PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

It isn't very sexy or the sort of thing that swings elections but a proper written constitution should be a manifesto pledge for several of the parties.

a reminder we have a hectic thread with upwards of ten posts for pondering these issues UK Constitutional Reform thread

"A short-term Jeremy Corbyn government is less damaging than the generational damage that would be caused by a no-deal Brexit"

Conservative Guto Bebb says MPs opposed to leaving the EU without a deal must take the Labour leader's #Brexit plan seriouslyhttps://t.co/9zQcRnmwmc pic.twitter.com/befrhx2mV5

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) August 15, 2019

guto bebb otm

Great name.

Comes pre-spoonerized!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/15/us-moves-to-block-release-of-iranian-vessel-in-gibraltar

Buried in the news but Gibraltar is planning to release the Iranian tanker Britain ludicrously got them to seize, so i'd guess the Stena Impero will get let go as well. The US is attempting to block it - though god knows what the legal argument for that would be.

lol we’re all going to die

The only democratic way forward is for no-deal Brexit to be put to a vote against Remain: https://t.co/hMW9VUjaIY

— David Miliband (@DMiliband) August 15, 2019

another snippet for the dossier on Swinson's Remain instincts being bad not good was despite her talking up Ken as her favoured GNUtjobber earlier, she still voted against his soft brexit/customs union proposal (which Corbyn backed) that only lost by 3 votes.

Gabo Nebb

lol @ david mili choosing the two options guaranteed not to draw a line under anything

Oh good another grown-up in the room advocating 'Food Shortages: Classic or Dud?' on a ballot paper.

Re that DMili tweet

Corbyn's just playing a game of cunt chicken now to see what the soundest policy is he can come out with that pricks will still say is shit.

— Tom (@tmanning24492) April 6, 2017

If Swinson doesn’t work with Corbyn, the SNP will have her seat in the next election. They might well have it anyway.

The number of absolute idiots responding to that tweet with “come home!!!” and just looking past the inane and dangerous “sure let’s chance the auld food and medicine shortages against the public and Aaron Banks, be grand” is just
https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article9949357.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/John-McDonnell-MP-pre-budget-speech-London-UK-02-Mar-2017.jpg

Corbyn: no deal is bad and dangerous and we should try to stop it
Sensible fucking Twitter: Corbyn supports no deal, it’s a trap!
DMili: literally advocates allowing the public to vote for no deal
Sensible fucking Twitter: omg so sensible, finally an adult in the room, straight out of JKR 🤩

tbf there is a scorched-earth logic to a no deal vs remain referendum, but yeah

probably posted this scintillating observation before but guto bebb sounds like "good drink" in some unknown romance language

“Jeremy Corbyn knows he can’t command a majority in the House of Commons. This is about having a plan that works.” @joswinson on the next steps to stopping a no deal Brexit. pic.twitter.com/KitcTQVEB0

— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) August 15, 2019

Lol @ loads of yellow diamond/FBPE telling her to stop it and be an adult etc.

A cross between Germanic and Romance languages, rather.

xp

oh yeah, of course.

maybe drink taste if it were purely a romance language? lol

Heh, that works.

Xp a beautiful moment when the scales fall from the eyes and they realise there’s no such thing as an “apolitical” politician

Isn’t Guto Bebb a welsh name (iirc his constituency has a large portion of Welsh speakers?)

It is, yeah. His full name is Guto ap Owain Bebb.

'Bebb' apparently means 'son of Barbara', whereas a 'Guto' is a strong chief.

Lol

I’ve offered to meet Jeremy Corbyn to discuss how we can work together on a deliverable plan to stop no-deal, including the option of uniting behind an MP who can command a majority in the House.

— Jo Swinson (@joswinson) August 15, 2019

swinson pwned

Events, dear boy, events

guto bebb believes installing jc as pm will offer him the best chance at capturing han solo alive

Guto shot first.

Surely that was Grievo?

Indeed, my bad.

I did not realise there were Lady Hermon for unity PM truthers, jfc. Literally people casting about for their “neutral” saviour and frantically googling lists of independent MPs and finding a Lady they’ve never heard of who’s independent. Scratches those neutral/professional/forelock-tugging issues. Does she have any political views? Who cares!

I did not realise there were Lady Hermon for unity PM truthers, jfc. Literally people casting about for their “neutral” saviour and frantically googling lists of independent MPs and finding a Lady they’ve never heard of who’s independent. Scratches those neutral/professional/forelock-tugging issues. Does she have any political views? Who cares!

Harman and Clarke are at least Mother and Father of the House, but that should also be a big clue as to why all the GNU fanfic is just waaaaay too Westminster Bubble.

I did not realise there were Lady Hermon for unity PM truthers, jfc. Literally people casting about for their “neutral” saviour and frantically googling lists of independent MPs and finding a Lady they’ve never heard of who’s independent. Scratches those neutral/professional/forelock-tugging issues. Does she have any political views? Who cares!

Is this trolling y/n

Honestly I can't imagine anything more likely to turbo-charge Eurosceptic sentiment in this country than picking some random MP to be PM out of the blue.

Give it Giggsy til the end of the season.

xxp is this a non-rhetorical question

*grievesy

What the fuck. Just posting utter shit calmly as I always do.

Has anyone else realized there are Lady Hermon for unity PM truthers, or am I on my own there?

gyac's phone for pm

Zing for PM.

Give it Giggsy til the end of the season.

outrageous takeover of the democratic processes and procedures of my phone by MR gyacs phone there

post twice if you’re MR seumas milne

NEW: numbers looking even trickier, never mind for putting Corbyn in but for a motion of confidence itself. Chris Leslie tells me the five Change MPs might not vote against the govt in September.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) August 15, 2019

Best Corbyn conspiracy theories:

1. He’s a secret Catholic
2. He’s under the control of MR Seumas Milne
3. He can’t understand Ulysses
4. His cat doesn’t like him
5. Only twitter trolls like him (13 million of them?)

Worst:

1. He’s under the control of (((Momentum)))
2. He voted Leave
3. He is a master game player who wants no deal
4. He’s never read Ulysses
5. That actually was him at that IRA funeral