#1156

Pretty sure Wales were on the offensive to try and ensure they didn’t lose their funding before even half the votes had been counted - way ahead of Scotland or even Cornwall.

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#1157
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#1158

So, do we think that a lot of today’s events (the ‘deal’ the DUP statement, the Irish response, the content of the May/Junker press conference, the falling apart of the deal) were a bit of stagecraft?

#1159

Is this govt smart enough for stagecraft?

#1160

Can’t spell principality without pal!

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#1161

No, because this government are a collection of incompetents, grifters and absolute chancers who are winging it day to day, sometimes hour to hour. Completely beyond the idea of false flags and clever misdirections in 2017.

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#1162

The deal and Irish response potentially were, but I’ll bet they were gambling on getting it past the DUP and having a conference that announced a deal in principle on the first stage

#1163

How could you not make the DUP accept those rights in exchange for A BILLION POUNDS.

How.

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#1164

Designed to show the unworkability of a hard brexit? A nice idea but they probably just are this useless.

Feels so incredibly farcical that May could ordinarily tell the DUP to go fuck themselves (strictly speaking they’re not even in power in NI right now) but ohhh wait that’s right she paid them off for support so she can’t piss them off.

How the FUCK did we end up here

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#1165

How the FUCK did we end up here

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#1166

The DUP are kind of fucked regardless - if they withdraw their support for the tories then a general election and then a corybn lead goverment is likely and they are out of the picture. Maybe they are just trying to extra the most out of the scenario they are in. But again it’s farcical situation.

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#1167

May must be having nightly nightmares regretting calling an early general election

#1168

pcbe

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#1169

The Mail hasn’t got this fiasco on its front page at all…

#1170

What a wholly unexpected turn of events!

#1171

or to put it another way:

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#1173

ISF on point as ever

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#1174

it’s a few months old but i think this Fintan O’Toole article on Brexit, the border and national identity is decent

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/09/28/brexits-irish-question/

#1175

Have any papers gone with ‘Come on Arlene’ as their front page headline?