Sparky_Hughes
I am Shitbeard.
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Works for the torriesdemocracy literally allows for parties like the Monster Raving Loony Party to stand and be elected on the basis of being a joke.
Works for the torriesdemocracy literally allows for parties like the Monster Raving Loony Party to stand and be elected on the basis of being a joke.
Then you point out the WA is leaving the EU and they say “oh not that kind of leaving”.I think my current favourite leaver response is "it only said 'leave' on the ballot paper". Ignoring all the shite that was promised by the leave campaign that can't be fulfilled now.
Because of course when you're voting at any other time the ballot paper sets out the full manifesto and campaign pledges of each side.
Then you point out the WA is leaving the EU and they say “oh not that kind of leaving”.
Do the greens poll strongly up there?Green Party denies Sunday Times report of a pact with Rory Stewart
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/art...nday-times-report-of-a-pact-with-rory-stewart
Plot Twist; the builder and benefit guy were the same person!Am I the only one curious to know what the benefit beneficiary did next?
I assumed that the banker killed the benefits beneficiary and the builder buried him in some foundations in exchange of one of the biscuits.Am I the only one curious to know what the benefit beneficiary did next?
I edited this so it made me feel better and ramped it up to the parody that it should be. That way I can pretend the original article is just one big joke from the Guardian and nobody really thinks this way.
Yeah but but that's not leaving because they won't let us unless we resolve the border.....but Boris is doing a good job he's erm been shouty and stuff and will solve the border next anyway.Then you point out the WA is leaving the EU and they say “oh not that kind of leaving”.
Can the executive just cancel an extension unilaterally? I feel like this has been discussed before and the answer is no but they clearly think they'll comply in law but not spirit.Seems government strategy is going to be to find a loophole / some legal cover to avoid asking for the extension
I can only assume this strategy has been decided on after receiving legal advice
I think I joked a few years ago brexit was going to end up decided in the European courts... It actually might at this rate
If the banker knew that jet fuel can melt steel beams it means that they were in one of the twin towers on September 11th.I assumed that the banker killed the benefits beneficiary and the builder buried him in some foundations in exchange of one of the biscuits.
Damn you, Buster. Damn you for finding the single flaw in my point.If the banker knew that jet fuel can melt steel beams it means that they were in one of the twin towers on September 11th.
Not sure what they will do and of course it could be a bluff that if the opposition think the extension is not legally watertight they might be better off going for an early election?Can the executive just cancel an extension unilaterally? I feel like this has been discussed before and the answer is no but they clearly think they'll comply in law but not spirit.
Maybe they'll append the request with an unreasonable condition
(raab). He added: "We will adhere to the law but we will also - because this is such a bad piece of legislation - want to test to the limit what it actually lawfully requires."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-49625431. It is thought that Mr Johnson believes he could legally disregard some or all of the bill's requirements.
I can do what I like because you also did something else completely unrelated.Tweet
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The difference is though that today’s pensioners grew up in a totally different environment to today’s youth.Where do you think todays legions of pensioner tory voters come from?
They were young once and probably just as nice and idealistic as todays young, but as they grow older their perspective shifts and they realise that nice/idealistic guys tend to finish last, if they finish at all, and that just as much bullshit comes from all across the political spectrum, not just the right, and that standing and shouting in the streets can be exciting but in this country (as opposed to France) it usually achieves jack shit, except of course if you are arrested and then often police/criminal record is established that will follow you forever.
It took me years to realise that some support for left wing causes in my early twenties that saw me out on the streets had been photographed and recorded and years later stopped me getting onto short lists for certain job... obviously that can't happen now, but it did then.
The ageing process generally wears you down and slows you down, but it gives you one big advantage you begin to realise that in your youth, you knew feck all!
No, it shows that a Tory who voted to remain is still a Tory, with all the horrible views that entails.I can do what I like because you also did something else completely unrelated.
What a pathetic argument.
Bruce Springsteen. And shut up...I know what you're coming back with.No great musician ever wrote a good album over 50.
Apart from David Bowie. And he died for it.
You are most welcome my friend.Damn you, Buster. Damn you for finding the single flaw in my point.
What was the point?! I’m lostDamn you, Buster. Damn you for finding the single flaw in my point.
Springsteen never wrote a good album.Bruce Springsteen. And shut up...I know what you're coming back with.
Now you've put @Mockney firmly on my side.Springsteen never wrote a good album.
Oh you poor sod, please take a seat. No, not that one. That one. THAT ONE. That's right, the beanbag.What was the point?! I’m lost
Oh you poor sod, please take a seat. No, not that one. That one. THAT ONE. That's right, the beanbag.
Now - please look at the presentation and not directly at me. STOP IT. Good. Now, my name is M.R. P.I.G.E.O.N. and if there's one thing that's certain about this universe it's that I usually have very little to add to the conversations other than keep comment numbers up. Understand now?
Good. Now please give me ten pounds and leave.
Guardain said:Beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised under-fire colleagues a revival in fortunes as he unveiled an alliance with popular high street bakery Greggs. Johnson told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that 'everyone loves Greggs' and that the collaboration will prove especially beneficial in the North, where the campaigning PM plans to wear a coat covered in sausage rolls and steak bake trousers.
Chatter tonight over whether Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings could declare a national emergency by using part 2 (Emergency Powers) of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to scrap the European Union (Withdrawal) (No6) Act 2019 and thereby avoid having to apply for extension?
Seems to have had a bit of a surge .Gaining three Councillor seats for the first time in the local elections.Do the greens poll strongly up there?
We found the Boris Johnson account on Redcafe! Perfect amount of cogency and negotiating skill combined.Oh you poor sod, please take a seat. No, not that one. That one. THAT ONE. That's right, the beanbag.
Now - please look at the presentation and not directly at me. STOP IT. Good. Now, my name is M.R. P.I.G.E.O.N. and if there's one thing that's certain about this universe it's that I usually have very little to add to the conversations other than keep comment numbers up. Understand now?
Good. Now please give me ten pounds and leave.
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom for trying to change the system from within.No great musician ever wrote a good album over 50.
Apart from David Bowie. And he died for it.
We found the Boris Johnson account on Redcafe! Perfect amount of cogency and negotiating skill combined.
Because the WA proposed was fecking awful, how is this complicated for you to grasp?Of course we need a WA. I have never claimed otherwise. No deal is a moronic concept.
Sadly our parliament, for whatever reasons they have, disagreed 3 times with that, the EU are unwilling to accept any changes to something they have all agreed to and nobody on the UK side is offering an alternative.
Which leave us with only the nuclear option.
And yes, trade deals will take time. Our only advantage over other third party trading partners is that we have previously had trade with the EU, and have the foundations in place. Which should reduce the time somewhat. It will still take years to conclude.
Because the EU don't give a feck if we leave with a deal or not, they are happy to just say bye at this point.Boris' argument that he needs the threat of no deal to negotiate a better deal makes perfect sense to me. Can someone explain to me why it's such a bad idea?
If I wanted to buy a house and the owners knew I had no choice but to buy it, I'm hardly going to be able to negotiate myself a good deal.
Genuine question. I don't get a vote so I don't claim to be the best informed.
Dickhead Dom mustve been watching House of CardsJeezuz...this from Sky:
We found the Boris Johnson account on Redcafe! Perfect amount of cogency and negotiating skill combined.
I'd say that it'll be interesting to see how they spin that one but, to be honest, they won't lose any votes for it even if they turned up in clown costumes and said "to hell with democracy, all hail your new Emperor BoJo."Jeezuz...this from Sky:
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