I did, or at least, half watched it. I didn't feel sorry for Cameron, though - it brought back to mind his empty gesture (and strategic error) of going back to Europe to renegotiate, which is what started the whole thing. He failed, as he was always going to, and that set us on the path to a referendum, and him to losing it. And the shot of Farage saying "did you see Dave's face?" (after he'd been turned down by the EU) was interesting in showing the chummy 'mates in a front room' lying behind UKIP, but also the skills (such as they are) that F. has.

But the whole basis for it all: that we need to renegotiate based on the idea that people come here and go straight onto benefits when no figures were produced to suggest this is a problem. So that was dog-whistle "they come over 'ere..!" bullshit, which might be helped if the Tories in any way believed education was a good thing and tried telling people what's what (see also May's "queue jumpers" crap). And, as I understand it, there's provision within EU law for 'us' to put restrictions on what people can claim, on what terms they are here and so on. Knowledge of which, again, isn't passed on to people. So the whole start of the thing was a load of cack, and Cameron could have handled it better.

So I suppose I could feel sorry for Cameron within the parameters of him following in a long line, assuming that everything they do much be pitched at some great mass of people who can't learn, and whose every prejudice must be indulged.

WE DIDN’T HAVE CANCER MEDICINE WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND I’M STILL ALIVE

Surely that is satire? Please?

You decide!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Moore_(journalist)

but how can it not be, I mean, really, I just don't understand. How can anyone feel that being in the situation where we have to re-release wartime cookbooks is a /good/ thing??

Middle aged and middle/upper class. I doubt that the good old days were that good, I imagine it's just selective memory if you think otherwise.

It is too late for the UK. Brexit is going to poison our politics for years to come – the more so as the Brexiters scream blue murder about the EU not giving in to their demands. For the fact that Brexiters are being forced to face reality does not mean that they will accept it as such. But that is no longer the EU’s problem. It’s ours.

Depressing but brilliant commentary from Chris Grey.

Whatever happens now we're kind of fucked. The EU and the wider world just see us as a basket case, even if a second referendum resulted in REMAIN it wouldn't really solve much, we'd still be seen as an unstable and paranoid state, who wants to do business with that?

Brexit has truly broken an awful lot.

http://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com ... ed-to.html

Of course, if the OUTie camp say that we'll get those handsome dark blue hardbacked passports back, they might be on to a winner

Oh christ.

Can we agree that whatever happens on 29th of March, we'll all get shitfaced and console each other on here?

It's not just me who literally lies awake at night thinking and worrying about this shit, is it?

Oh christ.

Can we agree that whatever happens on 29th of March, we'll all get shitfaced and console each other on here?

It's not just me who literally lies awake at night thinking and worrying about this shit, is it?

It's not just me who literally lies awake at night thinking and worrying about this shit, is it?

Not me, I’ve got far more immediate issues to worry about. We elect politicians to do the worrying on our behalf.

Not while I have my Brexit shelves

Oh look, a whole new way in which we might be screwed!

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/ ... 6933273600

NEW: Ministers’ private concern over US Congress siding with Dublin. Specifically Cabinet sources point to impact on any US-UK trade deal should UK be seen to renege on commitments to Dublin.

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) February 5, 2019

Also: check out our mighty government being hopelessly outmanoeuvred

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/ ... 1389565953

Also noteworthy that Barnier came to DC and met the Irish American congressional caucus last July, at the same time the Cabinet was resigning over Chequers... /10

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) February 5, 2019

Explain that one like I'm an idiot. The Americans want... a united Ireland? Independent North? Doughnut burgers?

You know its my birthday on the 28th of March.

That's going to be fun. Thanks for the present, you fucks.

All the best people have that birthday.

Albert the Warlike, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach!