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

surely with compulsory voting there's no reason to get excited about people registering to vote?

since they didn’t bother to vote once they’d sent a letter saying “yes ppl should be allowed to get married,” it obv was worth getting excited when it looked like they would make a difference

like, you’re SUPPOSED to vote, but the army don’t come to yr house & frogmarch every single citizen to the polls

anyway the australian tories are now introducing legislation literally allowing you to say gay ppl should be burnt to death as long as you also claim you love jesus, so good job young non-voters

obv the situation is more promising in the UK as the kids are signing up in order to actually vote

What’s happening to BoJo is what was supposed to happen to Trump. It probably would have if the Dem leadership wasn’t stuck in the 90s.

— Jeremy Gilbert (@jemgilbert) September 5, 2019

like, you’re SUPPOSED to vote, but the army don’t come to yr house & frogmarch every single citizen to the polls

91% turnout is lower than I had imagined and does still leave some room for improvement, but we're around the 70% mark here, there's way more scope

what does that mean? collapsing under the weight of its own contradictory political forces ?

@comrade_alpha

tbh my "bojo will never be pm" was based on the known existence w/i the tory party of a significant never_bojo faction -- who are now apparent manifesting is useful, unlike the never_trumpers

lol or whatever i meant in actual english

The tweet I posted was simply an observation to think about. Not sure it scans across the pond in quite that way as the systems are different , and Labour has been v much damaged by the permanent split in the PLP.

fortunately there's no batshit vengeful right wing of the Dems desperate to maintain capitalism as normal

So ... if parliament is prorogued next week, there presumably can't be a vote under FTPA to call an election? https://t.co/k3Jy3UxqJ6

— Elvis Buñuelo (@Mr_Considerate) September 5, 2019

Here is an escape route:

Quite incredibly - anonymous Minister tells The Times that Boris Johnson WILL resign rather than go to Brussels for an extension. Surely that just encourages the Opposition to delay an Election https://t.co/y4NRm36zpH

— steve hawkes (@steve_hawkes) September 5, 2019

the Queen shd refuse to accept

just Johnson, condemned to lead an ever dwindling government, powerless, locked into the post until he dies

sent back to the EU once every 3 months to grovel for another extension

I don't like the delay of election even though I am enjoying the roasting but I also wonder if lots of delay helps Labour, it prolongs what I suspect to be a deeply alienating game for the wider public.

i have no idea what the best strategy is nor how to avoid the next GE being Ref 2 but with melts fragmenting the opposition but i'm guessing that Labour think that forcing BJ to fail on his Oct 31 commitment is gonna be a big blow, and of course it may keep the Farageists in play

‘bj’’big blow’ hurr hurr

Whichever strategy entails Boris grovelling to the EU is the best one.

i think keeping BJ in a spiral of panic and bad judgment is probably a p effective tactic right now

Who even knew he had a strategy before this? xp

Cold.

News of Jo Johnson's resignation came through during the daily Lobby briefing held by the PM's spokesman. Safe to say Downing Street did not have a clue this was coming.

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) September 5, 2019

fuck him up jo

(you tory prick)

Lib Dems May stand Luciana Berger in Golders Green/Finchley - currently a Tory seat.

Good plan.

i really want to know what theresa may makes of current events

It's all very Shakespeareian, innit?

Yeah she deserves a seat where she actually lives; Liverpool Wavertree shouldn’t be for a carpetbagger.

Also it means Labour should hold on to her old seat.

They have a candidate there already? Also, appreciate Berger would pull a bigger share of the vote but they were still a distant third in 2017
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finchley_and_Golders_Green_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Sadly I was not able to capture the NHK infographic of JC beating BJ with a baseball bat.

Today just gets weirder. Stephen Pound MP has set up a stall giving away his CD collection in Portcullis House (inside Parliament) because he’s standing down at the next election. “I have crap taste in music” he is declaring to passers by.

— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) September 5, 2019

good pitch, maybe i shd try that with my book

Kind of lol but mostly sad

new ILM board description

(I was tempted by a Bruce Springsteen album to tell you the truth until I realised I don’t own a CD player)

— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) September 5, 2019

Sadly I was not able to capture the NHK infographic of JC beating BJ with a baseball bat.

― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 5 September 2019 12:56

OMG keep trying

Sadly I was not able to capture the NHK infographic of JC beating BJ with a baseball bat.

It's a cliche to say you couldn't make it up, because you so could. But it would need a team of scriptwriters

I wonder if my friend’s niece (recently elected Lab councillor in Southall) will try for Pound’s seat?

every time i see a tweet from kate mccann it takes a second to remember it’s not madeline mccann’s mum so the one xyzzz just posted was particularly confusing/exciting

Jo!!

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 5 September 2019 10:45 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Jo! out

A+

Looks increasingly like swathes of Labour MPs will not vote for a GE, at least not before Nov 1. Did Crombin speak too soon saying "first the NDB off the table, then elections"? Seems like this could bite him in the bum.

I don’t know if anyone will notice this day of brotherly love

doesn't the frit thing just go away once an election is called? it's not as if team crobby can somehow source a line that will get strong MSM approval -- they will be harshly attacked whatever they do

yup - the attack line has some short term traction but won't survive a GE being called... which will now only be done when JC is good and ready

JC is PM confirmed

This is horrendous, JRM comparing the doctor to Andrew fucking Wakefield. Could be actionable if he hadn’t said it in parliament.

Astonishing: in the Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg calls Dr David Nicholl, with whom he clashed over no-deal Brexit, "as irresponsible as Dr (Andrew) Wakefield", the disgraced anti-vaccines campaigner.

Background:https://t.co/SmgM2Leoat

— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) September 5, 2019

A statement was made by a govt minister this am which I believe 2 be defamatory but is protected by Parliam privilege.
I am currently catching train 2 London 2 speak to @bbcpm Im happy 2 speak to any other legitimate journo on College Green afterwards.Apologies 2 my dentist.

— Dr David Nicholl, Esq (@djnicholl) September 5, 2019

"apologies to my dentist" is the new "hold my coat"