UK Politics Thread IX: The Masses Against the Classes

[Ifreann]

Bold of you to assume they won't march for Buckingham instead :/

If the Queen can execute a successful coup (probably by securing the loyalty of forces in and around London and getting royalist troops into Parliament before anyone knows what's going on), then there won't be anyone to rally around save for her.

Who needs a coup when he could just twat an irritating PM about the head with her big mace?

[Nakena]

Bold of you to assume they won't march for Buckingham instead :/

If the Queen can execute a successful coup (probably by securing the loyalty of forces in and around London and getting royalist troops into Parliament before anyone knows what's going on), then there won't be anyone to rally around save for her.

Wasn't there a BBC movie about such a scenario?

[Alvecia]

Change UK applies to change name.

So now they're going to be IGCh. I'll give them this much, this name isn't funny.

Sounds like the sound you make when you see something icky.

[Ostroeuropa]

Rory Stewart basically threatening civil war/constitutional crisis if parliament is suspended after Johnson wins, saying he will invite MPs to hold parliament across the road in Methodist Hall instead.

Reckon they'll dodge the heart of the issue by screaming about The Queen and The Scepter of Power being necessary for it to be a reaallll parliament and he wont have those?

[Ifreann]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

[Ostroeuropa]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

CIVIL WAAAAAAAR!

Woo Hoo!

Also;

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

At least things have finally stopped being boring.

Second Civil War when?

[Vassenor]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

They really hate the idea of actual oversight by a democratically elected body who's sovereignty and supremacy the referendum was supposed to protect, don't they?

[The Blaatschapen]

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Is that about one mouse sighting per tory?

[The Nihilistic view]

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Is that about one mouse sighting per tory?

It's almost exactly the number of Labour mps in 2010 and 2012 though

[Vassenor]

In two years we've gone from restoring Parliamentary Sovereignty, Business for Britain and "the easiest deal in history" to "fuck business", we never wanted a deal anyway and if Parliament disagrees we'll shut it down.

And somehow these two positions are both "what 17.4 million people voted for".

[Chan Island]

I've been thinking more and more about the fact that Brexiters constantly keep saying things like "We survived the Blitz, we can survive Brexit."

Leaving aside the fact that the people who say that are never actually the folks who survived the Blitz (the war generation being almost as pro-EU as millennials), it's weird that so many seem so gung ho about diving into something that they compare to one of the most terrible times to be in Britain. After all, a lot of people didn't survive the Blitz... Why anybody would ever want anything even remotely resembling such hardship is just beyond me.

And it's not something that's being said by the types who think GoT's Aerys II is a great role model either.

Any ideas as to why this is such a common talking point?

Is that about one mouse sighting per tory?

It's almost exactly the number of Labour mps in 2010 and 2012 though

Good guy Labour MPs, all reporting a mouse sighting just make sure the problem gets dealt with.

[Ther Sul Citzpacia]

Um! Chuka Umuna joins Liberal Democrats who just happen to need a new leader. Any connection, any hope or just coincidence?

[Ifreann]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

At least things have finally stopped being boring.

Second Civil War when?

Why ship your arms all the way to Saudi Arabia when you can sell them on the streets of London?

[Chan Island]

Um! Chuka Umuna joins Liberal Democrats who just happen to need a new leader. Any connection, any hope or just coincidence?

The Liberal Democrats specifically delayed the Chuk cohort from officially joining them until after the nominations window had closed. The choice is solidly now between Ed Davey and Jo Swinson (with Swinson being the favourite to win at the moment).

At least things have finally stopped being boring.

Second Civil War when?

Why ship your arms all the way to Saudi Arabia when you can sell them on the streets of London?

Well, if it comes to that, I know which champion I'll want to follow into battle....

[Ifreann]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Um! Chuka Umuna joins Liberal Democrats who just happen to need a new leader. Any connection, any hope or just coincidence?

Excuse me, the deed poll just came through - he's now called Libdema Umunna. Until at least next Tuesday.

[Duhon]

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

When I mentooned "fire sale" earlier, Boris, I didn't mean you had to include literal fucking fire among the things you're selling, Boris. It was a metaphor, Boris, you fucking death wish.

[Liriena]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

I can't believe that Great Britain, of all nations, would have a day dedicated to oppressing introverts. What a garbage nation. Now I see why Ireland left them.

[Bear Stearns]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

If you see something, say something.

[The New California Republic]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

I wonder how many conversations will go like this:

Person 1: Hi

Person 2: Fuck off.

Person 1: k.

[Dumb Ideologies]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

Fuck this particular initiative so very hard that every single internal organ ruptures and the entire carriage collapses into giblets.

[Souseiseki]

i am very annoyed at all the "second civil war" comments

surely it's either the fourth english civil war or first british civil war

not counting jacobites

[Chan Island]

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

You see, if there was ever a legitimate reason to prorogue parliament... this might be it.

And in worse news than the imminent civil war, tomorrow is Chat Day, a day in which people are encouraged to talk to strangers on public transport.

Come on, Britain. Get your shit together.

If you see something, say something.

Off with your reminder of the Orwellian phrases they use in the train stations!

Boris won't rule out proroguing Parliament.

When I mentooned "fire sale" earlier, Boris, I didn't mean you had to include literal fucking fire among the things you're selling, Boris. It was a metaphor, Boris, you fucking death wish.

But if there is a fire, he will be able to retroactively justify those water cannons!

[Dumb Ideologies]

i am very annoyed at all the "second civil war" comments

surely it's either the fourth english civil war or first british civil war

not counting jacobites

Which number was the War of Daddy or Chips