Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Well with Climate Change, we will all be commuting to work on them in 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 ...which would be awesome, if you think about it. Go, Carbon, Go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Never let it be said the Tories dont have a soundly thought out transport strategy. Where we're going, we dont need roads! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-obMyf4qmQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_S Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I reckon Muad Dib would sort out this Brexit mess in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Yeah, pile a few Family Atomics against the H of P wall, breach, then any surviving neal in fealty. Job done. Any that refuse to comply can be sandworm fodder, though I do wonder if that would be unusually cruel to feed Boris Johnson to the worms. Poor sandworm would probably choke on that. I know, I damn near choke every time I see him. Course Sandworms would never be practical in central London. I mean, where would you park them? And Im pretty sure a 500 foot sandworm would be a bugger to negotiate between Crossrail and the Central Line. You could drain the Thames, but then you would be sure to be back to traffic jams again. Meanwhile, back in a more pedestrian reality, a Dutch MP compares Theresa May to the Black Knight in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail. Brexit humiliation as Dutch PM compares Theresa May to knight from Monty PythonMark Rutte said: "She reminds me occasionally of that Monty Python character where all his arms and legs are cut off" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-humiliation-dutch-pm-compares-14152349 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam_S Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Vote God Emperor for a glorious millennium of strong and stable leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Well we had a fair amount of lunatics and mentally defectives with the House of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and for the most part we did fine with them. I think stable leadership is sometimes overrated you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Sandworms would never be practical in central London. I mean, where would you park them? Wherever it wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Yeah, its probably impractical to make them subject to the congestion charge as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 There's going to be a third vote on the brexit deal.https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-johnson/not-too-late-to-get-real-change-to-brexit-deal-britains-johnson-idUKKCN1QY0ZG He don't look like he can ride a sandworm to battle.Never know, a sandworm might want to show up for him in time.He'd have to march to some consistent drumbeat for that to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Speaker John Berkow blocks the 3rd meaningful (meaningless?) vote.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-brexit-john-bercow-blocks-14153951 Speaker John Bercow has dramatically BLOCKED Theresa May from bringing back her Brexit deal for a third meaningful vote in the House of Commons, unless the Government makes "substantial" changes.In a bombshell for the Prime Minister, he said Commons rules say the same motion "in substance...may not be brought forward again during that same session."In an unexpected statement in the House of Commons, Bercow cited regulations dating back to 1604.He said: "Decisions of the House matter. They have weight. In many cases they have direct effect not only here but on the lives of our constituents.”He said bringing the same deal, or substantially the same deal, back to the Commons would not be "proper".Downing Street has been scrambling for support for the deal - particularly from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - in the hope of bringing it back before Parliament ahead of an EU summit on Thursday.But it is thought the Prime Minister planned to delay the crucial vote for another week unless she was confident of avoiding a third humiliating defeat on the package, which MPs rejected by 230 votes in January and 149 last week.She has warned that if her deal is not approved, the UK will have to seek a lengthy extension to negotiations, potentially losing Brexit altogether.The Prime Minister's official spokesman confirmed ministers would want to be confident they had a "realistic prospect" of success before deciding to call a third vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Respect for the man, I know where his preferences lie but this was a mockery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Worked OK for Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Speaker John Berkow blocks the 3rd meaningful (meaningless?) vote.