Off Topic The Politics Thread

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

  • Stay in

    Votes: 56 47.9%

  • Get out

    Votes: 61 52.1%
  • Total voters
    117
  • Poll closed .
So Johnson has blinked and now accepts Northern Ireland staying in the Customs Union. He may well now agree a deal with the EU, but can it get through parliament? The DUP will surely not approve and the ERG won't like it either, so a lot of opposition support will be needed and this will only be forthcoming if a referendum is attached.
 
Last edited:
Stroller said:
So Johnson has blinked and now proposes Northern Ireland staying in the Customs Union. He may well now agree a deal with the EU, but can it get through parliament? The DUP will surely not approve and the ERG won't like it either, so a lot of opposition support will be needed and this will only be forthcoming if a referendum is attached.
Click to expand...

Has he tried muttering something in Latin and mentioning our bulldog spirit?
 
  • Like
Reactions: QPR Oslo, kiwiqpr and bobmid
McDonnell Confirms He and Corbyn Will Resign if they Lose Another Election
You must log in or register to see images

In an interview with Alastair Campbell, John McDonnell has confirmed he and Corbyn will quit leading the Labour Party if they lose another election. Now all that remains is to make them realise this time round that coming 56 seats behind the Tories doesn’t count as a victory…
McDonnell may not even have to wait for an election defeat, however, as this morning it was learnt he may be shifting to backing Tom Watson’s plan of holding a referendum before an election; and in retaliation, some of Labour’s most hardcore membership are already briefing against him. The state of the Labour Party in 2019: where John McDonnell is being called a Blairite…
UPDATE: Shadow Cabinet member John Trickett appears to have joined in the pile on, having replied to the hard left anti-McDonnell video gaining traction on Twitter noting it’s popularity. Not as supportive as McDonnell would have wished for…
You must log in or register to see images

H/T @kevin Schofield who spotted the quickly-deleted Tweet…
 
Stroller said:
So Johnson has blinked and now accepts Northern Ireland staying in the Customs Union. He may well now agree a deal with the EU, but can it get through parliament? The DUP will surely not approve and the ERG won't like it either, so a lot of opposition support will be needed and this will only be forthcoming if a referendum is attached.
Click to expand...
I thought the EU were the desperados and were the ones to cave in. Goldy, another one you might have got wrong? When are Turkey joining? When are Holland/Italy/Austria etc etc leaving the EU?
 
finglasqpr said:
I thought the EU were the desperados and were the ones to cave in. Goldy, another one you might have got wrong? When are Turkey joining? When are Holland/Italy/Austria etc etc leaving the EU?
Click to expand...

Admittedly, I didn't foresee that Boris would have his negotiating legs cut from under him by the Surrender Act. Best not to jump the gun on this one. More twists down the road, I think
 
GoldhawkRoad said:
Admittedly, I didn't foresee that Boris would have his negotiating legs cut from under him by the Surrender Act. Best not to jump the gun on this one. More twists down the road, I think
Click to expand...

Really? You must be slipping. If anything was certain in this whole sorry fiasco it was that the leader of a minority government (entirely self-inflicted status) who withdraws the whip from those who have not swallowed the Brexit no deal optimism would finally force the opposition to get their act together sufficiently to prevent leaving without a deal. I agree with you though that there clearly are more twists on the way. The most obvious possibility, and the bookies favourite, being that he would throw the DUP under the juggernaut - the only surprise is the speed with which he is doing it after his love in while in Belfast. LAST WEEK. That seems to be and they show a photo of Arlene Foster with a face like thunder. They have no leverage at all now thanks to Dominic Cummings tactics Villanelle ain't got nothing on Bojo.
 
YorkshireHoopster said:
Really? You must be slipping. If anything was certain in this whole sorry fiasco it was that the leader of a minority government (entirely self-inflicted status) who withdraws the whip from those who have not swallowed the Brexit no deal optimism would finally force the opposition to get their act together sufficiently to prevent leaving without a deal. I agree with you though that there clearly are more twists on the way. The most obvious possibility, and the bookies favourite, being that he would throw the DUP under the juggernaut - the only surprise is the speed with which he is doing it after his love in while in Belfast. LAST WEEK. That seems to be and they show a photo of Arlene Foster with a face like thunder. They have no leverage at all now thanks to Dominic Cummings tactics Villanelle ain't got nothing on Bojo.
Click to expand...

You're a brave man to speculate, Yorks. I find it genuinely impossible to predict what will happen. Just that it will be significant, and in the next week or so
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back