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

He also argued for a different approach on Brexit, warning that business was “grotesquely unprepared for no deal”.

fuckin' conservatism, how does it work

them having a huge election war chest was wasted on them anyway, they got totally outperformed by momentum on social media and wasted a fortune on rubbish FB ads. If a snap election is called they might have to try channel some of that "british genius" some of them are so keen on evoking.

There are probably advocates in No. 10 of shaking things up by licking batteries, tbf.

pointless having a GE it will just be another hung parliament have you seen the polls worst tory government ever yvette cooper would be 100 points ahead

^^^LOOOOOOOOOL

fuckin' conservatism, how does it work

I half a half-born thought that one of the reasons this is all going so appallingly is that the Conservative party is fundamentally unsuited for the type of revolution they find themselves embarking on: they have no idea of how to sell it, no way of projecting it, no experience in executing on a strategy to deliver it and a core vote that's fundamentally too small-c conservative to actually accept it. Which is why they're reduced to selling this massive economic restructuring and repositioning as "it won't be that bad, it'll be much the same as before, in the end".

you're not gonna believe this but apparently the irish border might cause some minor bijou problemettes with trade post-brexit

The barriers facing Northern Ireland farmers exporting across the border to food processing plants have been spelt out in a no-deal notice just published by the Irish government.

The notice for businesses importing animal or animal products shows almost insurmountable challenges under EU rules. It says:

Consignments of animals and animal products must be presented at the border inspection post at the point of first arrival in the EU for official controls in compliance with EU legislation.

This presents an immediate challenge as the only border inspection posts in Ireland are in Dublin Airport, Dublin Port and Shannon Airport.

Even if a bare-bones deal was struck with border inspection posts away from the border, it would take months to build; Eurotunnel have taken three months to complete their new post.

Leo Varadkar, the taoiseach, and Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, are likely to discuss the contingency plans for border inspection post controls when they meet this afternoon but so far there has been no indication where these checks can be made.

Farmers must also be registered for the EU’s trade control and expert system in order to qualify as a third country exporter into the EU.

Another headache for exporters is that they must provide the buyer across the border their veterinary documents required for entry into the EU “at least 24 hours in advance”.

This will be a massive hurdle for anyone who owns a farm that straddles both sides of the border or dairy farmers who have their milk collected daily by one of the big co-ops south of the border.

Dairy UK has already warned that the 19p a litre tariff on milk would almost certainly kill this trade raising the prospect of an unwanted milk lake.

theyre taking agriculture inspectors out of retirement lads its printing money we are down here

wait an UNWANTED milk lake you say

matter of opinion!

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Get a cement mixer full of nesquik powder imo

Regrettably missed opportunity to post a pic of Amanda Barrie in Carry On Cleo imo.

august 2019: post-brexit commons descends into new chaos as mps struggle to decide whether the uk's milk lake should be strawberry, chocolate, vanilla or banana-flavoured

Hippo was right - were you?

xp there's a particularly trenchant meme going around right now comparing process of brexit so far to choice of ice cream flavour, wouldn't want to inflict it on anyone tbph

apparently the irish border is going to be a problem lads idk?

not after reunification

these EU elections are going to be vile aren't they

rEU-NIfication

my god it was staring us in the face all along

get cracking, deems. spread the good word.

those that cared to hear know

those that dont wont thank me even were i of a mind

Freemen on the European land have arrived

So this is doing the rounds amongst gammons... pic.twitter.com/1WFxy1dr7C

— 🐬 Bob the *Sick-of-this-shit* Dolphin 🐬 (@bobthe_dolphin) April 7, 2019

far be it from me to question internet lawyers but lol "independance"

ah, just seen all the other solecisms

in fact it's too much, it's fake isn't it?

a rare opportunity for the FBPEeps to enjoy a bit of grammar school snobbery tho

I hereby renounce the authority of any entity over my freedoms, apart from that of my parents (deceased), and hereinafter expect all governments or other entities to respect such freedoms as I may from time to time assert by speaking the formula "You're not my mother" or, alternatively "You're not the boss of me".

“Immingration”

You are using their words.

boarders?

the haunted victorian pencil is at it again

Parliament cannot bind its successors, the Prime Minister’s promises have not invariably proved reliable and there has been little sincerity from the EU. https://t.co/cLblWCl1kD

— Jacob Rees-Mogg (@Jacob_Rees_Mogg) April 9, 2019

They're trying to exasperate EU leaders into a No Deal scenario, it's the only thing that makes sense.

makes sense, seems to me that all their whingeing about the backstop is meant chiefly to fuck with the EU and their desire not to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement.

The backstop will lead directly to customs union and a lot of something something alignment, so I get why they don't like it, but it's impossible to combine hard brexit with the Good Friday deal.

It's impressive that he can tweet stuff like that without the leader he is undermining saying anything, but then that's basically the problem, right?

A referendum can apparently bind every Parliament from now til the end of time though, eh

xposts

it's almost like nothing he says in good faith or something

The 28 remaining Tory Brexit rebels are meeting separately from the rest of the ERG. They met at lunchtime today. Their WhatsApp group is called 'the real mainstream'

— Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) April 8, 2019

Anyone still pushing no deal with the pretence it will change anything is on a hiding to nothing.

Barnier: "whatever happens, the EU will stand fully behind Ireland"

Barnier also confirms that in case of no-deal EU would not open trade talks with UK without agreement on Irish border, citizen rights, & financial settlement

— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) April 8, 2019

The EU confirmed it will support farmers yesterday in a no deal scenario which will benefit Ireland and France the most. Meanwhile, they’ll be slaughtering lambs by the million here.

A small Brexit update: I am told that Italy's thinking on article 50 extension is aligned with president Tusk’s long flexible extension proposal

— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) April 8, 2019

Have decided to resign from ERG. Despite excellent Chairmanship by @Jacob_Rees_Mogg who has accommodated all views I can no longer be a member of caucas which is preventing WA4 from passing. Hardcore element of ‘Unicorn’ dreamers now actually endangering #Brexit

— Daniel Kawczynski (@DKShrewsbury) April 8, 2019

Kawczynski has quit the ERG and he is close to being as comically right-wing as they get.

part of his comical appeal is he appears to dumb as a box of rocks and is something like 7 feet tall.

be

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Kawcyznski once famously told an unemployed homeless man in a wheelchair to “get a job”. You couldn’t write this character.

so if this long extension goes through... are we expecting ERG to precipitate a VONC in the commons?

can’t stomach prospect of another 8 months of may intransigence

A thread with numbers on the not entirely shocking finding that support for No Deal amongst Leavers varies with how well-off they are.

Thread: We've done a UCL-YouGov, 5000+ UK voters – asked people to rank outcomes for Brexit. @HuffPostUK article here https://t.co/DYmfKaVqeH

Main pts: OVERALL, No Deal is LEAST preferred outcome (despite what ERG say), but it is the MOST preferred outcome for LEAVE voters. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/FCtMeMbN4x

— Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) April 8, 2019

whither 'revoke a50'

oh wait, 'remain', i'm a dumbass

good to see the Remain bloc are still seeking to heal the nation's divisions

the last 10 minutes of BBC1's lunchtime news was two puff pieces, first on Bletchley Park and then on Concorde-but-mostly-the-Anglo-end-of-Concorde. far be it from me to question anybody's editorial integrity but what the sweet fucking fuck?

good to see the Remain bloc are still seeking to heal the nation's divisions

What, if anything, do you mean by this?

but nothing on Sir Christopher Cock's amazing hovercraft invention that so took the world by storm and sold in millions of units#britishgenius