deanb Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 She carries on getting chased to the punch in her press conferences: https://twitter.com/PA/status/753335341306621952 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 I believe "all the tucker gifs" was the best response so far to todays Labour news http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37057589 Also it'll soon be two months and we won't have left the EU or made seemingly any moves to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted August 13, 2016 Report Share Posted August 13, 2016 This is probably the best thing on Brexit as it stands. https://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/brexit-enough-david-brent-this-is-serious/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 So currently Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are in a labour leadership battle, but in the meanwhile the constituency have been redrawn up and neither of their constituencies are on the list anymore http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/13/corbyn-johnson-and-osborne-among-mps-hit-by-electoral-shakeup It'll affect MPs on the tory camp too, with enough seats hit that cover the current tory majority (though none of this comes in to effect until the 2020 election so that doesn't matter much). edit: Oh yeah Cameron has quit as MP, reckons that the EU Referendum won't be his legacy. I guess if not it could always be the pig fucking thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) So how long do you reckon the Tories will have to totally fuck the UK up before people realize that voting in Tory governments is a huge mistake? Edited September 13, 2016 by Mr. GOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 I think a lot of folks realise they're a bad idea, but at the moment the left is fucked. Lib Dems got fucked over with the coalition, Labour is tearing itself from the inside, and Green Party remains a lacking option. Oh and we're not allowed to vote for SNP (Though their main policy is for Scottish Independence) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 15, 2016 Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 As long as we can blame immigrants and the poor for all of society's problems there will be Tory governments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 So Unilever who make a crap ton of things is raising their prices due to the falling £. Tesco have pulled Unilever products from their shelves http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37639518 So yeah starting to hit home the effects of "brexit" even before we've started the official process. And the expected has happened: Scotland pushing forward for a second Referendum http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37634338 Given the near 50:50 split of last time and the fact the UK is falling apart I imagine it'll be much more overwhelmingly in favour of leaving, though obviously be interesting to see how that impact their EU membership. Or heck how it impacts the UKs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37679896 I'm pretty sure at this point no one knows what the fuck is going on and the March deadline is just to try n come up with a proper excuse to just stop it in its tracks. A big part of the Leave campaign was against "unelected bureaucrats" yet May wasn't voted by anyone and is pushing through Article 50 and not allowing it to go to vote in parliament. I just don't understand what at all she expects to gain from being the PM that pushed through Article 50. Considering all the Thatcher comparisons she's already on a backfoot for a positive legacy. In other news the UKIP MEP that got punched by a fellow UKIP MEP has quit UKIP http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37682828 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37857785 High Court rules that government must have parliamentary approval to trigger Article 50. Government has appealed so it's going to Supreme Court. May really wants to get rid of EHRC doesn't she. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/794474117156237312 HAH! It's kinda funny as well considering I believe BBC wouldn't even play God Save The Queen back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Is this how you guys felt? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Hopefully the whole racist schtick was just Trump pitching to the disaffected white blue collars who make up the majority of the US and now that he's in power he will chill the fuck out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 "hopefully". As noted on twitter, America has guns so if racism flairs up it'll be even worse than over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted November 9, 2016 Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 Congratulations UK, you no longer made the worst decision in the voting booth of the year! Red state America will hopefully always be here to make the rest of us feel a little better about ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 It's a mixed bag. US can vote again in 4 years (unless I dunno, some kind of enabling act were passed). Whereas over here once Article 50 is passed it'll be relatively permanent. Decades at the very least. However potentially Article 50 may not be enacted depending on outcome of supreme court decision and subsequent parliamentary vote, or if Scotland manages to put legal brakes on it. though both situations are likely to (and have over here) lead to an increase in hate crime as people now see it sanctioned and justified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Agree with Dean, Brexit is way worse. Trump is just one guy. He can't *do* anything without SCOTUS, Senate, House, whatever signing off on it. He could maybe start a war... But I really don't think that likely. Brexit is as Dean said irreversible and will change a huge amount here in regards to workers rights, import / export tariffs, and so forth. Ironically, immigration (especially of the illegal kind) is likely to remain unchanged since a lot of it happens from outside EU, but there you go... Everyone gets the history they deserve as my dad says. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Did that Victorian era anti-porn law ever go through? Edited December 31, 2016 by Rudolph Hitler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38833883 Well time to get a list of names. Some of them have to have voted against their own constituents given the MP vote far outstripped even the popular vote in favour of leaving the EU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ken Clarke is a fucking badass who doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks about him. Not a fan of the Tories, but he voted with his conscience, based on the facts at hand and I respect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-britain-speaker-idUSKBN15L20R I've seen this reported as just a rhetorical rebuke of Trump and as a disinvitation to speak before Parliament. What's the most accurate take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Statement in question: * Some folk get to talk at Parliament, for example Merkel was over a couple years ago. And Obama many moons ago (which as article notes is the first US president to do so)** It's out of Bercows hands on Trump having a state visit, that's up for May or Queen to arrange. But as noted in the above it's within his purview to have a visiting speaker or not. It's not exactly a god given right that heads of state get to address parliament. Given May is not exactly popular, and certainly neither is Trump considering more of us (not myself, cos I know the response last time petition went up) have petitioned to refuse him entry to UK than turned up at his inauguration, it might be that his visit is pretty low key just to not rustle too many feathers with the public. He'll probably end up with some egg on him at the very least. *Skinner who shows up at the end, is an interesting fellow. He's a republican (our kind, not yours) and over the years has humorously let it be known. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Skinner#Queen.27s_Speech_.22jokes.22 **You may notice that because we mostly lack guns he only needs really tiny panes of bullet proof glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Thanks for the explanation! I knew the state visit was not Bercow's decision, but didn't know if the speaker had the power to decide who addresses parliament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 **You may notice that because we mostly lack guns he only needs really tiny panes of bullet proof glass. Missed opportunity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39325561 Article 50 to be tirggered on 29th. All that's left now I guess if for the rest of the EU to go "no". (not that they can, that's sort of the point of Article 50). Will of the fecking people. Trumps an ass, but he's an ass for 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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