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

lol NOT yet eight years old

Act hasn't even had its first mri scan.

Septennial Act sounds like a name Mogg would give to one of his hideous fucking brats.

Septennius Rekt

just thinking back in the days of smallpox and death in every nook and cranny, you could at least cheer yourself up with the thought that you'd probably be dead by the next election you didn't have a vote in and the Whigs would be guaranteed another 7 years in government.

And you didn't even have a vote anyway, huzzah!

the Whigs would be guaranteed another 7 years in government

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Michael_Fabricant.jpg/220px-Michael_Fabricant.jpg

also this account is good value:

#OnThisDay 1880: Disturbances and vandalism occurred at Falmouth after close of polling. A Liberal placard was removed, destroyed, and the remains carried through the town on sticks by a mob. Tories attempted to pull down a Liberal banner with ropes but were prevented by police.

— Victorian Election Violence UK (@VictorianEV_UK) March 31, 2019

that looks a great account!

Those days when I couldn't be arsed registering to vote ('94 to '10) were without doubt the happiest of my life.

#OnThisDay 1880: In Tiverton, at a meeting in support of the Conservative candidate, disturbances were caused by Radical roughs.

— Victorian Election Violence UK (@VictorianEV_UK) March 31, 2019

"why you radical, rebel rousing ruffians .. I'll show you!"

*pulls off silk glove and adopts a Queensberry rules pugilist stance*

Jacob Rees-Mogg cites Germany's far-right AfD approvingly. A new low, even by his standards.

The AfD leader asks "Is it any wonder the British see bad faith behind every manoeuvre from Brussels?" https://t.co/hc7wtyLkiA

— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) March 31, 2019

xxpost misread that as Radical coughs

Legislation meant to limit the prosecution of soldiers, create an online regulator and curb drug dispensing errors has been held up or postponed as the government tries to gain enough support for a deal to leave the EU.

Plans to introduce legislation to stop the armed services from facing legal action for alleged crimes more than 10 years old have stalled because of chaos in Downing Street over Brexit, Whitehall sources have disclosed.

Gavin Williamson, the defence secretary, was expected to bring forward the proposed legislation in this year’s Queen’s speech after the government faced pressure to address the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The measures being proposed included a statutory presumption against prosecution, meaning veterans would not face prosecution if the alleged offence took place more than 10 years ago.

“The legislation was benign and had been discussed between the Ministry of Defence, the Northern Ireland Office and the attorney general’s office. But it has been delayed, with no official sign off, in part because of a lack of leadership. The problem is No 10,” the source said.

"The legislation was benign"

"I know, you're surprised, right? but honestly. I mean, I'm pretty sure"

Happy Chris Grayling's Birthday to one and all!

I saw that - incredibly perfect.

always a good sign when legislation is described in terms most commonly associated with tumours imo

lol! grayling's long suffering parents initial superstitious concerns soon turned to true horror!

those parents again:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRZIcq2Ry2w/maxresdefault.jpg

lol i just had a brief spasm-pause of "wait is this offensive… to clowns?"

but they are "grotesque comedians" as are we all tbf

https://www.nysun.com/pics/225.jpg

Gotta be a Pagliacci meme crossover with Grayliacci

lmao, also otm

European exasperation over the chaos in Brexit talks descended into profanity and name-calling, as Germany’s deputy foreign minister said the U.K. government consists mostly of clueless boarding-school graduates.

“Brexit is a big shitshow, I say that now very undiplomatically,” Michael Roth said at an event of his Social Democratic Party in Berlin on Saturday. He accused “90 percent” of the British cabinet of having “no idea how workers think, live, work and behave” and said it would not be those U.K. politicians “born with silver spoons in their mouths, who went to private schools and elite universities” that will suffer the consequences of the mess.

tbf that goes a bit beyond the cabinet

oh hey i wonder what a war criminal thinks about the current state of uk politics - take it away, tony!

"If you have a Boris Johnson-led Conservative Party, he's a formidable campaigner, he's an interesting personality, he can get out there and do his stuff, for sure.

"I have absolutely no doubt that if you have a right-wing populism against a left-wing populism in this country, the right-wing will win.

“So it depends where Labour stand.

"If we stand in a reasonable position, where you have many Conservative voters that will feel repelled by a Boris Johnson premiership, particularly after the part he's played in Brexit, but you've got to be in a position where those people feel it's safe to vote for you."

It is highly unlikely a former supporter of the Conservative Party will suddenly decide to back Labour if it promotes socialist policies, Mr Blair continued.

He said: "You suddenly offer them a revolutionary alternative from the left, what makes you think the people who voted Tory are suddenly going to go for that? It's a bizarre analysis of their psyche."

hmm, great - thanks for your input!

It's kinda nice that his cards are on the table so openly nowadays.

I heard the guy who did that interview with Blair on the radio last night, he's the Jackie Harvey of uk politics writing, it was hilarious.

Friendly reminder that a Corbyn government would hold an investigation into Blair for his Iraq war actions (presumably with a view to prosecuting him)

i do sometimes like to daydream about that coming to pass one day

*wistful sigh*

"Would that work?" (adopts smug pose...)

I am sure @DavidLammy would argue we need more reason and less hate in the Brexit date. Here he explicitly compares the Brexiters of the ERG to nazis and the apartheid government of South Africa. Surely we need to cool this debate not heat it to a dangerous boiling point https://t.co/4G08q0toxM

— Robert Peston (@Peston) April 1, 2019

if peston thinks the 'debate' isn't already at a dangerous boiling point he's not been paying attention since long before jo cox was murdered

also a sitting fucking tory mp is openly tweeting his admiration for the afd ffs

Plenty of ERG members old enough to have been actual prominent apartheid fans.

Yeah I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of them had advocated for Mandela to be hung back in the day.

Or Speakers of the House, for that matter.

(xp)

surely the libs hero of the hour is not a complete cunt? [brief google search] Yep he is!

wtf:

David Cameron will join Byron Burger as a consultant to "steer the brand through Brexit" https://t.co/bfyNYokivm pic.twitter.com/NA8VcXp9SB

— Eater London (@eaterlondon) April 1, 2019

Bercow is merely the Mark Clattenburg of UK politics, nothing more

xp saw that and disregarded it as an april fools, it real??

haha yeah it has to be April Fools, just forgot.

It’s very much on-brand considering Byron staged that disgraceful stunt where they called a load of their foreign staff in for a “meeting” but Border Force was there instead.

One of the things Cameron plans to introduce as part of the turnaround is a pork and apple patty, which he says does “very well at the barbecue at home in the Cotswolds, so why not?” An early prototype of the burger also includes a small slice of gammon. There are rumours, too, about a Big Mac-style, double decker chicken burger, with kale, French dressing, Spanish onions, and Provolone. It will be called The Bullingdon Club Sandwich.

Cameron’s former deputy George Osborne, the now-editor of the Evening Standard newspaper and famous Byron hypebeast is said to be “intrigued” and “excited” by the news

Tipping towards "April fools, but not funny"

xp yeah that was what briefly made me think "well, he's not entirely off-brand"

"April fools, but not funny"

Unnecessary qualifiers I have known

Oh yeah, forgot it was April Fools but could be real.

I don't get why the ultimate april fools prank - the Edinburgh comedy festival is always run at a different time of year.

I did particularly think of yourself when I saw the Guardian "Bob Geldof for healing tsar"!