Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Bercow will 'fight' to stop Johnson closing parliament for no deal https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/13/bercow-will-fight-to-stop-johnson-closing-parliament-for-no-deal?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Great article by ITV’s political editor Robert Peston today. He is convinced we face an imminent General Election. https://www.itv.com/news/2019-08-14/philip-hammond-and-boris-johnson-agree-that-brexit-talks-are-dead-robert-peston/?fbclid=IwAR0nu3zvTuxUzezYwFbDz_YhlJ4QDkTyiX2sMhNrCt0hdZJJQKcTAJuML4Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 EU rejects Boris Johnson request to remove backstop https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/20/donald-tusk-rejects-boris-johnsons-bid-to-remove-the-backstop-brexit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn Has Called the Extreme Centrists’ Bluff (Jacobin) Quote With his proposal for a caretaker government to stop a No Deal Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn has finally torn the mask off the hardline Remainers and centrist ultras. They’d rather see Britain crash out of the EU under Boris Johnson than risk departing from neoliberalism under Jeremy Corbyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 I mean, I want to see Britain crash out of the EU too. Just burn it all down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Boris Johnson wants Ireland to leave EU trade rules and form a new union with the UK instead after Brexit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 26 minutes ago, Jason said: Boris Johnson wants Ireland to leave EU trade rules and form a new union with the UK instead after Brexit OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 59 minutes ago, Jason said: Boris Johnson wants Ireland to leave EU trade rules and form a new union with the UK instead after Brexit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 The EU should just buy Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said: The EU should just buy Ireland. The EU can afford to pay off their potato deficit, it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Almost guaranteed that this all ends with Scottish independence, with them in the EU. Probably also a united Ireland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBladeRoden Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Government asks Queen to suspend Parliament Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 The shit is about to hit the fan. This amounts to a coup, pure and simple. Supporters of the government are saying that it is normal to suspend Parliament before starting a new session... true, but usually it is for 3-4 days. Boris is trying to stop Parliament from sitting for 5 weeks. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/28/pms-plan-to-suspend-parliament-aimed-at-evading-scrutiny-of-mps A petition was started this morning against such a suspension, and is currently getting over 2000 signatures a minute! https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/269157?fbclid=IwAR1KDK7ZgdwoxNNi-yQHD0ujwEHu_2JZFQFbuUDpgfPiRT-h91WPVTHwSx0 There are plans to demonstrate in Parliament square this evening. There are also plans for a ‘People’s Parliament’ to sit in Church House. A legal challenge to the suspension will be heard tomorrow. There are also calls for a general strike. Live updates: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/aug/28/spending-review-set-for-next-week-fuels-election-speculation-live https://news.sky.com/story/parliament-suspension-pm-behaving-like-tin-pot-dictator-11795990 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Like Papa like Son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Queen has signed off on it.... Words fail me. UK is now a failed state. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, JosephManderley said: Queen has signed off on it.... Words fail me. UK is now a failed state. Fwiw, it won't be much United for much longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Fwiw, it won't be much United for much longer You are right. If I was Scottish I would vote for independence at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 16 minutes ago, JosephManderley said: Queen has signed off on it.... Words fail me. UK is now a failed state. Well it was a vassel state of the EU. Now it can be a truly independent (failed) state! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairslinger Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, JosephManderley said: Queen has signed off on it.... Words fail me. UK is now a failed state. Queen Mueller. Afraid to break norms in the face of a demagogue breaking norms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 So Labour has to either make it's No Confidence Vote next week or October right before no deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, JosephManderley said: A petition was started this morning against such a suspension, and is currently getting over 2000 signatures a minute! 427k and climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 hahahahahahaha the Anglo Saxons are destroying themselves trying to empower themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, Jwheel86 said: 427k and climbing. Now over 500k. Not that anyone will listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephManderley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 Protests... London Parliament Square, from 5pm Birmingham Victoria Square, 5.30pm Liverpool St George’s Plateau, 5.30pm Milton Keynes Station, 6pm Chester Town Hall, 7pm Manchester Albert Square, from 4pm Edinburgh The Mound, from 4pm (moving to Holyrood at 4.30pm) Cambridge Market Square, from 6pm Cardiff Aneurin Bevan Statue, from 6pm Durham Marketplace, from 6pm Bristol College Green, 5.30pm More being announced all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 In a way, this might not be a terrible thing for those that oppose a no-deal Brexit. It pushes the opposition into high gear more than a month early. We could find out next week if the votes in parliament exist to pass legislation stopping a no-deal Brexit. I'm no expert, and I wouldn't personally bet on such legislation happening, but I do feel like such a sudden and harsh attack on the role of parliament might be more likely to produce such legislation than just leaving them alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 9 hours ago, JosephManderley said: Queen has signed off on it.... Words fail me. UK is now a failed state. Last queen of Scotland incoming. Someone let them know it's not to late for Zaku3 to make Britian Great again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-extreme-measures?__twitter_impression=true It's going to get worse. Options the government is considering: Create new banking holidays Filibuster Parliament Disrupt debate set for Northern Island Creating new lords to pack the House of Lords to prevent Brexit bills there Prime Minister refuse to resign if loss of confidence motion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Of all the possible sparks that could trigger a recession in the US and Europe —especially now that the market already seems to be in an increasingly recessionary state, with an inverted yield curve, a US manufacturing slowdown, increased stock market volatility and a contraction in German industry underway—Brexit is one of my top candidates atm. If a no-deal Brexit would have happened not long after the initial vote, when market conditions were better, I think the Brexiteers’ odds of getting out without setting off a slowdown would actually have been pretty good. But they’re operating in a much more fragile environment now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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