August 2019 Politics Thread - Recess!

SenorDingDong · 2019-08-15T11:22:46.894Z

I think the time has come for me to become prime minister. When you know, you know.

Ruffers · 2019-08-15T11:23:02.183Z

I think we’re all getting a turn

SenorDingDong · 2019-08-15T11:23:43.136Z

Oh, I’ll be staying put for quite a while

colinfilth · 2019-08-15T11:26:33.427Z

Thanks. I think I’ve confused myself a bit here though. Is the vote you’re referring to a vote that actually cements the government as the government? Because the votes I was referring to were votes to determine whether an option could command confidence or not, and obviously those would have to happen before the queen appoints a PM.

aboynamedgoo · 2019-08-15T11:30:15.110Z

colinfilth:

Is the vote you’re referring to a vote that actually cements the government as the government?

Yes (i.e. a vote of confidence in a new Government)

colinfilth:

the votes I was referring to were votes to determine whether an option could command confidence or not

No voting will take place. MPs will have to assess which options are viable and come to an agreement what proposal has the best chance of succeeding.

colinfilth · 2019-08-15T11:31:01.362Z

Is that because it’s prohibited? Or perhaps they can’t vote on anything after a successful vonc?

hexagram · 2019-08-15T11:34:46.430Z

SenorDingDong:

When you know, you know

Alright, Pusha T. Esq.

aboynamedgoo · 2019-08-15T11:36:39.570Z

colinfilth:

Is that because it’s prohibited?

Not prohibited as such but that’s not how the Commons should work. The MPs have to find consensus first.

Otherwise you get in the same situation as with Theresa May’s Withdrawal Bill: every alternative solution has been rejected by the House (except “No Deal” obviously).

TheWza · 2019-08-15T11:42:37.028Z

Confirm consensus without a vote.

Normal country.

Icarus-Smicarus · 2019-08-15T11:44:05.806Z

Ok, apparently we need a COMPLETELY NEUTRAL person to be caretaker PM according to these people. I’m not sure how you find a neutral MP, so why don’t we just bring in Nicholas Parsons?

Always thought the HoC could benefit from the addition of the rules of Just a Minute anyway (feel like I might have nicked this from an episode of Genius)

Bamnan · 2019-08-15T11:44:50.840Z

Jeremy is coming to Corby, I might go

Icarus-Smicarus · 2019-08-15T11:45:06.741Z

Jeremy Corby

JaguarPirate · 2019-08-15T11:45:48.650Z

We’re about two days away from getting suggestions like Attenborough, Richard E Grant or Olivia Coleman I swear

Ruffers · 2019-08-15T11:46:39.047Z

Give it Giggsy til end of the season

guntrip · 2019-08-15T11:48:40.966Z

When Lords could still be PM you could’ve done this too.

The last Prime Minisier who sat in the Lords was this chap, who looks a bit like someone who’d spend his life now making under appreciated lofi records

en.wikipedia.org

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, FRS, DL (/ˈmɑːrkwɪs əv ˈsɔːlzbəri/; 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, and then the Marquess of Salisbury, was a British statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total of over thirteen years. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the last Prime Minister to h...

1895-1902! Strong and stable.

anon76851889 · 2019-08-15T11:49:17.289Z

“Order! The right honourable gentleman for Bicester has challenged. On what grounds may I ask?”

“Deviation. I’m afraid the prime minister was asked what the impact of Brexit would be on the imports of bananas and he’s instead talking about how we’ll be able to export more lamb to Iceland.”

“Very good. There’s 15 seconds left on the clock, the question is now with the right honourable gentleman for Bicester, you have 15 seconds on importing bananas starting… Now.”

Epimer · 2019-08-15T11:50:27.258Z

We need to conduct a national search for the most average person in the UK for this role of temporary caretaker PM. Someone who’s so mediocre in every respect that nobody could possibly have any objection, or indeed opinion, of them.

Luckily Dan Jarvis is already an MP so that’ll make things easier to arrange.

Icarus-Smicarus · 2019-08-15T11:50:46.849Z

and hot sauce

anon76851889 · 2019-08-15T11:50:48.216Z

Epimer:

Luckily Dan Jarvis is already an MP so that’ll make things easier to arrange.

Shots fired @xylo

Ruffers · 2019-08-15T12:00:42.937Z

Would be great bands if ineffective little mr get on with it just walks into PM without even having to do anything, calls off the general election and just immediately nationalises land