Taking the Brexit

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:13

Nailed on!

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:16

Scene:
A home office, in the near future.

Mrs Z: What are all these pictures?
Z: What? Oh those? Ha! There's a perfectly...
Mrs Z: Is that man on the toilet?!
Z: Yes, but...
Mrs Z: How many of these do you have?!
Z: Well, you see, Raab...
Mrs Z: He's hot.
Z: Yeah, yeah he is.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/stat ... 4401211393

ðŸ’¥ðŸ’¥

Team Gove tell me they will not give any guidance on his future at this time. Asked if he is resigning, I was told "no comment".
— Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes) November 15, 2018

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:27

Anne-Marie Trevelyan has gone, whoever that was.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Grim... wrote:

Anne-Marie Trevelyan has gone, whoever that was.

Wasn't she Sean Bean in Goldeneye?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:30

Grim... wrote:

Anne-Marie Trevelyan has gone, whoever that was.

She was Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

Hope that helps.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

Are these people leaving because it’s too much Brexit or not enough Brexit?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

Satsuma wrote:

Are these people leaving because it’s too much Brexit or not enough Brexit?

Long weekend, bro!

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:35

Satsuma wrote:

Are these people leaving because it’s too much Brexit or not enough Brexit?

I think they've all been brexit supporters, so not enough brexit. I think only Jo Johnson has left because it was too much brexit, and that was a few days ago.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Let's be clear, Brexit Secretary Raab has resigned because the Brexit that Brexit Secretary Raab negotiated is insufficiently Brexit.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:11

Grim... wrote:

Scene:
A home office, in the near future.

Mrs Z: What are all these pictures?
Z: What? Oh those? Ha! There's a perfectly...
Mrs Z: Is that man on the toilet?!
Z: Yes, but...
Mrs Z: How many of these do you have?!
Z: Well, you see, Raab...
Mrs Z: He's hot.
Z: Yeah, yeah he's proper straining there.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 13:27

Looked at the list of resigning MPs this year... Who the frig is Guto Bebb? Was he one of Jabba's bounty Hunters?

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 13:31

Here he is. Third from the back row when you're looking from the left corner. Next to the weird looking guy holding the Brexit papers.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Mr Dunt not mincing his words today.

http://politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/11/15/ ... ful-career

Quote:

When he took the post, after the resignation of his predecessor in similar circumstances, he knew the outlines of what May was negotiating. He knew about the Irish backstop. But he sat there, issued weak threats, and then finally, when it was published, resigned. He is a shambles in human form, a chancer who got found out.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Jacob Shit-Face calling for a vote of no confidence in May.

Perhaps he'll take over and lead us to the glorious No Deal uplands!

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I wonder if the telephone call with the Tangerine Tosspot was the last straw for Mrs May, and put her in "fuck this shit" mode.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

ow my brain

https://twitter.com/Julian_McCrae/statu ... 6231780352

My favorite "what if" - May loses confidence vote, Tories elect new leader who can't command confidence of House. Then have May as PM unable to govern, unable to call election (FT parl act), and unable to resign as she can't advise Queen on successor.
— Julian McCrae (@Julian_McCrae) November 15, 2018

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 17:19

MaliA wrote:

On a potential GE:

Check out @MaliciousA’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/MaliciousA/status/1 ... 7790773249

I think that if that were the case, and the Tory position switched to ditching Brexit, I would vote for them over Labour, because I think staying in the EU with a tory government is a net better position than being out of the EU with Labour's current offerings.
— MaliciousA (@MaliciousA) November 11, 2018

Check out @BBCNormanS’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/BBCNormanS/status/1 ... 76897?s=09

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

Jesus, I finally listened to this, it's powerful stuff.

https://twitter.com/RemainerNow/status/ ... 1490046977

Bill voted leave, but earlier today he called @mrjamesob on @LBC to say sorry and it's emotional. He says as wrong & he is a #remainernow.

James' response is exactly how everyone should react.

It's not people like Bill we should be angry with, it's the politicians who lied! pic.twitter.com/dtkrTlJ4nj
— RemainerNow #peoplesvote (@RemainerNow) November 15, 2018

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 17:46

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Jesus, I finally listened to this, it's powerful stuff.

https://twitter.com/RemainerNow/status/ ... 1490046977

Bill voted leave, but earlier today he called @mrjamesob on @LBC to say sorry and it's emotional. He says as wrong & he is a #remainernow.

James' response is exactly how everyone should react.

It's not people like Bill we should be angry with, it's the politicians who lied! pic.twitter.com/dtkrTlJ4nj
— RemainerNow #peoplesvote (@RemainerNow) November 15, 2018

I think a lot of folks are feeling that way.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 17:48

It must be bad..

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 17:50

I don't think Bill gets no blame in this. Good on him for coming around to a sensible way of thinking, but fuck you for taking so goddamned long Bill, you prick.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16558

There's not really vast swathes of Bills in the polls are there?

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6510

My breaking news app on my phone decided that the correct headline for this business story about Paul May was 'May quits with immediate effect'. Good work, internet!