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-brexit-john-bercow-blocks-14153951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Respect for the man, I know where his preferences lie but this was a mockery. Why? He was following historical precedent that goes back to 1604 showing you cant keep spamming the same Bills towards parliament. Its a rule older than America, and whilst inconvenient, I strongly suspect there are many European and American Nations with similar rules to forestall such silly games. This is how Democracy works. And we might not like it, and we might rue it, but the fault was not the speaker, the fault was the Prime Minister for thinking she can keep spamming parliament with the same deal till they vote for it. Which is about as undemocratic as it gets IMHO. Nobody really wants this deal, that is the real problem here. That is a problem that is shared by the Government ministers that negotiated it, and the EU that thought they could fob off parliament with a deal that threatens UK integrity. It was always going to be a hard sell, and the EU did the absolute minimum it could to ensure it would sell. its lack of success should surprise nobody. Edited March 19, 2019 by Stuart Galbraith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brexit-france-theresa-may-deal-nathalie-loiseau-cat-a8828026.htmlFrance’s minister for European affairs says she has named her cat “Brexit” on account of its indecisive nature.Nathalie Loiseau told Le Journal du Dimanche that her pet meows loudly to be let out each morning, but then refuses to go outside when she opens the door.The comments from the French government’s lead in Brexit talks come ahead of a decision by EU leaders on whether to extend the Brexit negotiating period at the request of the UK. And this week will see a possible third rejection of Theresa May’s Brexit deal by the House of Commons.“He wakes me up every morning meowing to death because he wants to go out, and then when I open the door he stays put, undecided, and then glares at me when I put him out,” Ms Loiseau said.Ms Loiseau is set to be the top candidate for Emmanuel Macron’s party in the upcoming European Parliament elections, where she will go head-to-head with Marine Le Pen, who is hoping to lead a far-right insurgency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/put-brexit-bin-here-5-14153171 There are two sorts of people who love the way Brexit's going - journalists, and nihilists.There's a crossover between people who see humanity's worst behaviour up close, and those who say we've no redeeming features at all. Most journihilists self-medicate and move into public relations, which is why you should always give the official spokesman a wide berth.For everyone else, Brexit is an out-of-control blaze in a 1,000-litre industrial wheelie bin, which Theresa May is trying to extinguish with a billion in used notes and some Semtex.Terminally-unhinged political commentators and backbenchers stagger towards the light. The EU is staying at a safe distance and Jacob Rees-Mogg is sucking burned fingers and whimpering for nanny.It's up to the quiet majority to save the nation's sanity - so here are some tips on trying to avoid the madness. 1. Find the funnyCall it the Blitz spirit or irony, but there's nothing better at uniting the kingdom than a good piss-take. Go to work in a unicorn onesie, stick a chlorinated chicken in the front window, or start a charity 'Speak Like An Irate Brit' day in which you demand taking back control of the weather , Queen or secondhand bassoon industry. 2. Build a fort from stockpiled toilet rolls A home bunker of two-ply will insulate you when the fuel runs out, is easily-defendable against looters, and as we've just learned the UK has only 3 weeks' supply of bog roll at any one time it'll provide you with vital, and highly-lucrative, supplies. 3. Strike your own trade deals There are two sorts of people who love the way Brexit's going - journalists, and nihilists. There's a crossover between people who see humanity's worst behaviour up close, and those who say we've no redeeming features at all. Most journihilists self-medicate and move into public relations, which is why you should always give the official spokesman a wide berth. For everyone else, Brexit is an out-of-control blaze in a 1,000-litre industrial wheelie bin, which Theresa May is trying to extinguish with a billion in used notes and some Semtex. Terminally-unhinged political commentators and backbenchers stagger towards the light. The EU is staying at a safe distance and Jacob Rees-Mogg is sucking burned fingers and whimpering for nanny. It's up to the quiet majority to save the nation's sanity - so here are some tips on trying to avoid the madness. 1. Find the funny Call it the Blitz spirit or irony, but there's nothing better at uniting the kingdom than a good piss-take. Go to work in a unicorn onesie, stick a chlorinated chicken in the front window, or start a charity 'Speak Like An Irate Brit' day in which you demand taking back control of the weather , Queen or secondhand bassoon industry. 2. Build a fort from stockpiled toilet rolls A home bunker of two-ply will insulate you when the fuel runs out, is easily-defendable against looters, and as we've just learned the UK has only 3 weeks' supply of bog roll at any one time it'll provide you with vital, and highly-lucrative, supplies. 3. Strike your own trade deals Buy cheap holidays! Sell German cars! Corner the market in Marmite, establish an eBay trade route for croissants and olives! If you don't, you know an MP who will 'forget' to declare it. 4. Respect democracy by holding a binary vote on everything Do you want to Leave the pub, or Remain in the pub? What guarantees do you have the next pub will be any better? Why not return to the way pubs used to be, before millilitres ruined beer. Be warned: the only for this to be decisive is if you make the vote legally-binding, ensure there's no attempt to rig the vote using the bar's Facebook page, and set a minimum majority. 