Off with his head!

[Ed P]

Wheels-Of-Fire wrote:

Speeking of “Off with his head” what’s happening with the scotish court action against Borris ? He more or less sent the letter I dictated for hin earlier and the EU have accepted it, they seem set to respond with the letter I dictated for them too. It don’t look like we are going to be able to lock Borris up in the clock tower so why hasn’t the case been dropped ?

IIrc the Scottish Court stated they would hold off making a decision until they saw if the EU accepted the non-letter from Johnson. As the general noises seem to be that the period requested will be granted then Johnson is off the hook – leastways until the MET police watchdogs make their long overdue report into the allegations of misconduct in public office while being the P&CC for the Met.

[Wheels-Of-Fire]

I thought it might be JCD so I was just pointing out the bleeding obvious 😁

[keith with the teef]

You could not make it up.

How could it come to this, that we now, are gonna have to have a general election.

Tapped.

I do actually find it funny.

[Ed P]

keith with the teef wrote:

You could not make it up. How could it come to this, that we now, are gonna have to have a general election. Tapped. I do actually find it funny.

No General Election in the foreseeable future. Corbyn has set out his stall:

“Labour has made it clear it wants to see a customs union built into the Brexit deal and, on the subject of a general election, would support a poll “when the risk of a no-deal crash-out” is off the table. ”

As the Duplicitous One has stated he could hold the threat of No-Deal right up to the end of the Transition Period, this Parliament could well go its full term. Arlene Foster in turn has threatened to use such time to frustrate Johnson in revenge for his double-dealing over putting a border in the Irish Sea. It could be an interesting time between now and 5 May 2022!

Imo the less able Parliament is able to make new laws or support dodgy US invasions, the better!

[Ed P]

The threat of a Hard Brexit, and a lack of trust in Johnson keeps the oppositions united.

The DUP position is once again the important one as if Arlene Foster keeps her threat then she can stop Duplicitous Johnson getting a new election Bill through Parliament. (I’m not even sure of the legality of this move without rescinding the Fixed Term Act). If the old saying about a woman scorned holds true then Johnson hasn’t got a hope of an early election. Without taking a Hard Brexit off the table, few MPs will go against their whips but some Conservative rebels may.

His only hope is to say he has no confidence in his Government but  I think that the arithmetic could fail on this as well it just needs a few fall guys to support while the rest abstain. He cannot even just suspend the Brexit Bill as once again he breaks his word and lets down the Brexiteers, while putting the whole country in limbo probably until the end of January.

Because few have complete trust in his word, Machiavellian duplicitous Johnson has made a complete mess of it!

[The VFM Addict]

I think you forget the Blame Game, Ed.     The public want a GE by two to one currently.     BoJo wants one; i.e. what the public wants.     Anything that happens from now until the GE eventually occurs can be blamed on “the other parties”.     Indeed anything they do to thwart anything that BoJo now tries to do will simply make him stronger come that GE.     I truly don’t see anyway out of that for “the other parties”.

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[Ed P]

The Blame Game cuts two ways, and although people will get increasingly frustrated it depends who they see at fault. Will it be someone rushing to try and please his rich backers who are betting against the UK, or Opposition parties who say they accept a Brexit but it must be on the right terms?

As job losses due to Brexit mount I think the blame will start to move around in favour of the Opposition. Time will tell, and whoever has the most time will win.

[JayCeeDee]

The VFM Addict wrote:

Anything that happens from now until the GE eventually occurs can be blamed on “the other parties”.     Indeed anything they do to thwart anything that BoJo now tries to do will simply make him stronger come that GE.     I truly don’t see anyway out of that for “the other parties”.

Anything that happens from now until the GE eventually occurs is going to be designed by the No 10 team to make Boris look good. He’s primped and fluffing at the dispatch box and already starting the hustings. Any decision he makes, such as pushing for 3 days to ratify a Bill, gives him sound bites from the opposition that he can beat them over the head with come election time.

They know one is coming so they are preparing the ground they will be fighting from.

Best for the country be damned, it’s what’s best for the Conservative Party and Boris.

Anybody seen a decent opposition party?? – I haven’t!!

[The VFM Addict]

Ditch Corbyn and run with Starmer would be the wise move for Labour but no way will that happen.

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[JayCeeDee]

The VFM Addict wrote:

Ditch Corbyn and run with ******** would be the wise move for Labour

********** Insert any option here, for more chances of success.

Last night on Peston saw John McDonnell ‘joke’ that Lisa Nandy could step up and fulfil the premise of a female Labour leader.

It also saw Sajid Javid doing the ‘Always look on the bright side of life’ dance, instead of answering questions!!

