In reality it is the ludicrous nature of either side claiming to represent what Ulster says that depresses/amuses me. Everyone says NO! most of the time. The Shinners canāt be bothered most of the time though.
ERGās Andrew Lillico seems to be taking the days events in his stride and not in the least bit going completely and utterly mad (batshit crazy thread ahoy)
https://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1105431183347847169
I still harbour faint hope of the Shinners showing up at the 11th hour to dramatically take their seats
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Gotta love the way the BBC tries to spin Coxās advice.
Fox News could give them lessons in honesty & accuracy
To vote for the deal?
There wouldnāt be enough anyway.
People forget the EU promises (legally binding) made to Cameron when the campaigning for the vote was on. The EU dumped the promises after 3 weeks just before the vote, nothing has changed.
For the drama, but mainly just for the look on wee Sammy Wilsons face
Agree entirely on that Beeb ābreakā. Sky showed how itās done
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Iām afraid the Ukās political standing in Europe is now lower than Trumps belly in a wagon rut. Politically and economically fucked, the more we dig the lower we go.
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ERG has said no to the deal according to the BBC (Kuenssberg) and Grauniad (Elgot) so that would appear to be that. The only matter of interest now will be the fight about how long the extension of A50 will be.
I wonder if May will get the tap on the shoulder if, or rather when, A50 is extended?
In principle she is safe for the rest of the year, so who knows how strongly they will have to hint?
That is only from a leadership challenge in the Tory Party. If cabinet tells her she is finished (or they all will resign), or the āmen in grey suitsā tap her on the shoulder, or in extreme circumstances she loses a vote of confidence in the HoC then she is toast. I canāt see the vote of confidence happening, but the other two are not impossibile.
Honestly donāt know who thatās meant to be referring to!
When Thatcher won the second leadership vote, she said she would continue. The āmen in grey suitsā were the party seniors who pointed out that more than 1/3 of her MPs voted against her and she needed to go. She resigned that night.
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Aha, that makes sense. It was rather before my time in all honesty, my first major political memory was the exit of Major.
May seem to be more stubborn than Thatcher, and cares less what anyone thinks of her
That was when Major and Heseltine and a few other grown-ups were on the scene though. FFS look who might end up at the wheel now. The rest of them make Gove look good !
Here are a few of the present grey suiters - Boris would have food stains on his jacket (sorry Ritchie, coat) and semen on the trousers, Goveās would have his wifeās hand up the back, Grayling would have both legs down one trouser, Rees-Mogg only ever seems to wear black, Williamsonās jacket would open at the back but would be tied there and the extra-long arms would be wrapped around him ā¦
VB
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Maybe it would need a long-term buddy like Grayling to tell her? She might trust him, I guess?
Since when has Grayling ever managed to make something depart when it should?
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But it would cost the taxpayer 33m
(A snip, frankly)
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Ahahahahahahahaha, the ERG snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the absolute fucknuggets.
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