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

iirc they generally do whatever uncle rupe tells em tbf

was it at the height of her saboteur crushing pomp she had dinner with satan - probably, but seems so long ago now.

brendan rodgers documentarying the country oh thats amazing

1/2 Accounting Alchemy at British Steel - Its parent company British Steel Holdings Ltd says that it acquired assets from TATA and elsewhere at well below market prices (negative goodwill). It credited negative goodwill to its income statements - £50m in 2017 and £15m in 2018.

— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) May 22, 2019

2/2 British Steel - Profit inflation by negative goodwill assumes that markets do not price assets correctly; sellers could not be bothered to sell assets separately to realize their higher value. British Steel also made a loss in 2008. Hard to see much logic in its accounting.

— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) May 22, 2019

i trust this guy on corrupt shoddy corporate practice in the UK under shit Labour/Tory governments.

lol@ Nigel stuck in his bus - are there any photos he can share please? This is so good.

It's such a great idea, it would've been great to hound the cunt and his thugs like this back in 2016. I almost want a 2nd ref now.

I will take my dog to the polling station in the vain hope he turns it into a pooing station, so I can take a pic of a huge jobbie, just as a mildly amusing antidote to all twee doggy business on twitter.

I enjoy scrolling through to find lurchers and whippets at polling stations, so there.

Voted but disappointingly few photographers there - either Corbz had already voted or he's doing it later.

Maybe's he's just stopping down the allotment all day.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7PM_QSW0AE4hTq.jpg

what's in it for the cynics, eh suzy :p

Dogs at polling stations has been virtually the only good thing about recent elections and that is a very good boy indeed.

what?

My position is I voted remain but I lost. I would like a compromise deal to leave on the softest possible terms, preserving as much as we can of the value of membership while also leaving. There is no party remotely close to this view.

— Philip Collins (@PCollinsTimes) May 23, 2019

Would Mr Collins had Britain lost WW2 slipped on the Swastika? I expect not but accepting the result of this corrupted referendum is my equivalent.

— John (@bealzebum) May 23, 2019

I think I remember that episode of 'Allo 'Allo...

there was nobody at my polling station but one of the organisers gave me a dirty look because they'd clearly seen me putting my cross about a quarter of the way down, where the Tory Party lurk...but they're next to the Greens, honest!

'well i was going to vote green but on the other hand, strong and stable. tories it is.'

he's not that kind of player

multiple xps to Tom D - I think Corbyn, being old and therefore requiring less sleep, probably does it as early as possible?

calz, your dog is so cute, even if he didn’t manage to soil the home of democracy.

should have attached a THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS sign to the dog imo

Also spotted this which seems great

#deniedmyvote
EU citizens - please do contact me. I am doing story on this today and want to hear your stories. l✧✧✧.ocarr✧✧✧@theguard✧✧✧.c✧✧

— lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) May 23, 2019

lol

Confirmed

The Wab will not be coming to the Commons in the week after recess

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) May 23, 2019

Dan Hodges voted Change UK despite disagreeing 100% with their stance on Brexit. Julia Hartley-Brewer congratulated him on a principled stance.

xpost to gyac already had a Portuguese acquaintance say they've been denied a vote because they first got an e-mail saying "you're registered, no need to do anything" and then later one he didn't see asking him to sign a document promising he wouldn't try to vote in Portugal too (which he'd have to get on a plane today to do). Dude is admitidely not the most reliable person I know, but still, wtf?

Dan Hodges voted Change UK despite disagreeing 100% with their stance on Brexit. Julia Hartley-Brewer congratulated him on a principled stance.

extraordinary scenes

here it is, the longest two minutes and two seconds of your life

On last night’s @Peston show. I’m not good enough to be PM yet. I’ll be with @BorisJohnson, campaigning together, trying to unite the party and the Nation, and govern from the centre in a modern, compassionate, optimistic manner 🇬🇧👇 pic.twitter.com/R2Ln179GG7

— Johnny Mercer MP (@JohnnyMercerUK) May 23, 2019

I have a Greek friend who's been denied a vote under similar circumstances xps

There was a dog outside our polling station who was telling everyone which way they had to vote. Chief whippet.

^^^ You have been banned from this thread.

And I hope I dont need to tell you all to turn out & #VoteFurBoaby today? pic.twitter.com/WVMdrt7QC7

— Ian Penman (@pawboy2) May 23, 2019

i had no idea tom d was ian penman

ILX EXCLUSIVE!