[Wheels-Of-Fire]

The big joke has always been on the blairites of the Labour party. They put Corbin forward as a novelty candidate because they didn’t believe their party was full of mad Marxists any more. Oh how I laughed.

[Ed P]

The Duplicious One has managed to jump the first hurdle in a Brexit deal that will according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) COST us £70Bn over the next ten years.

I’m sure these sorts of figures will play a small role in the forthcoming election but such figures are meaningless to most voters. It is Johnson’s personal mendacity and broken promises that could harm his own chances of holding his existing Parliamentary seat. I’m certain that he will be reminded many times about ‘lieing’ in front of the Heathrow bulldozers, and maybe the 10000 voters at Brunel University will use their postal ballots to swing his 5000 majority the other way. However given the gutless self preservation he has demonstrated on previous occasions I’m sure we will hear that he has pinched a safer seat. Whether through this he will manage to evade all his character baggage in the process is another story.

 

[Dave Rice]

Thank God I’m out of the country for the penultimate week of campaigning. 30 days of soundbite of the day before we go away.

Today so far we’ve learned from the Tories that Corbyn will head a Government with socialist policies and the Lib Dems will cancel Brexit. Labour have told us that they almost won last time. I can’t wait for more of the bleeding obvious.

I wonder how the Brexit party will play it? Do they join the me too crowd of it’s a terrible deal? Do they just hammer the “clean break” slogan and copy the do or die approach? Unless they get imaginative I think they’re a busted flush now.

[JayCeeDee]

I think that the story of this election, whilst obviously being dominated by Brexit, will be about voters who would normally be voting for Labour trying to find a palatable alternative. 😩

[The Duke]

As of this moment, I have no idea who to vote for. I may not bother this time round. I just don’t like any.

I’m sure I’ll make a decision before the vote. But as of now, I have no idea, I’m fed up with the lot of them.

[JayCeeDee]

The Duke wrote:

I’m sure I’ll make a decision before the vote. But as of now, I have no idea, I’m fed up with the lot of them.

Too right!!

[Bob Williams]

Wheels-Of-Fire wrote:

The big joke has always been on the Blairites of the Labour party. They put Corbin forward as a novelty candidate because they didn’t believe their party was full of mad Marxists any more. Oh how I laughed.

Blimey Graham I am agreeing with you!😲😊😋

Same reason why John Prescott was made Deputy to Blair: they thought he would be a suitable Working Class Figure to represent the Oiks and Peasants. He was often portrayed by the media and opposition as a figure of fun, but in Hull they still love him, he did a lot of good constituency work. Which is what they are supposed to be there for, but so many forget that.

In East Lindsey we still miss Sir Peter Tapsell, who was a good example of a proper MP. Always available to his constituents, had a surgery in both Louth and Horncastle, very approachable. Helped members of my family twice, was instrumental in forcing our unsocial landlord to replace our ancient night storage heaters with GCH. Spoke against both Gulf Wars and the Afghanistan mess, correctly predicted that the West would suffer a terrorist backlash and find it impossible to win and difficult to extract. Possessed a wonderful SOH: in his late seventies, electioneering around our villages standing in the back of a Land Rover pickup, with a megaphone. Called at our friend’s house, she opened the door, SPT rolls his eyes and says “Wow! A blonde!”

Never be another like him, what a character and what a good MP. I have to vote for his replacement Victoria Atkins, who despite a few early mistakes is doing better. Says she lives among her constituents, which means a large house in a large piece of beautiful countryside. Oh well, I see no other choice TBH. The alternatives range from laughable, through impossible, to possibly the ruin of the country. I suspect many more than me will see it that way. Fill your boots Boris.

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[JayCeeDee]

Bob Williams wrote:

Oh well, I see no other choice TBH. The alternatives range from laughable, through impossible, to possibly the ruin of the country. I suspect many more than me will see it that way. Fill your boots Boris.

The problem becomes, being Boris, is if he wins he will see it as an endorsement for both him and the Conservative Party. That will be because a lot of people will have voted his way, due to it being the lesser of multiple worse evils. If you think he’s bad now, wait until he thinks he’s had the mandate from the people!!

[Dave Rice]

Both sides manifestos will be unpalatable I expect, so I will probably be voting tactically on Brexit. Probably not much point in our constituency but they got a huge fright in the Euros. We’re a long way away yet, who knows what will come up but it’s going to be a dirty fight.

Boris needs a majority as no-one will work with him and it had better be a good one as parts of his own side won’t work with him on certain issues. Labour and the rest just need enough to work together but I don’t think there will be coalitions this time, too toxic.

[Ed P]

Dave Rice wrote:

Both sides manifestos will be unpalatable I expect, so I will probably be voting tactically on Brexit. Probably not much point in our constituency

+1, but I certainly will not vote for a party with a lying scumbag as leader.

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