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  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    edited June 2019
    Tactical votes for Hunt from Team Boris to knock Gove out?
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    1st unlike Govey
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Gove is still 23/1. Bonkers IMO.

    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/politics/market/1.125574963
  • Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Tactical votes for Hunt from Team Boris to knock Gove out?

    Bastard
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    2 votes for Cock & Balls?
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 79,668
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Tactical votes for Hunt from Team Boris to knock Gove out?

    You could check out the paternoster lift in the town hall...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/elevator-germans-loopy-revolving-lifts-paternosters
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    Mysticrose said:

    IanB2 said:

    I reckon that’s two defections from the Tories nailed on.


    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    2 votes for Cock & Balls?

    I suspect that's how I'm going to vote if it is Boris Johnson v Michael Gove.

    Or probably write 'Ken Clarke' or 'Bring back Dave (pbuh)'
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    I rather like Javid shame to see him eliminated, hopefully he gets a good role in the next Cabinet. Potential future PM still.
  • argyllrsargyllrs Posts: 155
    Boris breaks through 50% of votes
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/MatthewdAncona/status/1141678335489126400
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    Nigelb said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Tactical votes for Hunt from Team Boris to knock Gove out?

    You could check out the paternoster lift in the town hall...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/elevator-germans-loopy-revolving-lifts-paternosters
    Thanks

    (And to everyone else for their suggestions for Stuttgart)
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    So, over a very fine lunch, Boris can mull over who he wants to face.

    Bye bye Gove.....
  • MysticroseMysticrose Posts: 4,688
    So this afternoon Johnson's supporters will have their revenge on Gove.

    Things could turn very very nasty during the final two if Michael Gove and Sarah Vine decide to bite back.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Mysticrose said:


    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.

    Time for an election then. Clear out the deadwood.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,862
    Johnson will launch a very heavy punch at Gove now.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 39,250
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Mysticrose said:


    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.

    Time for an election then. Clear out the deadwood.
    That would probably be for the best. This Parliament has run its course.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,998
    argyllrs said:

    Boris breaks through 50% of votes

    By one. Not a coincidence - he's still got votes to come back. Or not...
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    And then there were 3...
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Mysticrose said:


    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.

    Time for an election then. Clear out the deadwood.
    Why are you trying to overturn the will of the people? That will of the people lasts five years.

    FWIW - I think a snap GE will result in an even more well hung Parliament (get your minds out of the gutter.)
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    I think Boris might squeak it.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,782
    The Dream Team! They're now voting for people who can beat Johnson! Only Gove can do that because no one else could be as unscrupulous. Four weeks for Mrs Vine to work her magic.

  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    2 votes for Cock & Balls?

    I suspect that's how I'm going to vote if it is Boris Johnson v Michael Gove.

    Or probably write 'Ken Clarke' or 'Bring back Dave (pbuh)'
    Wot - no Osborne? How fickle are you.....
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    edited June 2019
    I now hope it is a Boris v Gove contest, as it would be as it stands now, no more Remainers to deliver Brexit we need a Leaver and who better than the 2 frontmen of Vote Leave?

    I would vote for Boris and he is more electable but Gove has the intellect to ensure Boris is really tested over the campaign and that is what we need
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    Tight for first loser sure. Not tight for the winner.
  • MikeLMikeL Posts: 7,809
    Boris could easily have done more tacticals to keep Hunt 2nd.

    Problem is if he now switches votes to Hunt it'll look bad if his score falls. Though I guess he could say it's nothing to do with him.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    Foxy said:

    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    You take that back!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Greening, Lee, and Grieve?
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    What happens if they are no confidence next week? Is the vote in the government or the PM ? Who would lead the Tory party if corbyn can’t form a majority?
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 30,655
    Foxy said:

    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    And then there were 3...

