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

Also there aren't enough Remoaners flocking to Lib Dems that would hand lots of seats to the Lib Dems.

*claim to fame* I was on the front of the Irish Post in 1978/79ish with some Irish dancing fules.

https://img.maximummedia.ie/joe_ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvbWVkaWEtam9lLm1heGltdW1tZWRpYS5pZS5zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tXFxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcXFwvdXBsb2Fkc1xcXC8yMDE4XFxcLzA5XFxcLzA2MTcxODQyXFxcL01pY2hhZWwtQ29sbGlucy1SRUEtc2NyZWVuc2hvdDEuanBnXCIsXCJ3aWR0aFwiOjc2NyxcImhlaWdodFwiOjQzMSxcImRlZmF1bHRcIjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmpvZS5pZVxcXC9hc3NldHNcXFwvaW1hZ2VzXFxcL2pvZVxcXC9uby1pbWFnZS5wbmc_aWQ9MjY0YTJkYmUzNzBmMmM2NzVmY2RcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjpbXX0iLCJoYXNoIjoiMDZiMTkxMmEwY2ZhNGNlYjIzMTlmMGUwNmFmMTU1NGIyYmMyMzEwMSJ9/michael-collins-rea-screenshot1.jpg

(I’ll stop posting Irish twitter memes now)

Also there aren't enough Remoaners flocking to Lib Dems that would hand lots of seats to the Lib Dems.

There might be in some middle class Remainiac areas and, anyway, it could still depress the Labour vote.

you could also argue a stronger than in '17 Libdems might be a better thing for Labour than the tories.

yeah a LOT of Tory voters will go Lib Dem this time around if my football forum experiences are reflective

lol London GAA’s ground is in Boris’s constituency

I spent a fine 1994 New Year's Eve in there

Read that as 1944 for a moment and was mad confused

A stronger Lib Dem vote will hurt the Tories more, for sure. Getting fed up with this game of UK Government Upbeat / EU Optimistic ping pong that's going on at the moment tbh.

... sorry, wiff-waff.

... sorry, UK Government Downbeat / EU Optimistic ping pong.

Stronger Lib Dem vote ultimately hurts everybody on account of them being Tory cunts

Well, there is that.

we are watching the online brexit business readiness event at work and fucking hell is it some dystopian wrong timeline shit

The new fun is VAT: NI will need a EU-harmonised VAT system for frictionless border with the EU, UK will want a different VAT system from EU, which makes east-west trade pretty frictiony and will definitely push the DUP over the edge.

This is what makes Putney particularly interesting in an imminent GE. Already very close between incumbent former Tory not standing and Labour but with LDs probably taking as many votes from both of them to become more of a three way battle. I'm not sure any other marginal has that precise same config. If it doesn't go red I'd still rather it flipped to LD than stayed Tory whoever Greening's replacement ends up being.

Also worth noting the DUP are trying to get Stormont back before the 21st so gay marriage and abortion stay illegal

At least we can look forward to Richmond Park going LD again

i bet "over the edge" DUP folks go much more puce than the primest of Yorkshire Rotary club gammon, glowing puce!

weapons-grade gammon

can I say fuck the CBI again pls

Honestly, the state of this - well done Labour policy for calling the CBI out. (I must say there is a bit of a cottage industry out there of making up Labour policies and then sticking ludicrous price tags on them. https://t.co/k2nYHTlO2K

— James Meadway (@meadwaj) October 16, 2019

i bet "over the edge" DUP folks go much more puce than the primest of Yorkshire Rotary club gammon, glowing puce!

It's more a violent shade of Orange.

Gammon a l'Orange

CBI shit is beautiful because there hasn't been a Labour party that's put the fear of god in those cunts since forever

incidentally, many years ago I used to often deal with Terry Yorath at work. He's the most gammon looking motherfucker i've ever met, and a deeply unpleasant arrogant twat to boot.

Also there aren't enough Remoaners flocking to Lib Dems that would hand lots of seats to the Lib Dems.

There might be in some middle class Remainiac areas and, anyway, it could still depress the Labour vote.

― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 bookmarkflaglink

Like I said I am sure there are a few Lab/Lib Dem marginals but from what I am picking up there are higher numbers of Tory/Lib Dem marginals.

No doubt there will be a depression of the vote but I think Remoaners that I am talking about will go to the Greens - which to me is one more reason why that Labour candidate won't be voted off.

*Green as much as Lib Dems

"we are unable to provide a breakdown of the £196bn figure as our members do not feel comfortable doing this..."

We are, however, more than comfortable for any lazy hacks to use this figure, go Boris.

that cbi thing is mostly about cost of re-nationalising the trains.

how is the stopping of the current rail franchise model, mentioned in the recent queen's speech, not the same thing?

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/queens-speech-policies-boris-johnson-scrap-broken-rail-franchise-system-813497

(and, after the buses, this is the second labour transport policy they've co-opted)

Like I said I am sure there are a few Lab/Lib Dem marginals but from what I am picking up there are higher numbers of Tory/Lib Dem marginals.

No doubt there will be a depression of the vote but I think Remoaners that I am talking about will go to the Greens - which to me is one more reason why that Labour candidate won't be voted off.

fwiw I was responding to the suggestion that the Lib Dem vote would suffer more than the Labour vote if Boris managed to cobble together a deal - I totally disagree with that, I reckon the Lib Dems would benefit from both the Tories and Labour.

Idk Tom what is the LibDems brexit policy this week?

Bollocks to it iirc.

i saw an oddly sweaty-looking swindon being interviewed on bbc breakfast as i was leaving the house this morning and she was pushing for a second ref - weirdly no mention of revoke

revoke A50 is playing bridge with lord lucan rn

after all that fanfare for it at their conference

“BALLOTS TO BREXIT!!”

Cobblers to Corbyn. Balls to Boris. The LD manifesto writes itself.

it's something when a single issue party can't give any clarity on that position!

is calling jo swinson jo swindon a deliberate thing?

nope it’s autocorrect

see also: having to delete the apostrophe out of Lib Dems EVERY TIME

jo swindon is her one true name, speaking it diminishes her occult power

like beloved ilx comrade karl malone, i never make typos

196 billion? Johnson can pledge/bung that before breakfast.

i saw an oddly sweaty-looking swindon being interviewed on bbc breakfast as i was leaving the house this morning and she was pushing for a second ref - weirdly no mention of revoke

No one has the faintest idea what she looks like so it might have been someone else

it's quite confusing what with 'swindon' being the surname of jezza's arguably most-beloved twitter attack hound

her and that ilk of nominally left twitter are so shit!

and a lot of that type are CW apologists or reactionary Labour Right tools.

TS: the crank left Vs the crank melts

AOC endorsing Bernie reminds me of this all time classic tweet pic.twitter.com/ffI9t6XgBp

— 🎃 The Spooky Leftorium 👻 (@LeftoriumThe) October 16, 2019

i don't mean blatantly labour Right, but it's under the surface of much of their shitposting.

"I totally disagree with that, I reckon the Lib Dems would benefit from both the Tories and Labour."

Are the Lib Dems getting hold of Lambeth or something?