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

wait who knifed who over Rory, I cannot recall ever seeing his face

gavin shuker pro gay cure, pro no deal

xp If you’re going to attribute some sort of ‘cool girl’ outlook to CS, absent any evidence bar the fact that you (naturally) hate Boris, I’m going to point out it’s an unfortunate thing to say about someone who was subject to a highly traumatic rape experience if you weren’t previously aware of that and a really fucked up thing if you were.

I’ve previously lauded her for stepping up and contributing to making sure Warboys wasn’t allowed to be released, so I was aware of her history.

You’re wasting time and bandwidth judging me; cut it out.

I updated @Europarl_EN & EU27 on #UK’s proposals. EU wants a Withdrawal Agreement w/ workable and effective solutions that create legal and practical certainty now. We owe this to peace & stability on the island of Ireland. We must protect consumers & businesses in the EU market.

— Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) October 3, 2019

Ie. So not gonna happen.

This is extremely wow:

Chief of Police in NI to Johnson: The PSNI will not police customs checkpoints, will not "put police officers on any one of 300 crossings" and will not be "dragged into another type of policing".

This is extraordinary stuff, both in content and tone. ~AAhttps://t.co/B7AOGdK8Ny

— Best For Britain (@BestForBritain) October 3, 2019

great opportunity for job creation imo

privatise the border, what could possibly go wrong

the RUC lads probably don't fancy being target practice for the dissos, which, i mean, fair enough

PSNI... otm?!

Arlene Foster has weighed in. No Surrender.

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― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Thursday, 3 October 2019 15:44 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

breathtaking hypocrisy tbh, im actually a little staggered

what if... yes surrender ?

surrender me, daddy

"No no, Surrender Bill is the name of my puppy"

I'm no Tory, but you have to admit, as much as you might not like their policies or point of view, they know how to run a country.

— twitch.tv/Limmy (@DaftLimmy) October 3, 2019

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— r e n o i r (@BignessAsUsual) October 3, 2019

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EF-AeOgXYAA4heg?format=png&name=900x900

actually made me lol but tbf talking cows are always funny.

tbf matt is always funny

(despite inexplicable absence of cock and balls on a matt cowface)

tbf matt is always funny

fp

many xp's to the Bristol West polls chat

I live in Bristol West and there is no way Stevie Williams (coming from the body heat) is getting in.

can you confirm or deny that rabid packs of green voters roam the streets cheering on neoliberalism

that depends what they think of the electoral pact their leadership has made with the LibDems last month. Don't you think moves like that will affect how membership and voters think of a foul pro-austerity party?

Some of them might lose respect for the leadership, but like i said a poll said more than half would tactically vote LibDem, they can't all be in Con LibDem marginals

Bit racist...

It’s like a reverse Key & Peele 😅 pic.twitter.com/2pGDDQH08R

— Tez (@tezilyas) October 3, 2019

A tad

OK I'll bite on this - if all the next PM has to do is request and extension and immediately call an election, why does it matter who it is? Even if it isn't Corbyn it doesn't make any difference, he'll still fight the next election as Labour leader? Stopping No Deal is more important than anything else and eventually they'll all realise that.

Weirdly the one figure who might conceivably be able to command enough support for this very limited set of tasks might be Bercow but I've no idea if that would work logistically or constitutionally?

I think Swinson overrates how much Corbyn being PM for a couple of days will legitimise his evil brand of Marxism. Either that or she's just a childish dickhead. But at this stage I'll take a melt hydra temp PM with the heads of ken c, harriet h, chuka, and gapes' hairy arsehole over NDB.

Constitutionally* doesn’t the speaker take the children hundreds as soon as they ‘retire’ and get the coronet and ermine at the earliest possible opportunity?

*not written down so anything goes really

So here's @michaelgove standing next to Luftwaffe band on Day of German Unity, telling German audience that decision to leave EU on par with fall of Berlin Wall and East Germans' quest for freedom. Shouts from audience: "Nonsense" pic.twitter.com/lFG9ZpdTkY

— Peter R. Neumann (@PeterRNeumann) October 3, 2019

This was interesting:

https://medium.com/@mikehind/the-real-problem-for-corbyn-and-everyone-else-a503e55ede18

can someone explain to me why everyone is still talking like a No-Deal Brexit on Oct 31st is still a possibility? I thought the Act that passed was to prevent that. Is the idea that Boris just... won't follow the law?

The PM continues to say we’re leaving then (without explaining how), but it keeps it in the discussion

From what I can glean, Boris is mainly laying the groundwork for using the Benn Act as a cudgel to bludgeon his opponents with in the next election. He wants the whole world to know that, if he complies with it, it will be with the same level of enthusiasm he would bring to having his eyes gouged out.

Because BJ will find a way to bypass the Benn act and force a NDB? There's several options to do this if banter heuristics are to believed

iirc he has to send a letter to the EU requesting an extension but he can send a second one immediately telling them fuck off.

Yes, that's bound to work.

not pathetic at all, totally serious non-joke country power move

maybe the cabinet minister will deliver the letter with his fingers crossed, but not behind his back, in front, so the EU can see that they're crossed

Both our countries are captured by arcane spells that require us to do what only a few people want because what the most people want is “too controversial”

Corbyn is divisive; therefore the UK must divide itself

There’s also a rumour going around (because Hungarian officials have been spotted taking meetings at the Cabinet Office) that BJ intends to convince Hungary to deny the extension request, which has to be unanimously agreed by all the 27 EU countries. Which would be collusion with a foreign power to frustrate the will of Parliament, but he could try it on.

Boris is mainly laying the groundwork for using the Benn Act as a cudgel to bludgeon his opponents with in the next election. He wants the whole world to know that, if he complies with it, it will be with the same level of enthusiasm he would bring to having his eyes gouged out.

This is true but I think his ideal scenario is for a Labour PM to be the one requesting the extension. It's one reason why it might be better for Corbyn not to be the one pushing the button.

I think there is a strong argument being temp PM will damage Corbyn and some unity melt with nothing to lose might well be a better option. And if Corbyn says: ok have your unity melt, then he emerges as more grown up and willing to prevent NDB at his own cost. Swinson's posturing is so annoying though. I'm in two minds about this tbh.

brexit the ultimate hot potato

a spuduhate, if u will

btw i just think it should be recorded that greg hands did some extremely unsettling lurching around on tonight's newsnight. i'm surprised his interview didn't end with him vanishing in a puff of oily smoke.

Corbyn is obviously worried that if he cedes on the temp PM question, he'll basically be admitting that he's too divisive a figure to be PM even for just a few weeks. But I think there's a way he could frame it to his benefit, playing the adult in the room and saying avoiding no deal brexit is more important than any tactical manoeuvring or personal ambition. He might come out looking good and the lib dems looking petulant.

that smug creepazoid Bartley was cooing on Today about how they are "the least tribal party" like as if a pro-remain alliance is above tribalism, sorry but when you signal to more than 4 million of the hardest hit people in this country that you will happily step aside for a pro-austerity party in some seats that is tribalism, dickhead.

It's official: Rory is a Tory no more.

Rory Stewart quitting and not standing in next election. Goodnight, sweet prince.

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