    Perhaps a Currywurst eating contest to decide the election
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 25,362
    Nigelb said:


    You could check out the paternoster lift in the town hall...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/elevator-germans-loopy-revolving-lifts-paternosters

    I hate paternosters. They're an amputation waiting to happen. Although interestingly if you stay on them you don't get crushed at the bottom, you move sideways.

  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    "Gove probing Johnson" requires industrial quantities of mind bleach......
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    tlg86 said:

    argyllrs said:

    Boris breaks through 50% of votes

    By one. Not a coincidence - he's still got votes to come back. Or not...
    Yes, there is quite strong anyone but Boris vote.
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 30,655
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Foxy said:

    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    And then there were 3...

    Perhaps a Currywurst eating contest to decide the election
    https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f20413e3-6a3a-4347-8015-ec5b8f4f3fb4
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 39,250
    nichomar said:

    What happens if they are no confidence next week? Is the vote in the government or the PM ? Who would lead the Tory party if corbyn can’t form a majority?

    Boris Johnson would lead the Conservative Party into the ensuing general election.
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    HYUFD said:



    I would vote for Boris

    I don’t know how PB’ers have coped with the suspense.
  • GIN1138GIN1138 Posts: 22,942
    Boris has been controlling this all along hasn't he?

    Gove out this afternoon.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,862
    AndyJS said:

    Gove is still 23/1. Bonkers IMO.

    https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/politics/market/1.125574963

    Johnson can easily knock Gove out so it seems right to me.

    He’ll go up (nominally) about 20-25 from the Saj and will simply donate 10 or so to Hunt.
  • Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 66,275
    HYUFD said:

    I now hope it is a Boris v Gove contest, as it would be as it stands now, no more Remainers to deliver Brexit we need a Leaver and who better than the 2 frontmen of Vote Leave?

    I would vote for Boris and he is more electable but Gove has the intellect to ensure Boris is really tested over the campaign and that is what we need

    I agree and Gove will have two votes in our household
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Tactical votes for Hunt from Team Boris to knock Gove out?

    More Javid voters reported to be going to Gove than Hunt but still close between them
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    viewcode said:

    Nigelb said:


    You could check out the paternoster lift in the town hall...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/elevator-germans-loopy-revolving-lifts-paternosters

    I hate paternosters. They're an amputation waiting to happen. Although interestingly if you stay on them you don't get crushed at the bottom, you move sideways.

    I encountered my first in Vienna, and remember staying on to see if I got turned upside down as it went over the top. Almost a disappointment it didn’t happen.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    2 votes for Cock & Balls?

    I suspect that's how I'm going to vote if it is Boris Johnson v Michael Gove.

    Or probably write 'Ken Clarke' or 'Bring back Dave (pbuh)'
    Vote for Alec Douglas-Home ....

    Scotish peers do it better .... :smiley:
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    Boris could afford to lend Hunt 50.....
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    Let’s hope so many Boris supporters decide to use their last vote tactically that Boris comes in third....
  • SirNorfolkPassmoreSirNorfolkPassmore Posts: 7,379
    IanB2 said:

    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    I think Boris might squeak it.
    Although it'd be hilarious if Tory MPs had been engaged in a massive tactical voting / trolling operation, and it ended up Gove 155, Hunt 155, Johnson 3.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 25,362
    Mysticrose said:

    IanB2 said:

    I reckon that’s two defections from the Tories nailed on.

    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.
    They have six or seven nominally Labour MPs who usually vote for them. Kate Hoey isn't a Labour MP who votes Leave, she's a Leave MP who sits next to Labour...

  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    Foxy said:

    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    And then there were 3...

    Like an Agatha Christie novel ....
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    MarqueeMark said:

    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    Boris could afford to lend Hunt 50.....
    He failed to keep Hunt in second place in the result we've just had.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,022
    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,782
    They're going to rip each other to shreads. Even David Davis was run ragged on radio 4 this morning trying to justify Boris's profligacy in London. He was left saying £40 million was 'nothing'
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    viewcode said:

    Mysticrose said:

    IanB2 said:

    I reckon that’s two defections from the Tories nailed on.

