Brexit & British Politics

[Kdogg]

First debate is tonight.
Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. The blue on blue fighting has begun.

[OldPhiKap]

You know I’ll re-post any story that uses “defenestration” in a sentence:

https://www.politico.eu/article/cons...gs-we-learned/

[Kdogg]

You know I’ll re-post any story that uses “defenestration” in a sentence:

https://www.politico.eu/article/cons...gs-we-learned/

You know I’ll re-post any story that uses “defenestration” in a sentence:

https://www.politico.eu/article/cons...gs-we-learned/

“having defenestrated David Cameron, Theresa May and now Johnson in rapid succession.”

Now they are just having a go with it.

How’s Brexit going? Still not well.

https://theweek.com/brexit/1015499/b...fter-boris?amp

The average Briton’s wealth has gone from par with Germans to 15% less.

[Kdogg]

Ballots have started to go out and it's looking like Truss in a landslide going by recent polling. (Poll by Yougov whose founder is an MP and hates Sunek. I still believe it.)

60% of Tory members prefer Liz Truss for next PM

That would not be great for Northern Ireland.

Leaving this without comment except that the port of Dover says hello.

Liz Truss Says She Converted To Brexit Because 'Disruption Didn’t Happen'

[OldPhiKap]

Ballots have started to go out and it's looking like Truss in a landslide going by recent polling. (Poll by Yougov whose founder is an MP and hates Sunek. I still believe it.)

60% of Tory members prefer Liz Truss for next PM

That would not be great for Northern Ireland.

Leaving this without comment except that the port of Dover says hello.

Liz Truss Says She Converted To Brexit Because 'Disruption Didn’t Happen'

[quote] Earlier this week, Jacob Rees-Mogg, the minister for Brexit opportunities, struggled to explain which services in the UK were running effectively.

When TalkTV host Julia Hartley-Brewer asked: “What’s actually working in Britain today?”

He replied: “Our test cricketers didn’t do too badly against New Zealand, so test matches are going reasonably well.”[\quote]

[OldPhiKap]

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[Kdogg]

One of these two will be the new UK PM tomorrow (It will be Truss.)

[YmoBeThere]

One of these two will be the new UK PM tomorrow (It will be Truss.)

Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister


By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie Maclellan


https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...pm-2022-09-05/

[Kdogg]

Liz Truss named as Britain's next prime minister


By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie Maclellan


https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...pm-2022-09-05/

She won comfortably but it was a lot closer than I was expecting. She got 57% of the vote.

[OldPhiKap]

And the countdown to triggering Article 16 begins.

[OldPhiKap]

A primer on Liz from Politico:

https://www.politico.eu/article/ever...ss-afraid-ask/

[budwom]

I can only imagine the "truss" jokes we are going to see.

[dudog84]

I can only imagine the "truss" jokes we are going to see.

You have to wait 'til the 5-minute mark to get your truss jokes:

[OldPhiKap]

You have to wait 'til the 5-minute mark to get your truss jokes:

That’s exactly what came to my mind.

[OldPhiKap]

A Jonathan Pie explainer (NSFW, and clearly biased):

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/statu...pVwDIRTT2H6rRQ

[dudog84]

That’s exactly what came to my mind.

Great minds and all...

[CameronBlue]

Great minds and all...

Tend to wind up on a shelf in someone's laboratory.

He carefully removed Albert Einstein’s brain, weighed it, dissected it, and placed it in several jars. Afterward, he put it safely in the basement of his house.

[Kdogg]

A Jonathan Pie explainer (NSFW, and clearly biased):

https://twitter.com/nytopinion/statu...pVwDIRTT2H6rRQ

Not even 200,000 people choosing the PM. It was less than 142,000 and the margin was just over 21,000.

[CameronBlue]

Not even 200,000 people choosing the PM. It was less than 142,000 and the margin was just over 21,000.

Less of Pie's sardonic wit in that one and more a middle finger salute to Conservative Party rule.

[Section 15]

Sorry to come late to this discussion. Or rather I should apologize for being old enough to remember this ad:

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I do think we can all agree that Liz has better hair than BoJo.