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

Yeah but how does that actually manifest? and justify to who?

It manifests as a lack of authority and an inability to get things done. Gordon Brown had that from the moment he bottled an election in 2007, but at least he had a majority to work with. It became obvious that May's authority had completely collapsed after the last GE. The new PM will have to contend with a divided and rebellious party, an even more divided and rebellious Parliament that they can't get their key legislation through, and a country that for different reasons is transparently sick of the Tories.

VONC. None of these leaders in waiting has even 1% of May’s stubbornness.

I was hoping we would be at this stage a few months after Election '17. Talk about slow torture.

naively I should have added.

DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived Cleggeron era

It'll all be over by Christmas

It’s hard to see what the new PM can do. They can’t Hard Brexit (very probably) because they don’t have the numbers. GE is suicidal. 2nd ref might buy time but in-fighting over question would wreck them *and* either result probably schisms their party.

Short of some stunning long-grass constitutional-convention- type manoeuvre (which the post-May polarisation makes harder than ever to sell) I’m not sure what they *could* do to prepare for this.

I suspect this is why the likes of Penny Mordaunt and Amber Rudd haven't joined this leadership contest - that and I can't see the Tories picking another female leader for the foreseeable.

Worth noting: Amber Rudd’s brother is one of the People’s Vote chairs.

OH MY GOD

Since the Change UK split Mike Gapes has cropped Chuka Umunna and Sarah Wollaston from his header picture and it's just the saddest thing ever!! 😭🤣😂😭 pic.twitter.com/MuMqYZ406W

— 🤝 Aman 🌹 (@Aman_Sez) June 4, 2019

chuk out

You can take the Gapes out of Stalin but

rip Chukhov

Chutsky

Let’s remember the member for Ilford South in happier times

Joseph Stalin died on this day in 1953. But unfortunately his malign influence lives on among a small group of acolytes and admirers, including some working for the Leader of the Labour Party.

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) March 5, 2019

Remember. “Better Fewer. But Better”. Stalin. That is now the culture of Corbyn Labour. https://t.co/xrWXjnIB7j

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) March 18, 2019

I'm not an expert on Stalin. You better ask Seumas about that https://t.co/MZB8TEzBqE

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) September 1, 2016

The new kinder gentler politics. Not just a purge but also using the Orwellian Memory Hole. Stalin and Big Brother would be truly proud of these disciples of their Cult. https://t.co/6G09Q68xOW

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) July 14, 2018

"not an expert on Stalin" but Gapes has clearly studied the master

Chuka would have been a good shout for an awful shower as well

He’s always calling people Stalinists or Trots or accusing them of being Russian trolls, this quote tweet made me laugh (for what’s quoted as much as his reply)

A fan writes. 👋🏽Now Trot off. https://t.co/549SPPIZLb

— Mike Gapes (@MikeGapes) June 25, 2018

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D612sCCXkAEk0OB.jpg:large

it's grim that the Brexit Party candidate in Peterborough by-election is a scummy freehold tycoon and it doesn't really matter cos he'll win anyway. They could probably field a paedo and win it comfortably.

I'm sure Peterborough is a beautiful town full of oh god why even bother

It's shit I've been.

Just sitting down with a nice cup of coffee, sipping away as brain dead people say nice things about change UK and their achievements on twitter dot com

Odds have changed a fair bit on the bye-election. Brexit marginal favourites before but huge favourites now (1/8!)

what book's that, calz?

I've not got the foggiest i'm afraid, got it from @NoContextGapes account.

haha ok we are in hell anyway, don't know why i'm CITATION NEEDED-ing at the hellstream

lol I asked a silly question

I'm afraid telling you would be giving context, sorry.

Just don't mention icepicks in Chuka's presence.

I've not got the foggiest i'm afraid, got it from @NoContextGapes account.

listening to alex's #LabourRoots playlist like pic.twitter.com/esP7gZdPzh

— no context alex sobel (@no_context_alex) June 3, 2019

I've seen that Gapes anecdote on here before i think, it was what brought Stalin to mind.

Well, that and him Trotskying Chuka, obv.

What's on that Sobel playlist? I don't use Spotify

Does the browser link work for you?
https://open.spotify.com/user/alexsobel/playlist/1Ib7xgAIrLtrK7EhT6YITi?si=tzREI3AOTv6-jtm240A19w&nd=1

Eh it wanted me to log in, maybe when I'm at home

It has literally every song you expect to have on it.

I could even imagine Tom Watson sneering at sobelurrican's playlist.

Oh i can imagine

0: "Seven Nation Army"
1: "Blister In The Sun"
2: "Girls and Boys"
3: "Common People"
4: "I Predict A Riot"
5: "Beautiful Ones"
6: "Groove Is in the Heart"
7: "Rockafeller Skank"
8: "Something Good"
9: "Hey Boy Hey Girl"
10: "No Good (Start the Dance)"
11: "Bodyrock"
12: "Theme from S-Express"
13: "Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Radio Edit"
14: "1999"
15: "Light It Up (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) (Remix)"
16: "Rock Your Body"
17: "Da Funk - Radio Edit"
18: "Tubthumping"
19: "Smalltown Boy"
20: "Tainted Love"
21: "Cold Rock a Party"
22: "Vivrant Thing - Club Mix"
23: "Fight The Power"
24: "Straight Outta Compton"
25: "Sabotage - Remastered 2009"
26: "Take the Power Back"
27: "Forgot About Dre"
28: "Big For Your Boots"
29: "Girls Like (feat. Zara Larsson)"
30: "Wearing My Rolex - Radio Edit"
31: "It Was A Good Day"

Hey that could be worse, "Smalltown Boy" is unfuckwithable

I mean i'd've fucked off by "Common People" and missed the rest but nice try

"Something Good" also A1

smalltown boy did brexit

i mean it's good but how places become "left behind"

ruth D has embraced boris J

*shudder*

I see Ruthless D stuck the knife in Rory the other day by comparing him to Clegg.

I can't believe liberal centrist Ruth would betray us like this.

Such a principled politician, Ruth Davidson.

Ruth and Anne Marie Waters giving lesbians a bad name tbh.

noted milk enthusiast tim 'tim' farron has written a piece for today's grauniad entitled Why do US evangelicals support Trump? They’re giving Christianity a bad name

remarkably, in more than 800 words of insight-free handwringing not once does the word 'abortion' appear

great job tim, we miss u