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

ordinarily him resigning in humiliation would be that but all the laws of political gravity seem to be in temporary suspension. could still be quite a dangerous moment for the opposition - presume he would lead CONs into imminent GE, standing on an “I tried I really did but these frustrated us at every turn / I am brexit 4real” platform. still don’t see how that builds enough of a coalition but haven’t looked at the numbers closely granted

all the laws of political gravity seem to be in temporary suspension.

it's very unsettling.

'today the vice president threw the minority leader through a table and fractured her collarbone'

'yes, but ACTUALLY, i know it seems dramatic but has anything actually CHANGED as a result of this?'

I wonder if any letters went to the 1922 tonight. BH etc etc

It's weird how little you hear 1922 getting mentioned during such dramatic events etc.

well not weird .. just predictable.

Mail has buried more than one news line in its polls, these are some interesting numbers.


https://twitter.com/sundersays/status/1176997880286130176?s=21

link doesn't work

An distressing amount of this depends on the inside of Nigel Farage's head.

I misread that, sorry

51% of voters think Johnson should resign (23% of Conservatives)

41% of voters think he should not resign (73% of Conservatives)

It does not feature in the news report writethrough https://t.co/ITU8kXWGSV

— Sunder Katwala (@sundersays) September 25, 2019

James 'Genius' Cleverley explaining that all sides are using shorthand, the Labour Party are calling the bill the Benn Bill, which is not its actual name, and the Prime Minister is calling it the Surrender Bill. So that's all right then.

ICONIC reaction shot here from ⁦@LaylaMoran⁩ ⁦⁦@BarryGardiner⁩ and ⁦@Sandbach⁩ on @BBCNewsnight⁩ just now (👏 👏👏 studio director for catching it!) #newsnight pic.twitter.com/SxAVpG60XP

— Maya Rostowska (@maya_rstw) September 25, 2019

It's started this morning, a succession of poor old middle aged male Tory MPs pointing out that the abuse they are getting is every bit as bad and distressing... apparently.

tfw fred b does a post

Giffed it pic.twitter.com/W6KWIFgYj8

— Ed Brown (@Edsbrown) September 25, 2019

I'm not buying any of this "we need to be nicer to each other" rinse from Brendan Cox earlier. Politics has been adversarial and tribal in this country as far I can remember and that isn't the issue. The issue is a conservative government that has gone to the far right and courted extreme elements of the far right with their policies, tone, language etc being civil to nazis doesn't solve anything.

yes - melt. next

DA disappointingly cautious when quizzed re new immigration position

wonder if cummings has seen some internal polling after this intervention that’s driving this strategy

Totally unprecedented to see a Conservative Prime Minister blaming their own failures on specific MPs using a poisonous and wildly irresponsible public vs Parliament framing. pic.twitter.com/yEtz23ewtC

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) September 25, 2019

Let’s pause to remember Brendan Cox has a few boundaries issues with women, too. In future we should probably seek comment from Jo’s sister, who stepped up to run the Jo Cox Foundation when he had to stand down.

(xp) No doubt about it, I would have thought. "It worked for Trump, Boris is doing the right thing" according to an unnamed Tory MP (according to a Sky correspondent).

either berger has completely drunk the kool-aid or the LDs have some properly EXTRAORDINARY internal polling for finchley

looks like it will make the seat a labour gain tho so that’s good

I wouldn’t bet against her tbh.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EFX3kL-XUAAM8Iv?format=jpg&name=small

that would take a huge swing

xxxp Jewish chronicle says the latter

presumably take 6k off each CONS and LAB which would put it solidly in three-way horse territory - could also bring out some personal vote due to her treatment (ie bullying) in recent times. might be right - def must be in play else she wouldn’t be parachuting in

She could get the swing, imo.

A lot of the Tory voters are fairly well-to-do Asians who are likely to be suspicious of Johnson but not likely to flip to Labour. There's a large (20%+) Jewish community that may be receptive to a young Jewish 'campaigner against anti-semitism'. There's also an increasing gentrification which probably serves the LDs well.

The responses to this story are from angry voters worried she’ll take votes away from the Tories and let Labour in. Idt it’s fair to say she’s “parachuted” in when she’s got a home in the area and was raised in London, not to put scare quotes around “campaigner against antisemitism”.

fair

She’s from Wembley. I think she’ll take Jewish Tory votes for sure, because they are not Brexity.

an aside: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/25/wrightbus-goes-into-administration-1400-jobs-routemaster-northern-ireland

(maker of the boris bus)

she'll take Jewish Tory votes for sure, because they are not Brexity

not in my wembley-adjacent jewish family, unfortunately

She's also now fairly recognisable and popular among the electorate, certainly by CUK standards. Depends on who the other parties put up against her but I wouldn't bet against her getting that swing.

3rd govt source: “I’ve renamed my imaginary dog ‘Labour support the surrender act’. Unfortunately he’s gone missing so I’ve spent the morning running around east London having to shout ‘Labour support the surrender act’. I do hope they don’t find this offensive”

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) September 26, 2019

Good lord they’re clearly mining ILX for memes.

Normal country

This is truly disturbing.

These ads promoting Brexit & Boris Johnson were beamed onto the digital noticeboards of primary schools across the country today, apparently by a private contractor.

Who made/paid for them?

How is this remotely acceptable?https://t.co/0jSp20d8CT pic.twitter.com/OaKzELuPDf

— Tom Scott (@Tom___Scott) September 25, 2019

Baggymp is now listening
https://www.last.fm/user/baggymp

Have we discussed his shoutbox? Cos it’s amazing

The adverts are completely nuts but it’s also fairly alarming there are digital notice boards run by private advertising contractors in primary schools in the first place.

xp he makes me want to stop liking music that i do like :(

fucking hell, bring back the old duster and chalkboards ffs!

don’t want to think about baggymp’s shoutbox

The adverts are completely nuts but it’s also fairly alarming there are digital notice boards run by private advertising contractors in primary schools in the first place.

extremely otm on both counts, this is seriously dystopian shit

Children of Klan

Truly appalling stuff last night. Just catching up before I'm off to the dentist but the extraction of a molar is a doozy compared to BJ's new lows.

Been happening in the States for years hasn't it? xps

Didn't have a chance to listen to this yet, but I am not a single bit surprised.

We know the fight for our policies to be interpreted correctly, and then implemented, goes on.

The grassroots enthusiasm for this at conf was incredible. We can do it if we push forward together. https://t.co/6QdiWFgUkD

— Sabrina Huck (@Sabrina_Huck) September 26, 2019

back here posting as i normally do

why does Boris, a repulsive man, fuck so much

— sirhan bee movie sirhan (@AliceAvizandum) September 25, 2019

a discussion worth a thread, a board even, of its own

(not restricted to Boris, obv)

In 1922 meeting there was a sombre moment when @PennyMordaunt told MPs she was with @BorisJohnson in 2016 when news came through that Jo Cox had died. She said 'Boris's reaction was so human'.
"It was a moving moment in there," one Tory MP says.

*vomit*

(he farted)

Sadness in his farts

Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, tells the Commons that he never saw David Cameron use the sort of language Boris Johnson did yesterday.

He says talking about “surrender” implies we are at war with Europe. But we are not at war with Europe and we are not at war with each other, he says. He says this language is intended to cause division.

Some people say this strategy will work. I say this strategy will not work because the British people are better than this.

i wish i had ed's faith in the british people tbh