Not seen much info about projections esp by region so been trying to work out what the battles are with just some crummy yougov regional poll data bc I enjoy the maths

In the North West (8 seats) we look set to get 3 BXP & 3 LAB, with LIB, CON, GRN & BXP fighting for the last two (in that order of likeliness)

Yorks (6) looks like 2 BXP, 1 LAB, 1 LIB, 1 GRN, with BXP, LAB, CON & LIB fighting for the last one

London (8) looks like 2 LIB, 2 BXP, 1 LAB, 1 GRN, with LAB & CON likely to get the last two possibly with GRN in contention

North East (3) looks like 1 BXP, 1 LAB & almost certainly another BXP with LIB closest

South East (10) looks like 3 BXP, 2 LIB, 1 CON, 1 GRN, 1 LAB and with all of them plus CHUK»TIG in contention for the last two

East Mids (5) looks like 2 BXP, 1 LAB, 1 LIB, with CON, BXP & GRN fighting for the last seat

West Mids (7) looks like 2 BXP, 1 LAB, 1 GRN, 1 LIB, with BXP & CON best placed for the last two and LAB, GRN & LIB contending

'Eastern' (7) looks like 2 BXP, 1 LIB, 1 LAB, with BXP, GRN, LIB, LAB & CON in contention for the final 3

South West (6) looks like 2 BXP, 1 LIB, with BXP, LIB, GRN, CON & mb LAB all in contention for the last three

Wales (4) looks like 2 BXP, 1 PLC, with PLC, BXP, LIB, LAB and GRN in contention for the last seat

Scotland (6) looks like 2 SNP, 1 BXP, with GRN, SNP, BXP, CON & LAB fighting for the other 3

(No data for Northern Ireland but they have a diff system & ofc diff parties for their 3 MEPs)

& if that poll were perfectly representative it wld give you overall figures of

BXP 28 (up 4 on UKIP last time)
LAB 13 (down 7, back to 2009 number)
LIB 10 (up 9, back to 2009 number)
GRN 8 (up 5, wld be an amazing result)
CON 6 (down 13)
SNP 3 (up 1)
PLC 2 (up 1)

which seems uncrazy

just watched an excellent street encounter unfold

elderly couple walking in my direction in front of me (dressed for summer, my guess staying with relatives); young woman waking towards them and me

she: "just back from voting?"
they: "yes -- in scotland"*
she: "excellent! let's hope that the" -- sudden ghastly pause** -- "that THE SENSE PREVAILS"***
they: "…" ****

*the pause and "in scotland" was in my opinion an old-ppl's warning shot
**i was facing her so could sense the gears suddenly spinning behind her panicked expression = "omigod these old fucks probably didn't vote for the" (whoever it was she voted for)
***i mean, ok, nice save i guess -- who wants to be nice ppl screaming in the street? LET SENSE PREVAIL!
****or it might be "imph'm" per dorothy l. sayers' favoured phatic scots mumble of understated non-agreement

they: "****"

Was about to say...

adding 'in scotland' to the end of fortune cookie messages is a fun parlour game to amuse guests of all ages

i voted in the cradle of democracy = hackney's sutton house*

totally empty except for the ppl at th desk checking you off and giving out ballot papers, inc no observers. i like voting totally alone, it makes me feel like ceaucescu or whoever, the one good vote from the one good person. then lots of other ppl came in including some very friendly neighbours saying "hi mark!" and spoiled my the mood.

*build for himself by tv's wolf hall's thomas cromwell's henchman ralph sadler (tho it only gets a mention in the book, and not by name)

ballot paper was like this lol: https://media.tenor.com/images/3bba90d6c768e8e70ccb65a073cebc36/tenor.gif

does anyone know, if parliament voted in favour of may's deal tmw, when UK MEPs wld have to leave the EU parliament?

xp yeah reminded me of Turrican's list of best selling albums that, despite whatever the snobs of ILM may think, are actually well good actually

As Indian Prime Minister @narendramodi wins a second term we congratulate him for his message: “Our alliance represents India's diversity and our agenda is India's progress.” celebrating the country’s diversity.
I look forward to deepening our friendship and trade. pic.twitter.com/NzTqI0lNEo

— Barry Gardiner (@BarryGardiner) May 23, 2019

anything to bolster the green vote :)

:D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7PyIqIUwAIECJV.jpg

I doubt Gapes knows how to use a laptop, so he can't get the blame.

Chris Leslie maybe?

the UK's eurovision entry place (= last) belatedly being marked down EVEN FURTHER is good, to me

https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2019/05/22/the-remain-strategy-region-by-region-voting-guide

This is a decent tactical voting guide. I'm still toying with the idea of a Green vote but I'm on the fence as to whether 'send Labour a message on Brexit' is more important than 'prevent the Brexit Party from claiming victory'.

Obviously there's also the question of who I actually want representing me in Europe but that may be moot before long.

designed by one of its mps on laptop using microsoft word

Whatever happens to Change UK they will live on in the sales presentations of branding agencies as an example of what will happen if you don't hire them

Interesting piece by Ian Cobain on politically orchestrated PR campaigns in response to terrorist attacks/other unrest. Designed to appear spontaneous and grassroots stuff. I remember the I<3 MCR campaign was ready to be immediately rolled out after the riots and I bet all the bee stuff was organised centrally after the arena bomb

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mind-control-secret-british-government-blueprints-shaping-post-terror-planning

There's something very performative about the way in which people who know none of the victims respond to terrorist attacks and it doesn't surprise me to learn they're shaped by this. In theory steering people towards grief and away from anger is a good thing but it still feels creepy. Also wouldn't people react that way anyway?

Yeah this definitely feels creepy. But the aftermath of these attacks as played out on social media is pretty weird and creepy anyway, and yeah, very performative in all sorts of ways. I find it hard to think of the net effect of social media as any good, in this or anything else.