- Brexiter
- anti-immigrant screeds
- links to alt right channels so awful they fuck up Qt3 users algorithm recommends.
- anti-feminist Sargonesque talking points in the metoo threads
- happy proponent of death penalty is Home Secretary
- happy a racist clown is PM
- ackshually im centre left honest guv
Why are brexiters such outrageous liars then? From the top, Johnson, right down to every single supporter.
Did you really expect any different?
Yeah. I thought he’d have an ounce of sense. Aren’t MPs like Grieve going to be penning their resignation letters at this?
I think he is trying to draw a very clear line in the sand, seperating him and his people from the rest.
For better or worse (I think better and worse) I think this will galvanise all sides.
No more non commital shrugging of shoulders.
Seems to me he’s saying you’re either on board or are the enemy.
That’s good news to me ultimately because I think he’d lose a general election.
But bad news because what we don’t need is more extremism.
a) You have more faith in Grieve than I do, but anyway he’s going to vote against Boris on anything Brexity anyway (which is all he cares about because his whole leadership is based on reclaiming the Kippers).
b) What does he care if Grieve crosses the aisle? He doesn’t have a working majority as it is.
I’m not remotely convinced of that, but the timing matters a lot.
I didn’t even know there was still such a thing as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – sounds like a War of the Roses sort of office – but it seems suitable for Michael Gove in the new British government inasmuch as it is powerless and devoid of responsibility.
Unfortunately the real ministers Johnson are choosing are if anything even worse than Gove.
Well, maybe. Then again:
He surely needs to survive a no confidence vote?
Boris wants a no confidence vote, in the right circumstances (those circumstances being precisely the ones in which Grieve would vote no confidence). That way he can go into a general election as the guy who delivered Brexit, albeit a no-deal one, sweep up all those Brexit party votes and hopefully boost his majority.
You’re probably right.
Try to force EU’s hand; failing that try to force Parliament’s hand; failing that, GE.
In the middle of civil unrest and food and medicine shortages of course. I’m sure all these genius Brexiters have thought of every contingency.
and I’m sure the solution to all this will be me producing my residency card at UK Border Agency mobile checkpoints.
My assumption is he triggers it before the exit day.
In that case my “A dog born in a stable is not a horse” Boriscard is almost guaranteed.
vyshka
5224
To me it feels like we are in a dance off with each other to see who can fuck up their country more. They just elected Boris PM, and I shudder to think what we are going to do with our turn.
Who would have guessed that the Fixed Term Parliaments Act would prove to be an anti-Democratic reform.
We’re running out of time then. It would seem unlikely we’ll see a campaign during exit day, which means there’s limited time. I think he basically has to kick it off just after summer recess in order for there to be the minimum time for a snap election, and even that cuts it close.
The Saj (isnt that awful?) was global head of Emerging Markets Restructuring at DB so tbh, we probably have someone really qualified to oversee a completely FUBAR’d economy as a Chancellor of the Exchequer. Perhaps he’ll get his old buddies at Goldmans to whip up a Greece package for us.
Oh and the final word from me today from Boris’s handler at the London Mayor Office, Nick Boles
Then Boris took to the podium, tripping over the base as he did so. Cue more cheers from his many supporters in the room. This may be my perception since, but I remember being suspicious as to how accidental his trip was.
and a perfect example of living in an idiocracy. Slapstick pratfalls to gain laughs from the fools and idiots. It’s degenerate end to a long line of PM’s who used to understand statesmanship.
jpinard
5228
It really is depressing and devastating to see your country turn into something awful. I would still state that the US is far more evil in general than Britain, but the UK is certainly working hard to play catch up. I wish all the guys who fought the Nazi’s in WW2 were still alive and virile so they could bitch slap some sense into the populace.
Like a pond, scum has a way if rising to the top.
Tim_N
5230
We’ve almost assembled the dream team of Anglo-Saxon democracy: Trump, Boris, and Scott (Australian PM). All have a decent chance of winning another term as leader of the country.
All we’re waiting for is Canada, and then we can run at full speed into 4 degrees of warming and the sixth extinction will be complete.
Canuck
5231
That time (for Canada) is all too quickly arriving, I’m afraid. I’m not looking forward to our October election.
