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

in my head there is now an edit of "Poing" by Rotterdam Termination Source except with a voice saying "vonc" crudely superimposed over the "poing" sound

strangely tempted to make this but it would take at least half an hour and only provide 20 seconds of amusement, all for me and none for anyone else, so probs not worth it (also I am in work)

may have accidentally had too much caffeine this morning

(also I am in work)

never let work prevent you from shitposting

brb going to the corner shop for Echo Falls Rosé and knock-off Monster

shitposting is all very well but shit-installing-music-software and shit-twatting-with-samples-for-ages might be a step too far

I'm not saying I haven't done it before mind

aps, I'd pirate an mp3 of that actually

I asked Cassetteboy on Twitter to make "Put a VONC on it", they won't let us down.

that fucking taxi driver

― calzino, Wednesday, 9 October 2019 10:20 bookmarkflaglink

^

If nobody has done it by the time i am back from Italy i am firmly committing to an original donk / VONC composition. May be worth checking whether one of Ian Lavery's Large Donk Sons has beat us to the punch though.

Too late for LOL We're All Gonna Die ILX Brexit Commemoration Comp, I suppose,

we don't need any more content presaging Brexit, we need post-Brexit material now #getitdone

Cover of "We Are the Dead" coming right up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2up4WUQod0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-odnJZIyc2g

ruined it

MARINA HYDE ON COLEEN V REBEKAH. OMG, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ISNT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) October 9, 2019

Dan Hodges on Marina Hyde on Coleen v Rebekah

*gun nuzzle inches towards forehead*

that's when i reach for my rebekah

this development is reminding of that time i was told off by k-punk (no less) for not knowing who abi titmuss was

to be clear my issue is neither with Coleen nor Rebekah

my issue is with rebekah how dare she do that to royalty

Max – on Pete – in Kate; Max inside Kate – on top of Pete

shitposting is all very well but shit-installing-music-software and shit-twatting-with-samples-for-ages might be a step too far

currently not really listening to a quite boring webinar and regretting not doing this tbh

never let quite boring webinars prevent you from shitposting

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-the-tory-party-seems-have-turned-it-back-on-british-capitalism-1.4045167#.XZ308w07HAI.twitter

It brings to light, in stunning clarity, Brexiters’ deluded political understanding of the UK’s place in the world. From a new understanding, a new politics of national improvement might come; without it we will remain stuck in the delusional, revivalist politics of a banana monarchy.

prof D Edgerton piece for the benefit of that scholar of British history quoted on Sky News in Harrogate the other day.

A pretty good article by yer man here, I thought: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/08/brexit-irish-border-technology

Same article?

no there are laws against linking two Fintan O Toole articles on a thread:p

fuckin will be when im in charge

I mean, when you put it like this labour's position is eminently sensible. LDs going full revoke and CONs going full headbanger have each been a gift

Labour’s Brexit position:
- Negotiate a deal that puts people first. 🤝
- Let the British people decide.🇬🇧
- Bring our country together and rebuild our services. 🚑📔👮‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/NnAwaqW4oY

— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) October 9, 2019

it's a bit disingenuous though. they know there's not a "deal that puts people first"

Also they are inconveniently not in government.

The temerity, letting people vote on it

i think there is a deal that puts people first, in the sense of guaranteeing rights for EU citizens and staying in something that looks a hell of a lot like the customs union.

Yeah, it’s a soft Brexit pitch.

it's the only way to make it go away imo

what needs to be 'got on with' isn't brexit it's a deep renegotiation of the social contract led by a labour government that shifts the fruits of productivity back to the 99% for starters

i mean the idea that leaving the customs union could ever be squared with the gfa has been comprehensively, one might even say logistically proven now. and they are just too proud to admit it.

well, they never cared

but otm on everything else

just yknow leave us out av ut

No way, you lot are on the hook for this one if we can't Get Brexit Done.

interesting thought experiment

we offer to join ye, on condition of removal of oath, to GBD

first order of business we vote with the scotch and the guilty to dissolve the union

then we go back

show me the lie

dissolve this thing asap please keep these cunts to yourselves apologies but really.

rueful lol im afraid youll have to narrow down who's to keep which cunts, unfortunately

nothing simple in these negotiations whut

Cool stuff:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/10/eu-nationals-lacking-settled-status-could-be-deported-minister-says

Willing to place a bet we won't even have left the EU by 2021.

I mean not if my home and livelihood depended on it obviously.

who goes first, uk or poch

Gotta be Poch you'd say but I still have a nagging worry about Oct 31

Lot of arms folded "well why don't they just fill out the form" retorting re settled status as if the form couldn't possibly be construed as a 'tell us your situation so we can deport you more easily' HO trap

How dare you sir we native born Brits believe in fair play

If you are a family member of an EU citizen but not an EU citizen yourself (i.e. husband, child etc) it's not just a form, you have to book an appointment for giving biometric information as well. Anything conveniently close, even in London, comes with a £60 booking fee. And if my experience is any indication it takes many follow-up phone calls to make sure the information gathered there actually gets attached to your application.

To be fair, the other parts of the process are quite well done, and the support lines etc are all well staffed. It's certainly far better thought through than I expected from anything connected with the Home Office.

It's all stupid of course, but if the UK really is leaving the EU then something like this has to be set up and honestly it could have ben done a whole lot worse.

Anything conveniently close, even in London, comes with a £60 booking fee.

Just stating the obvious here but going through the citizenship application process right now and having several friends in visa trouble it is striking how it all comes down to paying up in the end. It's like parody South American corruption except official.