conservative Populists should know their roses better!
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8578442/johnny-mercer-call-theresa-may-make-way/
"A RISING star MP will call on Theresa May and her ageing Government to make way for a new generation of Tories to take over.
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That's the lookFoxy said:
What's Gove got to do with it?Sunil_Prasannan said:
With apols to Simply Red:Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're feeling
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're giving
Just a second hand politician...
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It's actually a shame he wasn't in charge of negotiating the Withdrawal Agreement, as it's prevented me from saying:Sunil_Prasannan said:
That's the lookFoxy said:
What's Gove got to do with it?Sunil_Prasannan said:
With apols to Simply Red:Pulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're feeling
It's only Gove doing its thing baby
It's only Gove that you're giving
Just a second hand politician...
That's the look
The Look of Gove
The Book of Gove is long and boring
No-one has read the damn thing
Well, not actually prevented, as such, but it makes considerably less sense.
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The Leave victory at EUref may have led to an early "Brexit" for England in Euro2016, but it inspired Wales to reach the semis, and perhaps even more importantly, it inspired Team GB at both the 2016 Olympics and the Paralympics to unparalleled gold medal glory!Tissue_Price said:
I don't think they know, which is because I don't think the desire to replace her is that much to do with Brexit either.another_richard said:
But who do they to replace May with ?Tissue_Price said:
I think the relevant Conservative MPs suspect that as well, hence the briefings about getting a commitment from her to step down in order to win their vote for the MV (MV3, by the sounds of it).stodge said:
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.
EDIT: plus of course that wing doesn't necessarily have enough votes to get whichever candidate onto the ballot paper anyway.
And I don't think the membership are blindly going to vote for the "most Brexit" candidate - though there are certain Remainer candidates whom I believe would almost certainly lose regardless of opponent (a la Ken Clarke).
And let's not forget England's semi-final appearance at World Cup 2018!
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Well, that's potentially a big story.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
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If I were the Conservatives, I'd be looking very carefully at the processes they use to ensure they don't suffer similar headlines. However they don't appear to have descended so far into the mire - yet ...0 -
They sound like a right bunch of charmers.Morris_Dancer said:......
https://twitter.com/joerichlaw/status/1103582706372395009
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The EHRC will now write to the party to give it an opportunity to respond.
Labour could agree to work voluntarily with the watchdog to come up with an action plan to improve their processes. If the party does not sign up to that, then there could be be a formal investigation.0 -
If there are more examples like this, then they're in a world of shit (quoted in The Guardian):|FrancisUrquhart said:The EHRC will now write to the party to give it an opportunity to respond.
Labour could agree to work voluntarily with the watchdog to come up with an action plan to improve their processes. If the party does not sign up to that, then there could be be a formal investigation.
Stephane Savary, who stood as a council candidate in Altrincham in Trafford last year, said he was pleased at the outcome. “We definitely want to fight to get the antisemites out of the party,” he said.
Last year, a Labour member made a 50-minute antisemitic video about him, calling him a “fucking Jew”. He said he reported the video to the Labour party nine times but the party refused to accept the antisemite was a party member until a police investigation proved it.0 -
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Cox fiddles while London burns.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
The Steerpike of the tory party.Sandpit said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.stodge said:Morning all
You'd better believe it's not just Labour and Conservatives where party members have to grapple with these questions, As a Leave-voting anti-second vote LD it's not comfortable for me to see where the party I have supported financially and in other ways for many years has gone. There have been times (the Iraq War and, whisper it quietly, some aspects of the Coalition years) when I have felt proud to be a Lib Dem and knew we were doing something to benefit all the country.
And yet, there's still that strand that keeps me with Vince for now. I look at the TIG or the Progressives and I genuinely wish them well but I need to know a lot more what they stand for beyond Brexit. Hopefully, as the 11 and others get to know each other and spend time together they realise much more unites them than divides them.
