one out all out: a brexit from the modern world and every one of its problems please (we're all gonna die lol)

got a nasty case of pmqs last spring - didn't go away until I'd given my moat a good cleaning

Interestingish piece: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/17/divided-britain-study-finds-huge-chasm-in-attitudes

Nothing that revelatory really I guess but ergh The most recent polling by the group, of more than 10,000 people in July, found 32% of people believed there were Muslim “no-go areas” in Britain governed by Sharia law, a view endorsed by 49% of leave voters in the Brexit referendum. and so on.

so what do these fucking dolts think will happen if they stumble into a 'muslim no-go area'? they'll be instantly beheaded by isis as the cops look on, powerless to intervene?

there is pub down the road from me where lots of the BNP knuckleheads used to drink and hold meetings in the 90's and it is actually now actually a Sharee Council building, which probably confirms this "conspiracy" to many folks! I love the way they kept the old Car Park This Way sign from the pub days, just to rub salt into the wound.

just type actually again cos it feels good.

reminds me of this beautiful tweet

As someone born and raised in Birmingham, I must admit there was a pressure to read the Kerrang.

— ★ Unklerupert (@unklerupert) January 11, 2015

Lol otm

extremely good tweet

ha

Good and scummy from the ~intellectual fash rag.

This week’s cover: Divide and rule. How the EU used Ireland to take control of Brexit, by @JGForsyth pic.twitter.com/UiBbnuG9LH

— The Spectator (@spectator) October 17, 2018

nice to see that the Spectator cartoonist has as good a grasp of the Ireland/Northern Ireland border as senior Tory politicians

I was flicking between radio stations yesterday and briefly heard a 5 Live presenter reading a listener's "get involved" text that was something like: time to stop the tail wagging the dog, it's time to dump N Ireland.

'how the eu has used ireland to take control of brexit' = 'how no-one in the uk government gave a single thought to post-brexit ireland until way, way too late'

time to stop the tail wagging the dog, it's time to dump N Ireland

galaxybrain.jpg

small brain: Eire is trying to annex are NI!
normal brain: the EU is a threat to the union!
galaxy brain: the death of the peace process and/or Irish unity is a small price to pay for glorious Brexit

I wonder what is their truth about the belling cat.

it is actually time NI was served notice tbh

xp that they're fat kids probably

xp thought the problem is the Republic doesn't want them either

imagine The Spectator's response to a Remain EU proposing a soft border somewhere out on the Eastern frontier

thats not a fucking problem imo

healthiest thing in a divorce is not to ask the child what they want

well sure

Suddenly being given a lump sum of £5000+ due to chronic underpayments over months or years, will push many #disabled people into the "no longer eligible" category for income based benefits. People on #benefits aren't allowed to save up money for things. https://t.co/gBOL4juGm3

— spookworm (@notwaving) October 17, 2018

some disabled ppl will have to start hiding money under their floorboards if they can't spend the money they were underpaid in the first place, or lose income based benefits.

the worst of that is that it's not like the majority of disabled claimants are between jobs, it's their actual income ffs

I'm sure you might be able to get away with it by lying, but in the current hostile environment lots of disabled people are very fearful of the DWP.

you'd be surprised at what information banks and building societies automatically pass on the Inland Rev, i assume this might also reach the DWP tbh

I guess under the floorboards is the only option then. From I've read anything over £6k has to be spent within 6 months.

Unless you spend it so quickly they rule it is “intentional deprivation of assets” and you are spending with the intention of getting benefits back. In which case they stop your benefits for as long as they think the money should have lasted you

they have it all covered these days, to ensure disabled people are as materially + psychologically stressed as possible. Great bunch of lads the DWP.

starting to think the government might not be particularly concerned about the wellbeing of disabled people tbh

Someone strike through people there?

I would probably try to argue that a) this £5000 underpayment covering a timespan of 120 weeks increased my income by £41.65 for each week I'd been underpaid (and I would expect to be £41.65/week better off in weeks to come) and b) I would spend a lot of it immediately on any arrears generated during that time, so FUCK OFF DWP.

as someone who recently won an ESA/disability appeal I can confirm that most of the backpay I got went on paying back my credit card/friends/family who helped out during the 15(!) month process. fuck knows what would have happened if I'd lost.

it's fucking scary enough when you are getting texts from your bank telling informing you have six quid left of your overdraft, even when you know a payment is coming in to get you some breathing space again. But not even knowing if payments will be made = total living nightmare.

lol FBPE twitter has gone into meltdown because Today has followed up a Rog Daltrey spot with a Micheal Caine one. I heard a bit of the the Caine one this morn where he described Trump as "a funny guy".

Lots of speculation this morning that the EU have pretty much given up on negotiating with May on the backstop issue and that pretty much her only option is to extend the length of the transition period in order to get them round the table. The idea being that compromise on the backstop becomes easier if it's less likely they'll need it at all.

This all strikes me as pretty spurious given that there's no guarantee the EU will agree, and that extending the transition period would be akin to May basically putting her hand up and asking for a vote of no confidence and a leadership challenge. Doesn't mean it won't happen, hope you're all stoked for the madness.

The Brexiters frontrunner now appears to be Michael Gove which is about as big an advert for Remain as you could imagine.

Today I spent the morning with a 38-year-old female rough sleeper. She looked at least 15 years older than that. She’s been sleeping on the streets for more than 2 years. She cried as she told me the things men ask her to do in exchange for a couple of quid.

— Natalie Bloomer (@natalie_bloomer) October 16, 2018

ewww

Why is the Government so wet?https://t.co/386J3JUozF

— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) October 18, 2018

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-45901043

If ever you needed proof that god hates Britain and wants us to all die of starvation.

i am v much stoked for the madness

that BSE case appears statistically unremarkable tbf

stoked that the fates are aligning so i can finally indulge my secret craving for the taste of human flesh

Metro have a quote regarding the extension: in inimitable May style, it seems hand-crafted to enrage everyone.

https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/18/theresa-may-says-shes-ready-to-delay-brexit-8050504/

‘A further idea that has emerged – and it is an idea at this stage – is to create an option to extend the implementation period for a matter of months, and it would only be for a matter of months,’

in other news, the conservatives today announced their new head of media relations

https://www.ptotoday.com/images/articles/small-blog/1016_weird_12-copystore2.gif

where's cordelia gummer in our hour of need

http://home.bt.com/images/do-you-remember-gummer-enlists-daughter-in-bse-battle-136398133623102601-150515170134.jpg

eat the fatberger cordelia

lol how is she called cordelia: NOTHING WILL COME OF NOTHING, BITE AGAIN

she died of creutzfeldt-jakob disease iirc