Seizing back control: The ILX lol brexit is how we're all gonna die thread.

They also have a list of 12 questions any prospective leadership candidate must answer and why, and I’m dying at these ones:

You have a choice of attending a Channel 4 party or mixing in a provincial pub bar. Look us in the eye and tell us at which you feel more at home, and why?

And if you think we need less of it – or that it must be constrained, in the One Nation tradition – how will you win “the battle of ideas” against Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour?

TBH the funniest thing about last night was the DUP catching Boris Johnson with his pants down, he's alienated Hard Brexiters and committed to supporting a deal he knows will fail. Dude would be an atrocious poker player.

Conservative Home named some Tories they'd heard of.

xp don’t be so sure, he’s proven indestructible so far.

Most eye opening detail I learned from Yesterday in Parliament: some MPs tried in vain to start a Mexican wave before the indicative vote results came back. I mean, where to start?

— Owen Gibson (@owen_g) March 28, 2019

They were the Independent Group MPs!

I know Boris has said a lot of things in the past and none of it actually matters but i remember him vehemently maintaining that he didn't care if Northern Ireland stayed part of the UK and that it should be put to a democratic vote, about ten years ago, in one of his comedy quiz show appearances. I'm sure someone has dug that up or will shortly.

This is only something that people will care about on the right side of the Irish Sea.

Honestly think the 2nd ref crowd should throw in behind soft Brexit options and revoke; if you get the house to support a soft Brexit (which I think is entirely plausible), the next argument is surely “why bother at all?”

― gyac, Thursday, 28 March 2019 07:20 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

and the loudest voices among the askers will likely be the erg

Customs Union isn't really soft Brexit though. No FoM no credibility tbh.

Interesting how EFTA/EEA (which is now being talked about as dead) has the fewest Tory no votes of all the sane options, and barely any Labour votes at all on either side. That's the softest Brexit on the paper; hope it survives until Monday

Westminster apparently stopped even mentioning FoM a few months ago, I don't know if it's a deliberate attempt to avoid talking about immigration because they've realised that no one will win - least of all Brexiters. It's all been about trade, regulation, workers rights etc.

presuming that its one of mays reddest lines then its entirely of a piece with the rest of them that it hasnt received any attention

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/27/eu-to-stop-mediterranean-migrant-rescue-boat-patrols

Europe isn't that keen on FoM either.

perform your civic duty and vote Who will be next Tory leader?

Die Welt has a Bercow interview, and this extremely direct question will no doubt cheer up the Bercow haters itt.

WELT: You are now considered one of the most liberal and cross-party politicians. This is remarkable because, as a youngster, you started your political career in a right-wing xenophobic group. How this process devoloped and what made you change?

Bercow's response: "BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY" (screamed)

Sorry imago you will have to strike him off your good Tory list now.

Get a room tbh

Yes imago and the Tory party will need to get a room otm

bercow is committed to the best* working of parliament as a machine to produce political effects, which is a materialist praxis and therefore good even when the effects are bad

*or better say crunchiest, since a lot of what's being ground to pieces currently seems to the spectacular norms of the last three decades

there are no good tories but there are certainly shades of bad

if we can't distinguish we'll never be able to turn them against each other

Trying to get Tories to destroy themselves ain't it

the longer this goes on the bigger labour’s majority will be

Is imago the most right wing person to post itt? I wouldn’t have said so.

Without giving further grist to comréid aibítir’s mill, Boris has another opinion.

Today’s ⁦@EveningStandard⁩ exclusive: Boris tells friends May’s deal is dead & Kane at the palace pic.twitter.com/pwj1b5pLhz

— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) March 28, 2019

lol, you need to update your centristilxors.xls

No but there are shades of right wing. xp

Stewart has come across better than any other Tory I've noticed appearing on TV more often lately except Grieve maybe. No bearing on this poll, their actual records and beliefs, launch them all into the sun etc.

But he’s also been wheeled out as the apologist for May’s deal and is an OE.

xp argh meant for other thread

stewart was the gollum laughing at DA on QT

his book on trekking across afghanistan is good but

I was suggesting xyz might want to get a room with himself fwiw

thanks for your concern wins but I'm cool.

a room with a vw

Guys this is boring and I'm banning you both from this thread for a few days if you don't stfu.

Do what you have to I won't keep quiet if I am talked to like that.

can't believe anyone can merrily wade through hundreds of worthless posts of clueless brexit venting only to object to such zesty theatre

gentlemen, you can't fight in here...

Lol we need clear heads in the Brexit thread

my last post was a pun, not an escalation attempt

it was very good.

Oh I know I just observed your wit with silence that time no comebacks, just talking in general. I am message board pro and respond when talked to, most of the time. xp

nah yr tiresome with the lj stuff tbrr

Is imago the most right wing person to post itt? I wouldn’t have said so.

Without giving further grist to comréid aibítir’s mill, Boris has another opinion.

imo the switch to gaeilge is a j'accuse!

Matt otm this beef is the most useless part of this thread and it isn’t even close, sorry ogmor we took a vote

thought that mdc was carrying it on by hitching his st(f)u to your vw

room with a vw was vg tbf

I bought the book recently

the PPL+AI=NS and xyzzzz__ stuff is fine

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