I see the pro-Deal Henry Newman has put up a cogent and coherent argument as to why it's not such a bad Deal and we should all vote for it. I'm still not entirely convinced but it's a case of sorts - the problem I have is I can see the political consequences of the Deal passing which will be an avalanche of gushing euphoric praise for the Prime Minister and all the missteps and idiocies of the last twenty three and a half months melting like chocolate in front of a good fire.
The poll boost will lead to calls for May to stay on to fight the GE - who cares what she said or agreed, she has saved Britain and the Union, shower her with roses and let her govern for ever. I'm a believer in accountability, don't know why but I am - the question is not that she stopped us going over the cliff, the question is why she led us to the edge in the first place.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
If only we'd had a slightly different selection of right wing middle class white men in charge we could have had such a nice Brexit.0 -
The Hon Member for Batshit-in-the-Marches.
https://twitter.com/dkshrewsbury/status/1103538956187123712?s=21
Serious point: May’s unwillingness to slap down this nonsense is why no Remainer can trust her.0 -
The EU I feel will give us the first extension relatively easily. It's going to be the second that'll be the issue.Gardenwalker said:The Hon Member for Batshit-in-the-Marches.
https://twitter.com/dkshrewsbury/status/1103538956187123712?s=21
Serious point: May’s unwillingness to slap down this nonsense is why no Remainer can trust her.0 -
eBay Netenyahu is such a porky twat he can't have seen the contents of his codpiece without the aid of a mirror since Nevermind came out.Theuniondivvie said:
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Fitting. The chances of a successful renegotiation look as small as a eunuch's prospects.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
The Tories have a demonstrably working system for dealing with those who are beyond the pale. As they showed a couple of days ago.JosiasJessop said:
Well, that's potentially a big story.AramintaMoonbeamQC said:Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
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If I were the Conservatives, I'd be looking very carefully at the processes they use to ensure they don't suffer similar headlines. However they don't appear to have descended so far into the mire - yet ...
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Correct, I know my roses better than most.Foxy said:I see Mr Bolsonaro has a question for the Twitter Brains Trust.
https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1103270588850806787?s=19
Socially Conservative Populists should know their roses better!
https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/golden-showers
We stopped Golden Showers a few years ago, a hangover from the early 1960s, prone to disease and not as good as many newer offerings for density and length of flowering. Try this one, a much better rose, but I have no idea or experience of the other non rose type of a Golden Shower.
https://www.roses.co.uk/climbing-roses-bare-root/gardeners-gold-bare-root0 -
It is good, but it should have Corbyn's scruffy mug on it toowilliamglenn said:0 -
Presumably we all feel the same about the Hon Mem for Batshit in the Marches talking to Poland as we do Dominic Grieve talking to the French?Pulpstar said:
The EU I feel will give us the first extension relatively easily. It's going to be the second that'll be the issue.Gardenwalker said:The Hon Member for Batshit-in-the-Marches.
https://twitter.com/dkshrewsbury/status/1103538956187123712?s=21
Serious point: May’s unwillingness to slap down this nonsense is why no Remainer can trust her.0 -
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Good to see the EU and Barnier getting a battering on the BBC comments. It does feel like the tide is turning and people realise they are in no way being constructive in these negotiations and are even making Mrs May look flexible.0
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There's a bit of a difference between exploring with another country what might be acceptable to them at a time when no consensus has been reached and preparing actively to sabotage the hypothetical settled policy of the United Kingdom.Harris_Tweed said:
Presumably we all feel the same about the Hon Mem for Batshit in the Marches talking to Poland as we do Dominic Grieve talking to the French?Pulpstar said:
The EU I feel will give us the first extension relatively easily. It's going to be the second that'll be the issue.Gardenwalker said:The Hon Member for Batshit-in-the-Marches.
https://twitter.com/dkshrewsbury/status/1103538956187123712?s=21
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Agreed. I think it worked very well. Sure, it went down poorly with Tories with a sense of humour bypass, but as you imply, play to your audience!TheJezziah said:
I'm not sure they've come around to the bad idea way of thinking quite yet, more at the that went well stage.Sandpit said:I still always laugh at that photo, and what must have been the process behind the scenes that led it to happen. (For those who don't know, it was for a TV comedy show).
