"oh you don't get me I'm the end of the union": lol brexit is how we're all gonna die

You can currently get 10/3 on the UK leaving the EU in March fwiw.

fuck all better places for the savings at this stage tbf

Bearish pound say hi to me

The backstop preserves the single greatest British policy success of the last half century (which had been stated aim of both parties since 1985), and does so in a way that EU26 dislikes enough that it doesn’t stymie trade talks. In a sane world, it’s a diplomatic triumph.

— Stephen Bush (@stephenkb) January 15, 2019

Can't even remember which Labour webel is for May's negging now.

Always bet on Hoey

For a minute there I thought you were saying he'd reform Queen without Brian May.

SCREAMING!

Is there a more pointless gesture than Tulip Siddiq delaying the birth of her baby so she can vote against the government. It's not like losing by 199 votes compared to 200 would represent a get-out-of-jail card for May.

She represents one of the most Remain constituencies in the country and is making a point about the government’s inability to be trusted re:pairing, and it’s something that has affected female MPs more this parliament. Given that every tweet on @labourwhips has cunts complaining about any MPs who are missing, I can’t say I blame her.

it's an irrelevance in respect of this vote yes but yes, it highlights the issue of the collapse of trust in the pairing system at a point when a degree of squirmy awkwardness can maybe be wrung out of those responsible, to resonate beyond the usual wonk bubble. better to have the discussion when you can handwave that it matters (even tho it actually doesn't) than when it really DOES matter and yr scrabbling around for every vote? obviously it's just throwing the soft bookmark at them after you threw the book…

It's only really people within the usual wonk bubble who know or care what the pairing system is though, it's a valid point to make but I can't see it resonating particularly widely.

See there are quite a few calls to deselect Tory Remainer MPs - don't know whether anything will come of it but its funny how 'deselection train' banter on left Twitter is taking on a life of its own now.

Kinda underwhelmed by the whole thing so far today, tbh. Been reading a lot more about the murder of Rosa Luxemburg and staring at Trump's burger picture.

xxp are you sure? It got a lot of coverage on the news last summer, the pictures of the MPs being wheeled in definitely cut through with people who aren’t weird obsessives.

Tulip also suffers from gestational diabetes, so this is going some way to prove a point.

Hey we chose an elective date for convenience of remembering and to mess with my mother in law so

https://www.pscp.tv/w/bw4SvnR3LTI4ODE2MzM4MTV8MXpxS1ZPYkRab0RHQg_w_S0Nn98owS76UnlGcTe3h9d9LcL4lR1EVvW1wJL2

Have to admit I love watching debate streams on periscope for the comments (I don’t have an account)

I've only just noticed that Bercow didn't select the Murrison amendment! All that fucking drama and it doesn't even get in.

Someone with a big majority is going to fuck with the powers of the speaker after this, but it's A+ rn

nothing gets me going quite like procedural maneuvers

Bercow probably thinks (correctly) he has nothing to lose, so why not stir up shit on his way out?

vote's in about two hours? wonder if I can find some popcorn near the office

no swire amendment either

from a dabble into twitter - I see robert colville has Done A Thread on labour. it’s bad

Bercow taking no prisoners. He just replied to an MP who accused him of changing the rules.

Robert Colvile is a moron

how is he in paid employment

Class system idk

never helped me >:(

Here she is!

Can't believe I can't find a pub showing this

That's rather European.

good laughs of derision at the mention of the LDs

Lot of red faces in the chamber atm

This silly quiz on the guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/15/quiz-how-well-have-you-been-following-brexit

has this question:

Who is leader of the Liberal Democrats?

Vince Cable

Not sure

xp Was just about to say the same! Thought it was my stream quality.

Bercow asking for "zen" in da house

xp haha

May punished for "abusing" NI/I as an argument to vote for her deal

Guess I’m watching this on TV!

Tough crowd lol

What am I missing?

The drone of pros and cons howling through May. Her speech will not reach "this is historic" status like all awful speeches of Thatcher have.

Bercow trying to make sense of a majority of the aye's and no's shouted no.

https://media1.tenor.com/images/e6ce91c4f0a75d014d43a76de2bbd183/tenor.gif

let's all go to the lobby, lets all go to the lobby!

lol

what do we reckon ? 50 ? 80 ? 100 ? 200 ?!

140

This is only an amendment, for the big one I reckon between 160-170

There could be some hefty abstentions too

Aw @ protective huddle of Labour MPs around Tulip Siddiq

Oh, not for the amendment, that’s getting rinsed xp

yeah - don't care about the amendment. meant the big one