Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[Valmy]

Doesn't seem that odd. Takes the wind out of conservative sails on how much better trade deals will be / them not caring about heating the situation up again in NI.

She's prioritizing an issue that the US only has a peripheral, largely sentimental, interest in, in an area of policy, foreign affairs, that has by tradition and the Constitution been the exclusive purview of the executive branch, without any regard to the merits of the hypothetical trade deal.

Though in passing I was under the impression that only the Senate had to confirm treaties.

The House had to confirm NAFTA. I watched it on C-SPAN.

How heavy was your TV?

I don't know. I never moved my parent's TV. It looked quite heavy and bulky though.

[mongers]

So Brexit is analogous to moving a large old TV into a small flat with three people all pulling in different directions.   

[Richard Hakluyt]

So Brexit is analogous to moving a large old TV into a small flat with three people all pulling in different directions.   

Yes, but after the 65" modern TV has been thrown out for some unfathomable reason.

[Richard Hakluyt]

But Johnson will have control of the remote, so it will all be worth it.

[mongers]

But Johnson will have control of the remote, so it will all be worth it.

[Zanza]

The new TV only has shows with The Donald on it.

[mongers]

The new TV only has shows with The Donald on it.

Sir, that analogy for a post-Brexit Britain is a little too close for comfort.   

[Tamas]

So Brexit is analogous to moving a large old TV into a small flat with three people all pulling in different directions.   

Yes, but after the 65" modern TV has been thrown out for some unfathomable reason.

[Tamas]

But Johnson will have control of the remote, so it will all be worth it.

[mongers]

We're returning to the bad of days with Northern Ireland dominating much of the news at the moment. 

[Valmy]

We're returning to the bad of days with Northern Ireland dominating much of the news at the moment. 

Well maybe ripping up the Good Friday Agreement is a bad idea?

[mongers]

Talk of caretaker prime ministers instead of Corbyn. 

[Tamas]

Talk of caretaker prime ministers instead of Corbyn. 

Well, everyone is talking about that except Labour, which makes the exercise pointless. And nobody is talking about Corbyn as interim PM except Labour, which also makes it pointless.


I blame this squarely on Corbyn and his cabal. The very idea of this temporary government formed out of members 3 parties should make it obvious that the LibDems are right and one of the two senior MPs, both moderates, should take charge of it.

And in fact the insistence on Corbyn named PM just shows to me that he is probably looking to do some trickery and not relinquish power, or do not limit his reign to Brexit-related actions.

[Iormlund]

It's simpler than that. Corbyn is anti-EU. He's in no small part responsible for this fuck up. Yet the others are supposed to believe he's the Messiah swooping down to save them all.

Swinson made a mistake outright rejecting the proposal though. She should have instead said something like "We will do what's necessary to stop No Deal. But if Corbyn doesn't have enough Tory and CUk votes to form government we need to have an alternative candidate".

[Josquius]

Yeah it's dumb.
I don't think he's planning anything underhand with it. My suspicion is more if he takes power as PM even if just for two weeks to organise an election, then that will instantly rubbish years of media claims that the sky will collapse the minute he has the keys to number 10.
Corbyn becoming pm and nothing bad happening will be a major boost for him. It will normalise him to the easily swayed.