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

Her and her whopping 0% involved of course?

Is it VONC time now?

u, a miserable goose: HONK
me, an enlightened ILX politics poster: VONC!

banter timeline heuristic: parliament is reconvened ASAP, everyone sits down for the first order of business, bercow shouts ORDAAAH nd the long-suffering not-yet-repaired roof falls in on one and all

we can but hope

Will Boris come out of his burrow?

you laugh but the people are fed up of waiting for the roof to fall in and just want to get on with it

nothing doing until after the Tory conference surely?

Corbyn: Boris, consider your position!

Labour conference going nuts.

So pleased with this verdict.

what a time to be alive

lol

The calling of a Queen's Speech and prorogation is the worst political decision ever. Dominic Cummings must go.

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) September 24, 2019

the replies to that are pure cancer obv

u, a miserable goose: HONK
me, an enlightened ILX politics poster: VONC!

― stoffle (||||||||), Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:10 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

lmao

i'd forgotten farage doesn't consider cummings a thoroughbred "old fighter" of the beerhall putsch brexit campaign!

I was reading someone from barrister twitter predicting outcome this last week, but wasn't convinced in the slightest.

the unwritten constitution is good again

Fragage and Conmings please fite to the mutual death

https://i.imgur.com/PN3Efv1.png?1

+4 WIS when worn.

I see Tim Shipman arguing that this means...judges should be elected? Totally normal take from the Times’s chief political correspondent!

Cummings haaaaaaaates Farage, let them gift one another like the slappy little boys they are.

Got to say I've always found the phrase 'banter heuristic' annoying but I get it now.

Note to commentators: saying Johnson would resign "in normal circumstances..." or "in any other profession..." or similar is *letting him off the hook*. You are creating the exceptional circumstances that let him slip away! Don't do that! Expect him to resign!

— Will Wiles (@WillWiles) September 24, 2019

I saw Ali Milani at a panel at the weekend and he is the perfect candidate to unseat Johnson. If we get that far...

Thunder over Westminster now.

Brexit Party arseholes saying Cummings should go, but not Johnson.

This is a make-or-break moment for whoever Corbyn's speechwriter is.

Alex Nunns isn’t it?

Despite personal assurances from the PM, the Cabinet was not shown the legal advice around this prorogation.

This is an astonishing moment and I regret that the PM, who entered office with such goodwill, went down this route. I urge him to work with Parliament to pass a Deal.

— Amber Rudd MP (@AmberRuddHR) September 24, 2019

lol @ the positive & affirmative inclusion of 'goodwill' in any sentence whose subject is Boris Johnson.

i must have missed the fraction of a second when boris entered office with such goodwill

In these crazy, mixed up times, one thing is certain: there are a lot of Tories called Dominic

Brexit Party want the guy who's pushing for No Deal to go and not his ventriloquist's dummy? Beautiful

xp yes it’s Alex, anything you want him to have Corbs say in particular?

Meanwhile, in Brighton:

We were told our motion will be heard tomorrow. But a lot of delegates, especially from poorer CLPs, have to leave today.

Please contact CAC and ask them not to push migrants' rights to the end of the agenda. #Lab19 https://t.co/eTZKCBM4pf

— Ana Oppenheim 🌹 (@AnaOpp) September 24, 2019

Thanks, pom - I think Conference might wind up a day early because of *events* so watch this space.

It’s already gin o’clock in Anna Soubry land, you love to see it...

Wow - labour telling MPs to be ready to go back tomorrow.

Chuka on 5 Live just calling for Harriet Harman as temp PM and I'm about to go all "this idiot represents nobody" then i remember he's joined the Lib Dems so correct that to "this idiot represents nobodies"

Out of a job after the next election, so make hay while the, er, sun shines, Chuka.

So, basically Johnson's position will be "Curses, foiled again"

Tune in next week for another episode of Scooby doo...

It sounds like the government basically knew it didn't have a leg to stand on fairly early in proceedings. Did they overestimate their chances of winning or was this the outcome they'd planned for?

Looks like John Humphries chose a helluva week to be retired

So Boris says, "Do Your Worst, Bring On The VONC", calls an election and wins it. Huzzah!

xxp yeah surely there's no way they've not prepared for this scenario?

*bites tongue*

Bercow, he's lovin' it.

this does work as another staging post on Cumson's "opponents of No Deal = enemies of the people" narrative but that's no good without forcing an election before he has to go to Canossa

yeah surely there's no way they've not prepared for this scenario?

can't tell if sarcasm or not anymore

It’s 7.20 in NYC, wonder when we’re gonna see Boris Johnson?

The PM was scheduled to make what had been billed as the major Brexit-related speech of the two-day trip at about 8am (1pm BST), telling US business leader and investors about how the country would change after departure.

That popcorn gif thing.

Parliament should reopen but as a jazz club

Silver lining for Boris: no one's talking about the taxpayers' moolah he directed towards his erstwhile girlfriend now