"oh you don't get me I'm the end of the union": lol brexit is how we're all gonna die

a c grayling is a national treasure

not quite the worst grayling

It Appears That Chuka Umunna Is Being Funded By One Of The Tories' Biggest Donors — https://www.buzzfeed.com/solomonhughes/chuka-umunna-jeremy-isaacs

good scoop

but he ... never mind!

lmao what a shocker

BuzzFeed News asked Umunna’s office about taking support from the former Conservative donor. They did not address Isaacs' donation directly or confirm that it was the man in question, but did emphasise their commitment to transparency over donations.

A spokesperson said all donations to MPs “will be declared in the right and proper way” on the MPs register. In addition they said that while they legally did not have to declare donations to The Independent Group, because it is not yet a political party, they “will voluntarily publish the names and amounts of any donations totalling £7500 in a year” . They also said that the Independent Group had “received many small donations” through their website.

'we are fully committed to being 100% transparent, one calendar year from today'

well i for one am etc etc

it is not yet a political party,

then fucking resign your seats and stand again when it is, you utter cunts

ain't no party like an Indie party cos an Indie party don't declare it's financial supporters

it's a new old way of complete financial opacity for corrupt pols to fill their fucking boots!

feels good man

He hasn’t donated to the national Conservative Party since then, but did give £25,000 to Tory backbench MP Tom Tugendhat to help run his office in 2018.

People don't believe me when i say Tugmentum is real but the evidence is stacking up...

in 20s and 50s

tugmentum: very much gathering speed and intensity, heading towards an unstoppable bursting-forth of enthusiasm

From the Guardian article about how the deal was taken in EU media:

If the plan seem “a little convoluted”, agreed Libération, “it represents a very subtle way of putting the ball firmly back in the UK’s court. The risk of no deal is still there, but the EU can no longer be accused of precipitating it.”

Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg “can put away their English sparkling wine and union jacks, because Independence Day is cancelled,” the paper added. “At least, for the time being.”

Which is why you need a Tugend hat.

xpost TIMING!

listen to this to die instantly

Podcast: Should Michael Gove be caretaker PM? Toby Young floats a theory: https://t.co/aMppwFFKqc

— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) March 22, 2019

Yeah, he'll get things sorted - Red over on the left, blue on the right, various hues in the middle.

Mind you, that was just his sock drawer.

Brexit: EU wins itself some breathing space https://t.co/35TpdeTnYR

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 22, 2019

Fog covers channel, continent cut off

Are bots gaming the 'Cancel Brexit' petition?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47668946

Turns out its "nah"

Who is marching tomorrow? ILXors with my details, please get in touch if that’s you.

phew - i'd hate to think that sinister forces were somehow gaming this utterly pointless petition xp

I don't think it's pointless, it doesn't have to be a legally binding and performative thing to affect events. The EU 27 have been talking about it, as have journalists in sane countries with saner media. "We all want this over and I am on the side of you, who all agree with me" doesn't stand up to 3.5m people signing to disagree with you in less than 48 hours. It's genuinely a thing.

thred

We need to talk about Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson and People’s Vote. THREAD.

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) March 22, 2019

it's a thing for people who want to make it a thing, i don't see any meaning beyond the symbolic, and on a symbolic level what does it signify? we already know that there is vocal support for ref 2 or revocation. anybody who wants to ignore them has only got to point to the numbers and say "it's a noisy minority"

at this point I'm really not sure Leave would win again

not really sure is a great way to do politics

that Maugham thread is good tbfttl

"We" know there is vocal support for ref 2 or revocation, but the Prime Minister is insisting to us, the rest of the country and the world that the whole nation has come together behind her proposal and only traitor MPs are stopping us now. Symbols matter. It's also a whapping big minority, especially in contrast to the lacklustre show for any kind of pro-Brexit thing.

I think the sudden outpouring of "it's definitely bots and it doesn't matter anyway" from all corners of Leave shows it's a thing for them too

well it's hardly a misuse of energy, since it takes none, so fair enough. but there is something about the feebiness of it, something about the - look we've used the word "optics" enough this week, but that - that doesn't feel particularly useful other than as self-therapy to me.

haha "tbfttl"

WRT the Jolyon thread, Blair was on Remainiacs and the thing that most stuck with me is that he knows referenda should only be called when the caller wants change. That’s why Remain lost.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/22/secret-cabinet-office-document-reveals-chaotic-planning-for-no-deal-brexit

“Under the planning assumptions it is assumed that the command, control and coordination arrangements might last, during the critical phase, for a minimum of 12 weeks and might require 24/7 working for all involved departments and agencies,” the document says. “Some impacts may be felt for up to 24 weeks.”

On the other hand I assume the quality of government-grade amphetamines has improved in leaps and bounds in the last 70 years.

Here’s a statement I received from them yesterday. And they have also refused to allow me to make the case for revoke at the March tomorrow. This is extraordinary given the huge, and entirely organic, outpouring of support for revoke, something they never managed to generate. /8 pic.twitter.com/WfsonTs3s4

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) March 22, 2019

PV relentlessly OTM here, and I say that as someone who signed the petition

shocked to discover Fraser Nelson has blocked me on Twitter

WRT the Jolyon thread, Blair was on Remainiacs

I thought it might be shite but it was good.

https://i.imgur.com/ZVMs4xR.jpg

Longtime reader, first time questioner from the US: Assuming Brexit happens and goes as horribly as predicted, how soon could the UK re-apply for EU membership? Would the UK do that? Would the EU say "lol fuck off"?

I guess they could reapply almost immediately. However they'd need to go through the shit show of a referendum to get public support, and the various opt outs UK has Schengen/Euro etc would be tied in to any new membership, could make that difficult to sell. Assuming we crash out I can't see UK rejoining for another 10-15 years at least.

DL from remainiacs should start posting again

can we get jimmy bollocks to post here too

stet otm re the relevance of an otherwise-bollix poll in v effectively countering mays totally-bollix positioning of herself as the lone brave voice of the ppl

xp is this thread too peaceful for your liking

May even indicated she would, if necessary, be prepared to lead the Conservative party and fight a general election if one took place before 2022 – the date she has given for when she is prepared to stand down.

please let this happen

finally, the sensible people are talking

BREAKING: @TheUriGeller has today written a letter, handed exclusively to the Jewish Telegraph, to @theresa_may to state that he will "not allow you to lead Britain into #Brexit". pic.twitter.com/IIkPL2Z9g7

— Jewish Telegraph (@JewishTelegraph) March 22, 2019

i get as far as spoon to touch before checking the writer, what a wonderful moment the suspense was for me

I know nobody has any time for Uri Geller, but just a reminder that he apparently lacks the insight to quietly remove this from his website https://www.urigeller.com/my_friend_michael_jackson_/

fyi uri’s relationship with michael was strictly spoons