At what point in the process did his handlers think it might be a bad idea, and did they fall for old excuse that the production company had already rented the ermine coat and the Bentley so it would be poor form to cancel it at a late stage?
I don't know if older people would react negatively to that kind of thing but the last leg tends to have a younger audience (I assume anyway) or at least one more towards that way of thinking.0 -
Similar to the one posted by @oxfordsimon
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Regarding the next Con leader, I would divide the contenders into 4 categories:Sunil_Prasannan said:
The Leave victory at EUref may have led to an early "Brexit" for England in Euro2016, but it inspired Wales to reach the semis, and perhaps even more importantly, it inspired Team GB at both the 2016 Olympics and the Paralympics to unparalleled gold medal glory!Tissue_Price said:
I don't think they know, which is because I don't think the desire to replace her is that much to do with Brexit either.another_richard said:
But who do they to replace May with ?Tissue_Price said:
I think the relevant Conservative MPs suspect that as well, hence the briefings about getting a commitment from her to step down in order to win their vote for the MV (MV3, by the sounds of it).stodge said:
I don't believe that. I think if the WA passes, May will be lauded as the new incarnation of the Blessed Margaret and the ERG, having tasted the public mood of relief and adulation, will come crawling for her forgiveness and mercy.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.
All talk of her walking away will disappear like the morning mist on a summer's day and she will bask in the glow of the affection of the Mail, Express, Sun and (apparently) all right-thinking British people everywhere.
EDIT: plus of course that wing doesn't necessarily have enough votes to get whichever candidate onto the ballot paper anyway.
And I don't think the membership are blindly going to vote for the "most Brexit" candidate - though there are certain Remainer candidates whom I believe would almost certainly lose regardless of opponent (a la Ken Clarke).
And let's not forget England's semi-final appearance at World Cup 2018!
Hardline remainers e.g. Greening, Rudd
Pragmatic remainers e.g. Javed, Hunt
Pragmatic leavers e.g. Gove, Leadsom
Hardline leavers e.g. Boris, Raab
In my view, the MPs will block a hardline leaver and the members will never vote for a hardline remainer sio we are left with the middle 2 categories.
I think Gove is a good bet.0 -
I'd vote for him, assuming I still have a membership card by the time a vote comes. As the Conservatives become more and more UKIP-lite that is less and less likely, and possibly less likely that anyone with a sane moderate view has a chance of becoming leaderTGOHF said:https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8578442/johnny-mercer-call-theresa-may-make-way/
"A RISING star MP will call on Theresa May and her ageing Government to make way for a new generation of Tories to take over.
Outspoken Johnny Mercer will issue the direct challenge on the embattled PM by insisting ordinary Brits are “crying out” for fresh leadership to match the fast changing times."0 -
I thought the (to paraphrase)Brom said:Good to see the EU and Barnier getting a battering on the BBC comments. It does feel like the tide is turning and people realise they are in no way being constructive in these negotiations and are even making Mrs May look flexible.
'Report back to us within 48 hours with new and acceptable solutions'
comment that was splashed about yesterday was presented in a way that made the EU look arrogant and inflexible.
Not what they should be doing if they have any interest in public perception of the EU, even if they are exasperated.0 -
Nope. That's ludicrous pearl-clutching hyperbole.JosiasJessop said:
A clarification: it's like believing in a Santa that has killed millions and not noticeably improved the world in any way. It's like believing in a Santa that is lying in a p*ss-laden gutter, eight cans of Tennants Extra lying by its side.NickPalmer said:This rather overstates the horror that most people on the left feel about ex-Communists. Nowadays Communist parties barely exist and few people care whether someone used to support them - it's like previously believing in Santa, as Healey put it. There is little in the abstract concept that left-wingers would disagree with in principle (from each according to ability, to each according to need - the way one personally should try to live and treat one's family and friends, IMO), but we varied in how quickly we noticed that it doesn't work in government. I still find the Morning Star quite useful (and they are nowadays not a mouthpiece for one party but for any old left-wing faction) because they cover issues that few other newspapers care about - oppression of trade unionists around the world, etc.