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 18:34

https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2018/11 ... or-brexit/

This is cheerful.

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 18:41

Heard the PM's opening remarks then when she just stopped without resigning, calling the whole thing off, or just grabbing a guitar saying 'here's Wonderwall' I switched off.

I'm toying with writing again to my MP asking her, given she read the whole thing this morning, the ways it's better than the current arrangements but I think I'm just going to get more angry again and it ain't healthy.

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Nov 15, 2018 18:50

Kern wrote:

Heard the PM's opening remarks then when she just stopped without resigning, calling the whole thing off, or just grabbing a guitar saying 'here's Wonderwall' I switched off.

I'm toying with writing again to my MP asking her, given she read the whole thing this morning, the ways it's better than the current arrangements but I think I'm just going to get more angry again and it ain't healthy.

I'm pretty sure the opening of her speech was trolling everyone to think she was about to resign, or just left over from an alternative speech where she was resigning.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

+1 for "fuck bill"

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kern wrote:

Well, at least it was short.

Only because no one in government knows how to adjust a mike stand.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:03

Someone stole my joke.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Kern wrote:

Raab? That's match point game!

(can someone help me with sporting metaphors)

Well that's fucked my plans for a coup. You can't really have a coup if the gov are queueing at the exit door of their own accord.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 9:34

Warhead wrote:

You can't really have a coup if the gov are queueing at the exit door of their own accord.

No style either. We want mad dashes to the airport to board that free flight to South America all deposed leaders are entitled to.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Reports that a vote of no confidence in May now 'likely' and that the required number of letters are in.

Who the fuck are they going to replace her with. Fucking Johnson? Fucking Mogg?

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:40

It's going to be Gove, isn't it?

Giphy "michael gove":
https://media1.giphy.com/media/QDQRJcFgmZlAY/giphy-loop.mp4

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:41

See, he has a campaign video and everything. BEEX EXCLUSIVE!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38460

If Michael Gove becomes Prime Minister then we've hit the worst ending and need to reset to 2010.

We might get the Scooby Doo ending next time.

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:53

DavPaz wrote:

If Michael Gove becomes Prime Minister then we've hit the worst ending and need to reset to 2010.

We might get the Scooby Doo ending next time.

A Gove PM is worse than a Johnson, Rees Mogg or Hunt PM?

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:56

Andrea Leadsom.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:57

DavPaz wrote:

If Michael Gove becomes Prime Minister then we've hit the worst ending and need to reset to 2010.

We might get the Scooby Doo ending next time.

We need Ed Miliband to fly backwards round the world.

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:59

Breaking news: Cabinet Minister keeps doing his job!

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:22

Right now, we need an emergency Royal Baby to take our minds off all this! Get onto it Eugenie.

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6510

Was hoping that Grayling would quit, so at least there would be an upside from all of this nonsense.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 13:14

Kern wrote:

Right now, we need an emergency Royal Baby to take our minds off all this! Get onto it Eugenie.

When is MM due?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

MaliA wrote:

Kern wrote:

Right now, we need an emergency Royal Baby to take our minds off all this! Get onto it Eugenie.

When is MM due?

Year 2000

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 14:10

Trooper wrote:

MaliA wrote:

Kern wrote:

Right now, we need an emergency Royal Baby to take our minds off all this! Get onto it Eugenie.

When is MM due?

Year 2000

2 o'clock at the fountain down the road, to be precise.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

This is weird:

https://twitter.com/daviddavismp/status ... 8779920384

I have spent the last few days in Washington talking to US Government Trade and Treasury officials encouraging a free trade deal with the UK. Excellent response. They have already started on the procedures to allow negotiations to start immediately once we leave the EU in March.
— David Davis (@DavidDavisMP) November 16, 2018

Davis resigned from government. He’s just a back bench MP now. So on who’s authority is he negotiating with the US under?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

He really needs to climb back under his rock, the useless arrogant idiot.

I rather liked this excoriation Ian Dunt did of him earlier in the year.

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/07 ... he-swagger

And today there's this one:

http://politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/11/16/ ... won-t-stop

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6510

I guess we have to assume that they haven't got the letters to force a no-confidence vote, and that ol' May is going to stagger on till the bitter end.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Splendid, now we will get the Red, White and Blue Brexit we were promised!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/ ... xit/08/11/

Quote:

Mail
The Welsh town of Llanelli – which voted 56.7 per cent to leave the EU in the referendum – has been left reeling after a major manufacturer upped sticks due to Brexit.

Global firm Schaeffler announced this week that it is to close its plant in Llanelli due to uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union.

The closure was described as the “tremor that will lead to the Brexit earthquake” in the Welsh Assembly, with Juergen Ziegler, the company’s regional CEO, saying that the “need to plan for various complex scenarios” due to Brexit had played a part in their decision to leave Wales.

“A global business needs to regularly review market conditions and strive to optimise its footprint across different regions,” he said.

“The proposed measures we have taken for the UK reflect this business reality.”

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