September 2019 politics thread - fuck knows

Would love it if Bercow was to dig up some ancient parliamentary precedent that the punishment for a sitting PM to be found to have done something unlawful while in power is “to be reftrained in ye stocks and pelted with rotten fruit for a period of not less than one parliamentary seffion or until the buffoon is unconfcious”

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fucking hell. “members of the liberal elite” have shut down the motions of, er… the non-elite?

we love parliament dont we lads

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Stopping Brexit is definitely something that is best addressed through political and policy means.

Challenging the decision to prorogue through the courts was driven by the aim of stopping Brexit - I don’t think even those who brought the action would claim otherwise.

‘until such time as the offender fhits himself’

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He’s way ahead of you there tbf.

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‘On purpofe, lads.’

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oh no: tom tug-a-hat is the first one back. Think technically he’s in charge now

UK newspapers tomorrow

Pop-up Prorogue Pierogi stand

  • A good idea
  • A bad idea
  • A bad idea that would make loads of money

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Might have missed the boat with this one

What?

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Lady Huntspill?

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Well on the plus side for Boris, everyone’s going to forget about that whole giving public money to a pal thing pretty fucking quickly.

was really gonna try and get some work done this morning as well

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Considering emailing my clients and telling them that I’m proroguing their work

Wait, that’s illegal!

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A pierogi is a bit like a dumpling from Eastern Europe. They are tasty. The word Prorogue sounds a tiny bit like it and I think there’s money to be made I just don’t know how

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Fascinating to see all the Russian/whatever bots on Twitter dropping in phrases like ‘civil disobedience’ and ‘riot’ and ‘will not be forgotten’.

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Just imagine beating a drum for years about how we need to leave the EU because it’s undemocratic and a usurpation of parliamentary sovereignty and then having the Supreme Court smack you down like this.

The schadenfreude (great European word there) is delicious.

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Decision has way, way wider implications than just Brexit though. It shouldn’t be viewed entirely through a Brexit prism, even if this was one of the motivators behind bringing it.

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Jezzer sending an aide straight down to the allotment to pick out the pointiest marrow they can get their hands on.

I might have disappeared into fantasy

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