    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.
    They have six or seven nominally Labour MPs who usually vote for them. Kate Hoey isn't a Labour MP who votes Leave, she's a Leave MP who sits next to Labour...

    If a VONC she would vote NC or be deselected. Either is possible.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sean_F said:

    nichomar said:

    What happens if they are no confidence next week? Is the vote in the government or the PM ? Who would lead the Tory party if corbyn can’t form a majority?

    Boris Johnson would lead the Conservative Party into the ensuing general election.
    But as Tory leader not prime minister and May remains in place until a new government can command a majority so maybe those October bets look good!
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 25,362
    IanB2 said:

    viewcode said:

    Nigelb said:


    You could check out the paternoster lift in the town hall...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/elevator-germans-loopy-revolving-lifts-paternosters

    I hate paternosters. They're an amputation waiting to happen. Although interestingly if you stay on them you don't get crushed at the bottom, you move sideways.

    I encountered my first in Vienna, and remember staying on to see if I got turned upside down as it went over the top. Almost a disappointment it didn’t happen.
    "Almost" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there... :)
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    Dear God, the stupid prat for SKY still trying to plug the manipulation of proxies angle. Again, gets shot down.....
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Greening, Lee, and Grieve?
    It's the fact that there are Conservative MPs so alienated from the process that they can't pick from the remaining four candidates. That does not bode well for party discipline.
  • RochdalePioneersRochdalePioneers Posts: 30,655
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.

    Sliced and added to a Hawaiian pizza you say? Well why not.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,534
    AndyJS said:

    MarqueeMark said:

    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    Boris could afford to lend Hunt 50.....
    He failed to keep Hunt in second place in the result we've just had.
    That round wasn't important in the scheme of things.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    Polls open in an hour and a half
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 86,197
    IanB2 said:

    Polls open in an hour and a half

    If you believe Sky, all the vote rigging has already been done ;-)
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 25,362
    Sean_F said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Mysticrose said:


    In which case, the new leader has no working majority in the House of Commons even with the DUP.

    Time for an election then. Clear out the deadwood.
    That would probably be for the best. This Parliament has run its course.
    Oh God yes.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    https://twitter.com/michaelgove/status/1141682393146900480?s=20
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1141680679723393024
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    AlastairMeeks said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Greening, Lee, and Grieve?
    It's the fact that there are Conservative MPs so alienated from the process that they can't pick from the remaining four candidates. That does not bode well for party discipline.
    Anyone who feels that alienated that they can't vote for any of the FOUR candidates remaining (two leavers and two remainers FWIW) should resign the whip.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 5,089
    JackW said:

    Foxy said:

    On the more important issue of the day, currywurst is a crime against sausages.

    And then there were 3...

    Like an Agatha Christie novel ....
    That means Javid did it!
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1141681654211252224?s=20
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Since Andrew Neil has for a long time been a fervent Leave advocate, if he has suddenly found his own cherished belief system under attack from the beast that he has fed, he should take a long hard look in the mirror as to how that might have come to pass.

  • SirNorfolkPassmoreSirNorfolkPassmore Posts: 7,379
    Mysticrose said:

    So this afternoon Johnson's supporters will have their revenge on Gove.

    Things could turn very very nasty during the final two if Michael Gove and Sarah Vine decide to bite back.

    I don't know.

    Firstly, it's a really, really bad time to be making enemies into even worse enemies. Johnson is going to need all those MPs' votes (as Alistair says, the spoiled ballots are a big concern). This is also the final round - over 50% for Johnson is a nice figure to trumpet. So I'm not sure there will be sizeable tactical voting from the Johnson camp.

    Secondly, as happened with Stewart and Javid dropping back when they dropped out, there is some sense of "well done, old chap, but your race is run and I'm moving on". Hunt is at risk of losing people who feel Gove has won out amongst those who remained loyal to May, so let's give him every chance with a decent final round.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    And there you have it. Absolutely fucking psychotically certifiable lunatic.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.