People who say they'd support a Labour government but would be highly critical friends and might vote against a particular policy are in principle fine with me (depending on the details). The position is different if someone stands on a Labour platform, gets Labour votes, but says they won't support a Labour government. I think they are deceiving the electorate, the party and themselves, and should quit.
Communism matters, because it is an evil system wrapped up in a comfort blanket that is liked by likewise evil people and idiots.
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The tide is turning? When were btl comments on the BBC & everywhere else not infested by EUSSR loonballs?Brom said:Good to see the EU and Barnier getting a battering on the BBC comments. It does feel like the tide is turning and people realise they are in no way being constructive in these negotiations and are even making Mrs May look flexible.
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Quite. Seeing as some wanted Grieve boiled in oil, I should imagine the good folk of Montford Bridge and Uffington will be agitating for him to be pulled limb-from-limb by a team of wild bears.AlastairMeeks said:
There's a bit of a difference between exploring with another country what might be acceptable to them at a time when no consensus has been reached and preparing actively to sabotage the hypothetical settled policy of the United Kingdom.Harris_Tweed said:
Presumably we all feel the same about the Hon Mem for Batshit in the Marches talking to Poland as we do Dominic Grieve talking to the French?Pulpstar said:
The EU I feel will give us the first extension relatively easily. It's going to be the second that'll be the issue.Gardenwalker said:The Hon Member for Batshit-in-the-Marches.
https://twitter.com/dkshrewsbury/status/1103538956187123712?s=21
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For all our sakes hopefully not that lying snake oil salesmanPulpstar said:
Michael Gove.another_richard said:
I've read here that if the Deal passes May should then resign and let a 'true believer' do future negotiations.
But which 'true believer' is willing to do the work and take the responsibility, to do the proper preparation and give the necessary attention to detail.0 -
The problem with Communism is not merely that it does not work. It's that it inevitably - everywhere it has ever been tried - leads to deliberate killing and destruction and the abolition of freedom. And its leaders know this and glory in it. Violence is inherent in it. There is nothing noble about it._Anazina_ said:
Nope. That's ludicrous pearl-clutching hyperbole.JosiasJessop said:
A clarification: it's like believing in a Santa that has killed millions and not noticeably improved the world in any way. It's like believing in a Santa that is lying in a p*ss-laden gutter, eight cans of Tennants Extra lying by its side.NickPalmer said:This rather overstates the horror that most people on the left feel about ex-Communists. Nowadays Communist parties barely exist and few people care whether someone used to support them - it's like previously believing in Santa, as Healey put it. There is little in the abstract concept that left-wingers would disagree with in principle (from each according to ability, to each according to need - the way one personally should try to live and treat one's family and friends, IMO), but we varied in how quickly we noticed that it doesn't work in government. I still find the Morning Star quite useful (and they are nowadays not a mouthpiece for one party but for any old left-wing faction) because they cover issues that few other newspapers care about - oppression of trade unionists around the world, etc.
People who say they'd support a Labour government but would be highly critical friends and might vote against a particular policy are in principle fine with me (depending on the details). The position is different if someone stands on a Labour platform, gets Labour votes, but says they won't support a Labour government. I think they are deceiving the electorate, the party and themselves, and should quit.
Communism matters, because it is an evil system wrapped up in a comfort blanket that is liked by likewise evil people and idiots.
I much prefer (I think) Sir John Major's definition: "It's a noble idea. It just doesn't work."0 -
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