UK General Election 8th June: Shake it all about?

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

I feel sorry for that you all are getting screwed by these currency fluctuations, but at the same ti e I'm really really glad that they're happening to the people who voted for brexit. They've sown the wind and now they're going to reap the whirlwind.

[Faust]

I feel sorry for that you all are getting screwed by these currency fluctuations, but at the same ti e I'm really really glad that they're happening to the people who voted for brexit. They've sown the wind and now they're going to reap the whirlwind.

Yeah if anything I was one of the filthy migrants who came over to avail of the sweet British pound, fortunately I got most out before I moved back to Ireland. It's weird seeing it in our business as well, cost of building our equipment went up because most of our electronics are from a German supplier.

[MMIX]

Nissan has confirmed it will build both the new Qashqai and the X-Trail SUV at its Sunderland plant thanks to government "support and assurances".
Colin Lawther, Nissan's senior vice president for manufacturing in Europe, told The World At One's Martha Kearney the government had not given the company a special deal.

Extremely relevant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLNrLI3OBwg

[Junkenstein]

Without watching yet, I'm guessing the word "yet" is either missing or implied or there is, in fact, a special deal.

It smells of a shitshow and deals for mates.

ETA- Memo to self to watch links first.

[MMIX]

Without watching yet, I'm guessing the word "yet" is either missing or implied or there is, in fact, a special deal.

It smells of a shitshow and deals for mates.

I just love that a bunch of global businessmen know what our industrial strategy is going to be when we leave the EU even though the Tories won't deign to tell the rest of Parliament wtf is going on. Shenanigans all round is my best guess. Also - if Nissan aren't getting a special deal then all the rest of the  automotive sector is going to get the same nod, nod, wink, wink sweetener. And bang goes the £350M per week that was never going to go to the NHS anyway.

[Junkenstein]

Without watching yet, I'm guessing the word "yet" is either missing or implied or there is, in fact, a special deal.

It smells of a shitshow and deals for mates.

I just love that a bunch of global businessmen know what our industrial strategy is going to be when we leave the EU even though the Tories won't deign to tell the rest of Parliament wtf is going on. Shenanigans all round is my best guess. Also - if Nissan aren't getting a special deal then all the rest of the  automotive sector is going to get the same nod, nod, wink, wink sweetener. And bang goes the £350M per week that was never going to go to the NHS anyway.

It would be funny if only it wasn't going to end up going to shit in more than a few ways. You can't even trust any backroom deals because who-ever you fucking make them with has a moderate chance of quitting in the immediate future. When you can't trust a good bribe, what can you do apart from take your money elsewhere?

There was a nice bit in private eye about may's dealings and financials:
http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1429/news

Between that and the only journalist convicted in Elveden (A sun journalist, of course) having his conviction quashed, it's feeling more and more like an attempt to resurrect the early 80's in some strange grotesque way. Just watch for the next incarnation of the yuppie coming, I can feel it in my fucking bones.

[MMIX]

Break out the red braces lads; we're going in !

[The Wizard Joseph]

Break out the red braces lads; we're going in !

I would just like to say that the way folks do words across the pond is truly beyond my ken. And I ken my words pretty darn good if I wanna.

I don't know what that turn of phrase means, but it sounds horrible and I like it!

Can I make newsfeed recommendations yet? Cuz this is something folks should see coming in the door IMO.

[P3nT4gR4m]

"Braces" I think in americanese is "suspenders" like elasticated straps that go over your shoulders and hold up your trousers pants? Back in the 80's bright red braces were the uniform of the affluent wanker

[The Wizard Joseph]

"Braces" I think in americanese is "suspenders" like elasticated straps that go over your shoulders and hold up your trousers pants? Back in the 80's bright red braces were the uniform of the affluent wanker

This is very far from what I even speculated, and weirder on a fundamental level than my US sensibilities can really process. And it's pants for most people I know here. Trousers is sure to be understood, but taken to mean a particularly fancy sort of pants. In some places it might be used to refer to under shorts, but it's probably due to looking for a more tactful word than underwear for one's unmentionables. We're talking like back country conservative folks who need synonyms and euphemisms for things you'd probably never believe would be taboo enough to qualify.

[Junkenstein]

For more cultural context google the episodes of "only fools and horses" where del boy demonstrates yuppies in detail.

In other news, Court dictates that mps get a say in brexit deal. So add a heap of shit and around 3 years to the shitshow. Responses to decision laughably predictable.

In ukip news, their donor hates their MP and is now declaring so publicly. Note that I did not use any plural terms there. Somewhat understandable as the most detailed quote I've seen from Carswell (the MP) was an emoticon.

[Faust]

So what happens now, appeal at the supreme court, followed by (ironically) an appeal at the European court?

[Cain]

Appeal to be heard next month, though I can't possibly imagine why they're bothering.  Even cursory knowledge of how the UK government works meant that Parliament would need to vote.  Not to mention the political ramifications of an unelected government claiming a democratic mandate based on a referendum ("Parliament is sovereign" is apparently really hard to grasp).

Double irony in that the Brexiteers were talking about "restoring sovereignty" to the UK.  Well, this is sovereignty, jackasses.

Incidentally, the trial of the man who shot Jo Cox starts on the 14th.  Mark it in your diaries.

[Junkenstein]

Appeal to be heard next month, though I can't possibly imagine why they're bothering.  Even cursory knowledge of how the UK government works meant that Parliament would need to vote.  Not to mention the political ramifications of an unelected government claiming a democratic mandate based on a referendum ("Parliament is sovereign" is apparently really hard to grasp).

Double irony in that the Brexiteers were talking about "restoring sovereignty" to the UK.  Well, this is sovereignty, jackasses.

Incidentally, the trial of the man who shot Jo Cox starts on the 14th.  Mark it in your diaries.

The farage crowd is having fits everywhere and the irony is quite delicious.

There's also interesting implications as a result of the court decision. Expect some odd statements from the law and order mob shortly.

[Faust]

Oh dear, Sinn Fein, who have always historically abstained from taking their seats in parliament (because they would have to swear allegiance to the queen), have said they will be attending for that vote, to vote against the brexit.
The outrage will be delicious if former IRA like associates show up for the vote. They are right to do so, Northern Ireland is a part of the UK  and SF have a duty of care to their constituents and should have its vote in parliament.