Off Topic UK politics and brexit ramblings

JO Johnson brother of Boris Johnson stands down as MP.

 

Theresa May: "I'm the worst PM in history"

Boris Johnson: "Hold my beer"

 

How long is he going to last?.

 

Ms Berger left Labour in February to co-found Change UK after despairing about Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and being repelled by anti-Semitic conduct in the Labour Party rank and file. She then separated from the group to sit as an independent in June after its poor showing in local and European elections.

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Explaining why she had left the group, Ms Berger said she had been on a journey while on maternity leave for six months which allowed her to see things from afar and realise the public were just not ready for a new party.
“It became clear there was not a groundswell of support for something new at that time. I did my best, but it was hard with a newborn child,” she said.

 

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Boris Johnson could go to jail if he refuses to delay Brexit, says former prosecutions chief

Former attorney general Dominic Grieve echoes the warning, accusing the PM of acting like a "spoilt child having a tantrum".

 

Lock him up!, lock him up!

 

Johnson tells Varadkar no-deal Brexit 'would be a failure'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49608822

 

Private Eye reporting that under Operation Yellowhammer, the Army would take over running councils (including schools) in the event of No Deal Brexit. All council employees will be compulsory seconded to the Civil Service. We will have blue passports at some point though.

 

Is that another word for Military Junta?.

 

Fascinating: Steve Baker now on Politics Live castigating Thornberry for not going now for a GE, whilst at the same time advocating that the PM does everything in his power to defy the newly passed law to stop No Deal on the 31 October. Steve, you've just made the case for not going before the 31 October there, feller.

 

If all these magical and wonderful technological solutions to the Irish Border problem are just around the corner, what is the problem with agreeing to the Backstop, as it's only a temporary agreement to cover the period of the withdrawal agreement anyway?

 

The problem is that Northern Ireland may opt to join republic.

 

Commons Speaker John Bercow to stand down
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49639828

 

The wording of the backstop means we could not finally leave until the EU gives us permission and the agreement also restricts trade agreements we can sign. The May agreement would put us in a worse position than if we just remained, so we might as well stay.

 

Boris Johnson has racked up a new record by losing yet another major vote in parliament, over a bid to call an early election.

 

https://www.indy100.com/article/bre...all-leave-voter-parliament-less-power-9098026

 

Brexit: Scottish judges rule Parliament suspension is unlawful
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-49661855

 

Brexit: Nigel Farage election pact proposal rejected by No 10

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49665789

 

Boris Johnson did not believe in Brexit during the referendum campaign and backed Leave "because it would help his political career", says David Cameron.

In an extract from his memoir published in the Sunday Times, the former PM also refers to cabinet minister Michael Gove as "a foam-flecked Faragist".

The pair were "ambassadors for the expert-trashing, truth-twisting age of populism", Mr Cameron writes.

And he also accuses Mr Gove of being disloyal to himself and Mr Johnson.

Of his former colleague, Mr Cameron writes: "One quality shone through: disloyalty. Disloyalty to me - and, later, disloyalty to Boris."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49705213