    I tried one once and it was foul, and usually smothered in gloopy ketchup. I tried it again in a different place and it was worse. It is a favourite of our teutonic cousins though for some reason.


  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    edited June 2019
    Rees-Mogg on Sky says 'Michael is one the politest men in politics' says no fear from him as a Boris backer whether he faces Michael Gove or Jeremy Hunt.

    'Boris does not bear grudges'
  • PClippPClipp Posts: 2,138
    GIN1138 said:

    Boris has been controlling this all along hasn't he?

    Gove out this afternoon.

    Tories are really good at fixing elections.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    I bloody love currywurst. Well worth the £5 it costs for a tiny portion at the Newcastle Christmas Market...
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,862
    MarqueeMark said:

    AndyJS said:

    It's going to be tight in the final round, to state the obvious.

    Boris could afford to lend Hunt 50.....
    But he won’t, because it’d be too obvious and risk giving Hunt momentum and undermining his overwhelming mandate.

    He’ll go up, but just not quite as much as expected and just enough for dirty tactics to be plausibly deniable.

    I reckon he can horse around with a maximum of a dozen votes.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    TOPPING said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    And there you have it. Absolutely fucking psychotically certifiable lunatic.
    I backed YES in 2014. So why is it lunatic to not desperately want to cling to the union now?

    Are malcolmg and his fellow Nats lunatics too?
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    Foxy said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.

    I tried one once and it was foul, and usually smothered in gloopy ketchup. I tried it again in a different place and it was worse. It is a favourite of our teutonic cousins though for some reason.


    I believe British soldiers are to blame.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    If Hunt gets knocked out tonight, I wonder if we'll get any Tory MP resigning from the party?
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,782
    edited June 2019
    Looking ahead a Gove/Johnson contest would be brilliant for the Lib Dems. Two more hateful politicians don't exist for Remainers (other civilised people are available) and watching them take chunks out of each other for a month would be an extraordinary piece of good fortune.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    Roger said:

    They're going to rip each other to shreads. Even David Davis was run ragged on radio 4 this morning trying to justify Boris's profligacy in London. He was left saying £40 million was 'nothing'

    Gove will sharpen up Boris' answers so he is ready to take on Barnier, Corbyn, Farage, Sturgeon and Swinson or Davey
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,578
    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Quite. The fact that 2 colleagues would do that rather than influence the race is ominous.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 52,358
    IanB2 said:

    Foxy said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.

    I tried one once and it was foul, and usually smothered in gloopy ketchup. I tried it again in a different place and it was worse. It is a favourite of our teutonic cousins though for some reason.


    I believe British soldiers are to blame.
    Presumably got the huns to eat it with cold steel...
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,529
    tpfkar said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Quite. The fact that 2 colleagues would do that rather than influence the race is ominous.
    Lay Boris as next PM. Worthwhile as a trading bet in case there’s a wobble during the hustings. And an outside chance of cashing in if the Tory majority goes.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Foxy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
    Well no as well the English and Welsh were brave enough to go for independence in 2016 the Scots were too frit in 2014 sadly. Shame but there we have it.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    Big_G_NorthWales said:

    HYUFD said:

    I now hope it is a Boris v Gove contest, as it would be as it stands now, no more Remainers to deliver Brexit we need a Leaver and who better than the 2 frontmen of Vote Leave?

    I would vote for Boris and he is more electable but Gove has the intellect to ensure Boris is really tested over the campaign and that is what we need

    I agree and Gove will have two votes in our household
    Fair enough, will be a good contest
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Foxy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
    Well no as well the English and Welsh were brave enough to go for independence in 2016 the Scots were too frit in 2014 sadly. Shame but there we have it.
    Bloody hell.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Gallowgate said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Foxy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
    Well no as well the English and Welsh were brave enough to go for independence in 2016 the Scots were too frit in 2014 sadly. Shame but there we have it.
    Bloody hell.
    Is this news to you that Scots were too frit in 2014?

