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

Breaking: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will travel to Paris on Tuesday to meet @EmmanuelMacron, Chancellor Angela Merkel will come to Dublin on Thursday for talks at Farmleigh acc to Irish govt spokesman.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) March 29, 2019

Rumours sweeping the Commons that a substantial number of Labour MPs are going to vote with the Tories to get the Withdrawal Agreement through. Labour whips running back and forth from the Chamber and locked in worried looking conversations.

— Stewart McDonald MP (@StewartMcDonald) March 29, 2019

what the fuck

Always thought this was the most likely scenario.

They're bottling the cliff edge essentially.

Assuming they all represent heavily Leave voting constituencies as well.

We can assume Jarvis and Nandy but it's going to be interesting to see how many of the other people hyped as future leaders / alternatives to Corbyn get behind this.

No other reason surely? (xp)

Nandy has a majority of 16k iirc. Can’t see her being unseated by UKIP.

maybe they genuinely believe its for the best lol

whips need to screw the nut

Can’t wait for the press to go with “Corbyn enabled Brexit!” even after Corbyn literally votes against it again

Whips need to convince them to abstain rather than vote against.

(xp) Not sure many Labour MPs are in danger of being unseated by UKIP, but you try telling a headless chicken that.

Corbyn has enabled Brexit by not properly purging these dopes when he had the chance.

yep already seen FBPE'ers tweeting this is Corbyn's fault

When did he have the chance SV?

SV joining comrade alphabet on the tank there.

Having said that, it’s not unknown for the SNP to be shitstirring unnecessarily, so.

The windows aren't closing in my work today and it's fucking freezing - Corbyn's fault.

Lucky - literally being blinded by the sun here. :(

If this is what happens, Labour will also be handing a blank cheque to whoever comes after May - Boris, Raab, whoever. It would take a lot of explaining. Let’s hope the rumours are wrong. https://t.co/jCMpd4mEMJ

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) March 29, 2019

Raab is voting for the deal now.

This is going to get p tight

shitting it now

also

Is 'Change UK’ supposed to be CHUK for Chuka Umunna like 'En Marche' is supposed to recall Emmanuel Macron?

— Jon Stone (@joncstone) March 29, 2019

I thought she would lose by about 30 through a combo of DUP and unmoved ERG Tories. Did think there would be some Lab leavers voting with May but not enough to offset.

And a few Tory remainders..

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/mar/27/can-you-get-mays-deal-through-meaningful-vote-3

what bloc is going to turn?

jarry leaving this tight

gonna be like braveheart when he bursts in

What's Government strategy this morning?

I'm told that in a bid to win over Labour MPs 'cash is going all over the place'

Two Labour MPs said to be looking for £100m+ *each* for regeneration in their constituencies in exchange for support

All contingent on deal going through

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) March 29, 2019

Not sure enough labour wets will vote for this thing today. Can we all just please calm down and stop talking about purges?

the only purge on my mind is castor-oil related

*eyes funnel*
*eyes bad posts on this thread*

Alastair having a thoroughly normal one, lol.

Apologies to @SKinnock @GloriaDePiero @lisanandy @JulieElliottMP @KevanJonesMP @RuthSmeeth @gareth_snell and others I tweeted. Was not suggesting they are supporting WA. Was trying to establish under what circs they will support @peoplesvote_uk Bad timing. Sincere Apologies

— Alastair PEOPLE’S VOTE Campbell (@campbellclaret) March 29, 2019

Nandy voting against.

So Nandy is against the Snell / Nandy amendment or she's against in the assumption that the Snell / Nandy amendment can't be incorporated into the bill?

Labour MP Lisa Nandy tells me she will vote against the deal today

— Daniel Hewitt (@DanielHewittITV) March 29, 2019

looking forward to full disclosure of Clunge UK's financial backers asap

Is it pronounced Cuck or Suck?

snell 'minded to vote for'

If this turns out to be a load of bollocks and only one or two Labour MPs switch to back the deal, are we going to be angry at the SNP?

I mean I did point out they’re not exactly acting in good faith here

I am calm gyac. Just posting as I normally do.

judeinlondon2’s last hour of Tweets on CUK are *chef’s kiss*

They should have called themselves Change Democracy: UK. They could have relaunched with Ant & Dec, Cat Deeley and Holly Willoboobs

— Funny Tinge; Tendence Black (@judeinlondon2) March 29, 2019

two thumbs up

govt rumour mill will be pouring a LOT of effort into the "gap closing, lab lurkers support us in the DMs" type stories

lobby hacks lap this stuff^^^ up bcz it's pseudo-countercyclical "narrative" (= something to write abt before the actual revelatory crunch: PHIL SPACE as High Priest of the Spectacle™️)

https://miro.medium.com/max/630/0*Shjk1YB9oePtU9V0.jpg

Echoing the divine Jude elsewhere, HOW MUCH did they pay a consultant who couldn’t manage due diligence?

brb photshopping the SocSpec image to include comrade alphabet w/o his xray spex but with seared and gaping holes where his eyes used to be instead

i am in a very quatermass mood today btw

well, we are in a pit

but some of us are looking at the *shrieks in abject terror*