5. Wargame No Deal with a Game of Scones Anytime someone mentions Brexit, raise the stakes: ask if they put jam or cream on first. They'll soon forget about Brussels and start frothing about why the sovereignty of clotted cream is being overridden by Devon's unnaturally-runny jam. Failing all that, you could do the nation a favour and locate David Cameron. He'll be needed to give evidence at the inevitable Brexit Inquiry, and the ham-faced goit is AWOL from responsibility. Buy cheap holidays! Sell German cars! Corner the market in Marmite, establish an eBay trade route for croissants and olives! If you don't, you know an MP who will 'forget' to declare it. 4. Respect democracy by holding a binary vote on everything Do you want to Leave the pub, or Remain in the pub? What guarantees do you have the next pub will be any better? Why not return to the way pubs used to be, before millilitres ruined beer.Be warned: the only for this to be decisive is if you make the vote legally-binding, ensure there's no attempt to rig the vote using the bar's Facebook page, and set a minimum majority. 5. Wargame No Deal with a Game of Scones Anytime someone mentions Brexit, raise the stakes: ask if they put jam or cream on first.They'll soon forget about Brussels and start frothing about why the sovereignty of clotted cream is being overridden by Devon's unnaturally-runny jam.Failing all that, you could do the nation a favour and locate David Cameron. He'll be needed to give evidence at the inevitable Brexit Inquiry, and the ham-faced goit is AWOL from responsibility. There is also a report that hardline Conservative MP's are threatening to 'go on strike' if Theresa May puts back the the exit date.https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/8666568/tory-brexiteers-strike-theresa-may-brexit-delay/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 In the 80s, this would have been front page news. The Guardian: UK jobless rate hits 44-year low of 3.9% despite Brexit uncertainty - business live.https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/business/live/2019/mar/19/uk-unemployment-wages-report-house-prices-economy-brexit-sterling-business-live Now, I didn't find it on the Guardian front page. At least they reported it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 The pound is on the floor, and Government is preoccupied with things other than meddling with the economy. Ideal conditions for economic growth in other words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is it just me or has the press turned to picking the worst most unflattering possible pictures of May? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr King Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Is it just me or has the press turned to picking the worst most unflattering possible pictures of May? I can't speak for British politics, but the press picking and choosing which style of images they take and release of politicians depending on if they support them or not, is a feature of the US political landscape. Common Bush image <- there is a whole series of these by the press <-- Obama meeting with leader of hate group, hidden by press for duration of his presidency le drumpf funny hair man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd1 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 that is the worst mohawk ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Speaker John Berkow blocks the 3rd meaningful (meaningless?) vote.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-brexit-john-bercow-blocks-14153951 Good man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 that is the worst mohawk ever He's probably flaunting his native American side. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-news-live-theresa-may-requests-to-delay-uk-divorce-from-eu-a4096211.html Theresa May is understood to be requesting only a “short delay” to Brexit in her letter to EU leaders today.The Prime Minister is writing to European Council president Donald Tusk to ask for a delay to the current March 29 amid a deadlock in Parliament.There was speculation that Mrs May would suggest a three-month extension in the hope of securing parliamentary approval for her deal by that time.A government source said this morning that the PM would only be requesting a “short” delay, but did not say how long exactly.Follow our live Brexit coverage here... Live Updates 2019-03-20T08:02:33.493Z Education Secretary: Short extension is the 'right option' Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said a shorter extension to Article 50 is the right option for the Prime Minister to request. Speaking on the BBC Today programme, he said: "I don't see how a long delay gives certainty, actually, we've had a long time already. "Unless and until a deal is finalised there remains the prospect, the risk, of no-deal. "In terms of timing there has already been two-plus years to do this and I think people are a bit tired of waiting for Parliament to get our act together and get the deal passed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzermann Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Basically she asks for the longest possible delay without the UK partaking in the upcoming elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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