    Or while 45% of Scots wanted to end the union is it news to you that some in England feel exactly the same?
  • eekeek Posts: 30,802
    Philip_Thompson said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Greening, Lee, and Grieve?
    It's the fact that there are Conservative MPs so alienated from the process that they can't pick from the remaining four candidates. That does not bode well for party discipline.
    Anyone who feels that alienated that they can't vote for any of the FOUR candidates remaining (two leavers and two remainers FWIW) should resign the whip.
    Bye bye majority
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 129,198
    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    The Brexit Party were second in Scotland in the European Parliament elections, it may not be a forced choice anyway, you could deliver Brexit and still have the Union
  • dixiedeandixiedean Posts: 30,348
    TOPPING said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    And there you have it. Absolutely fucking psychotically certifiable lunatic.
    The majority view of your fellow Tory members is what it is.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    eek said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    AlastairMeeks said:

    If I were Boris Johnson I'd worry about those spoiled ballot papers.

    Greening, Lee, and Grieve?
    It's the fact that there are Conservative MPs so alienated from the process that they can't pick from the remaining four candidates. That does not bode well for party discipline.
    Anyone who feels that alienated that they can't vote for any of the FOUR candidates remaining (two leavers and two remainers FWIW) should resign the whip.
    Bye bye majority
    Hello election with all defections replaced as candidates.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Gallowgate said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Foxy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
    Well no as well the English and Welsh were brave enough to go for independence in 2016 the Scots were too frit in 2014 sadly. Shame but there we have it.
    Bloody hell.
    Is this news to you that Scots were too frit in 2014?

    Or while 45% of Scots wanted to end the union is it news to you that some in England feel exactly the same?
    It's just incredibly insulting to a whole group of our fellow citizens. Grim.
  • El_CapitanoEl_Capitano Posts: 4,251
    Foxy said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Surely it is the Englexit not Brexit then?
    You're too generous. It's England-But-Not-The-Cities-Nor-The-Wealthy-Bits-xit. Brexit is, after all, more important than Æthelstan’s union of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

    So I'm absolutely delighted to see Philip come round to the idea that those of us in the cities and the wealthy bits should secede from Barnsley and Great Yarmouth and thereby stay in the EU, because I've been advocating that for a long while.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    AlastairMeeks said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Since Andrew Neil has for a long time been a fervent Leave advocate, if he has suddenly found his own cherished belief system under attack from the beast that he has fed, he should take a long hard look in the mirror as to how that might have come to pass.

    Nah. He is a good journalist. If I asked you, for your day job, to skewer a Remainer you would have no problem in doing so and in picking holes in the Remain argument.

    I have often thought that it would be fun, here on PB, to have a day when everyone argues the reverse of what they believe.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 44,135
    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    And there you have it. Absolutely fucking psychotically certifiable lunatic.
    I backed YES in 2014. So why is it lunatic to not desperately want to cling to the union now?

    Are malcolmg and his fellow Nats lunatics too?
    No. It's just you.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 63,862
    Philip_Thompson said:

    TOPPING said:

    Andrew Neil is absolutely must watch. Mordaunt latest/current casualty.

    "Your party has gone bonkers; it thinks Brexit is more important than the Union."

    Brexit is more important than the union.
    Not to me it’s not.

    By definition, it ceases to become Brexit if the Union is lost.
  • eristdooferistdoof Posts: 5,089
    edited June 2019
    Foxy said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    A currywurst seems as disgusting as a Hawaiian pizza.

    I tried one once and it was foul, and usually smothered in gloopy ketchup. I tried it again in a different place and it was worse. It is a favourite of our teutonic cousins though for some reason.
    It is always smothered in gloopy ketchup, that's the curry part. But I wouldn't claim it is a "favourite" of Berliners. It's more of a marmite thing.

    BTW. Please don't call Berliners Teutonic Cousins.
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