Let's Get Political!

[pauld]

Shouldn't waste their time, come January with Johnson still wittering on about us not having a hard border in Ireland the small boat challenge will have gone as instead for asylum seekers it will be a lot easier and safer to travel to RoI on a ferry and then just wander over the border into NI, I imagine that the French will see this as a very handy way of rapidly solving the problems around Calais.

The point, though, is in the gesture, not the effectiveness of the gesture. Much like Teresa May's vans

[pauld]

Gove was asked earlier today to confirm that leaving the EU will cost the chemical industry *alone* £1bn in additional red tape. He replied that it was "an inevitable consequence of leaving the EU". Don't remember that being mentioned when he was banging on about "sunlit uplands" and "Project Fear"

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1311588865896058880

[Ardiles]

Gove was asked earlier today to confirm that leaving the EU will cost the chemical industry *alone* £1bn in additional red tape. He replied that it was "an inevitable consequence of leaving the EU". Don't remember that being mentioned when he was banging on about "sunlit uplands" and "Project Fear"

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1311588865896058880

Never fear.  The chemists, sales people and warehouse workers who are going to lose their jobs to this self-inflicted insanity can eat sovereignty for breakfast.  They'll be fine with it.  All worth it.

Over 4 years on, & I'm still waiting to see a benefit.

[pauld]

Never fear.  The chemists, sales people and warehouse workers who are going to lose their jobs to this self-inflicted insanity can eat sovereignty for breakfast.  They'll be fine with it.  All worth it.

Over 4 years on, & I'm still waiting to see a benefit.

Don't worry, there'll be loads of people getting benefits out of Brexit. Well, Universal Credit anyway.

[horlock07]

Gove was asked earlier today to confirm that leaving the EU will cost the chemical industry *alone* £1bn in additional red tape. He replied that it was "an inevitable consequence of leaving the EU". Don't remember that being mentioned when he was banging on about "sunlit uplands" and "Project Fear"

https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1311588865896058880

It was on the Bus.

[Batch]

Over 4 years on, & I'm still waiting to see a benefit.

you just need a hedge fund set up to profit from the UK's misery

[Valid Pint]

There will be no "ever closer union" due to the results of several recent elections.

[pauld]

Really good analysis by The Secret Barrister on how the Mail use a completely fake concoction of lies and innuendo to mount a dual attack on lawyers and immigrants with a pile of shite "story" about legal aid

https://twitter.com/BarristerSecret/status/1312769219772264448

[The Grim Reaper]

Think the next General Election will be interesting. The absolute shambles the way the government have handled this pandemic will see them turfed out of power.

[Abrahammer]

Absolutely zero chance of that happening.

160 odd seat advantage, best case scenario that will take a couple of elections to turn around

[Flashheart]

Think the next General Election will be interesting. The absolute shambles the way the government have handled this pandemic will see them turfed out of power.

I can't see that happening.

The far left appear to be more interested in letting the tories in again than voting for Starmer because he is not their perfect choice. The rest of the nation will have to endure the tories for quite a while longer yet, partly because of the infighting and unwillingness to compromise.

No doubt many of those people will also be complaining about the Tories' policies.

[horlock07]

Absolutely zero chance of that happening.

160 odd seat advantage, best case scenario that will take a couple of elections to turn around

Generally agree with what you say but for clarity the majority is only 80, which is still bloody massive! However it 'only' needs 40 Tories to revolt and Johnson has issues, this is why the ERG still have him by the bollocks, if they vote against him on say a 'deal' and the opposition votes the same way he's got problems.

[horlock07]

So the government apparently doesn't give a shit about the arts, yet simultaneously seems hell bent on bankrupting the country to protect the fishing industry?

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-10-06/rishi-sunak-suggests-musicians-and-others-in-arts-should-retrain-and-find-other-jobs

[Matchworn Shirts]

Who writes this shite for Johnson?
"I can tell you that your government is working night and day to repel this virus, and we will succeed, just as this country has seen off every alien invader for the last thousand years"

[Flashheart]

Who writes this shite for Johnson?
"I can tell you that your government is working night and day to repel this virus, and we will succeed, just as this country has seen off every alien invader for the last thousand years"

One for the little Englanders. He should have mentioned spitfires for good measure.