Boris Johnson loses parliamentary majority in UK

[Ontarkie 13,883]

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[laylalex 7,245]

Errrrrr back to topic. Another insane day over there -- I'm trying to follow along on my phone and not getting a full picture of things because, well, I'm at work. I did see that Boris Johnson called Corbyn a big girl's blouse, that Johnson wants an election on 15 October, and that 100k people have registered to vote in the past 48 hours. The SNP is NOT having any of the no deal business (sorry to bring the Scottish back into this again) and Ian Blackford's saying the SNP will bring down the Tories. 

 

Oh, and supermarkets are saying that no deal is going to mean serious issues with fresh food. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/04/no-deal-brexit-food-shortages-brc

[Steeleballz 7,550]

10 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Errrrrr back to topic. Another insane day over there -- I'm trying to follow along on my phone and not getting a full picture of things because, well, I'm at work. I did see that Boris Johnson called Corbyn a big girl's blouse, that Johnson wants an election on 15 October, and that 100k people have registered to vote in the past 48 hours. The SNP is NOT having any of the no deal business (sorry to bring the Scottish back into this again) and Ian Blackford's saying the SNP will bring down the Tories. 

 

Oh, and supermarkets are saying that no deal is going to mean serious issues with fresh food. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/04/no-deal-brexit-food-shortages-brc

 

  Sucks to read the news nowadays. The world is full of people who forgot what it means to compromise. 

[Boris Farage 353]

Did somebody say "the Scottish"? 😉

 

Labour have really outdone themselves this time. If they succeed in their coup, it will go very badly.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

   Bad day all around for Boris.

 

   UK lawmakers pass bill to block 'no deal' Brexit in second blow to Boris Johnson

 

   Boris Johnson fails to get necessary support in Parliament for new election

 

 

[Dashinka 23,161]

7 hours ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   Bad day all around for Boris.

 

   UK lawmakers pass bill to block 'no deal' Brexit in second blow to Boris Johnson

 

   Boris Johnson fails to get necessary support in Parliament for new election

 

 

So they may pass a bill to force Boris to ask the EU for an extension?  What if the EU does not grant that request?

[Boris Farage 353]

36 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

So they may pass a bill to force Boris to ask the EU for an extension?  What if the EU does not grant that request?

The EU have already said they are willing to discuss an extension, although if Labour are not willing to let the PM do the job he was hired to do, an extension will only cause more uncertainty, which will lead to a weakened pound, a weakened euro, and a weakened British and EU economy. It's madness. To borrow a phrase, "let Boris be Boris." Labour need to step aside so he can rip this plaster off and move the country forward.

[Dashinka 23,161]

26 minutes ago, Boris Farage said:

The EU have already said they are willing to discuss an extension, although if Labour are not willing to let the PM do the job he was hired to do, an extension will only cause more uncertainty, which will lead to a weakened pound, a weakened euro, and a weakened British and EU economy. It's madness. To borrow a phrase, "let Boris be Boris." Labour need to step aside so he can rip this plaster off and move the country forward.

Interesting, I was thinking more along the lines of ripping off the bandaide. 

 

[Boris Farage 353]

14 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

Interesting, I was thinking more along the lines of ripping off the bandaide. 

 

Well there are some other bits the PM should be ripping off of the opposition, but probably best not to discuss here. 😉

[laylalex 7,245]

Looks like Boris (Johnson) has a woman problem too: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/05/does-boris-johnsons-government-have-a-women-problem

 

There are some really great quotes from that article -- this was my favorite:

 

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Liddle’s now ex-wife, the broadcaster Rachel Royce, subsequently attacked what she called an “all lads together” culture at the magazine; in Sonia Purnell’s biography Just Boris, she describes famously riotous champagne-fuelled parties “full of young things in short dresses, high heels and lipstick and the men flirting with them and ignoring their wives. I just felt that Boris was running the whole place like a knocking shop.” None of this stopped Johnson being elected mayor in 2008.

 

 

[TBoneTX 42,988]

13 hours ago, laylalex said:

champagne-fuelled parties “full of young things in short dresses, high heels and lipstick and the men flirting with them and ignoring their wives.

Why weren't we invited?