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

[altered]

Isn't he more worthy of an Oliver Cromwell? Head on a pike as a warning to the others, you know.

[MMIX]

Isn't he more worthy of an Oliver Cromwell? Head on a pike as a warning to the others, you know.

Nah, Cromwell was already dead when they did that to him; the king was very much alive.

Hence this example on the crucial significance of commas famous to generations of british kiddies:-
King Charles  I walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off vs
King Charles  I walked and talked, half an hour after his head was cut off

ed- sod it, bloody machine nicked my comma

[Cain]

It's been fun spamming Cabinet members with their own quotes (from a whole two months ago) about how terrible suspending Parliament would be and asking them when they intend to resign.

I think my Twitter alt is getting banned.

[Cain]

Hahahaha

I'm not saying it was just me (the link has been spread so far and wide over social media at this point my granny probably would have dragged him over it, and she didn't know how email worked), but @TeamSaj deleted their quote from Sajid Javid during the leadership debates about how "you don't deliver on democracy by trashing democracy" in reference to suspending Parliament.

Along with EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CABINET who spoke out against it, the Saj continues to serve in the Cabinet, with no comment on the current situation and seemingly no plans to resign.

Fucking cowards, the lot of them.

[Junkenstein]

Did you expect any better? Half the cabinet is former pm candidates just waiting for their turn. It's too early to dissent now. More damage done and more pr if you bail out later. Or say, when promised funds don't appear when promised for your department. When you promise everyone everything, no-one gets anything.

[Cain]

Well given Theresa May couldn't blow her nose without a Cabinet member resigning, I am slightly surprised.

Knifing Boris in the back is also a good way to secure one's place in the history books.

[Junkenstein]

Javid is having aides and advisors sacked without his knowledge. So I'd guess it's between him and gove.

Davidson jumped straight away and there's been no rush to join her. Or even much comment on the departure which essentially kills the Tories in Scotland. For what that's worth. Hardly a stronghold and looking increasingly like a future cost of Brexit.

They're both probably praying for labour et all to actually do something, anything, that will let them take themselves off the hook.

[Junkenstein]

Ignore that bit about javid, he's apparently super special extra best friends with Johnson and is in no way being given the mushroom treatment.

[Cain]

 

Those flaming rows are perfectly normal between besties

[Junkenstein]

For such an excellent businessman, you would have thought he would understand the implications to the actions a bit better.

I.e look for another job sharpish mate, it isn't going to get better for you.

[Cain]

Any Tory party member who votes for an extension to our leaving the EU will now be deselected, according to the CCHQ.

For our American friends, that means they will no longer be able to stand as an MP for the Tory party.

Meanwhile, London protests are in the tens of thousands and people are marching on Buckingham Palace.

[Cain]

Well, that's not at all a dangerous proposition.

Gove has refused to rule out that, if Parliament passes a law preventing No Deal, that the government could just ignore the law in question.

[Juana]

That's definitely going to work out, isn't it?

[The Johnny]

Well, that's not at all a dangerous proposition.

Gove has refused to rule out that, if Parliament passes a law preventing No Deal, that the government could just ignore the law in question.

WeR'e SaViNg DeMoCrAcY fRoM iTsElf !11!!

iT's tHe WiLl oF tHe PeOpLe !1!!

[Cain]

That's definitely going to work out, isn't it?

The thing is, constitutionally it's possible to do so. It's just the kind of thing which has never been done before as a matter of convention and tradition.

Still, if it does happen, then Parliament need to VONC the PM, right away.

It's scary how quickly we are devolving into an authoritarian state. First we decide on a policy that explicitly was mentioned as not being an option during the referendum. Then we suspend Parliament to avoid votes against that option. Then MPs are threatened with losing their positions over it (in addition to the actual threats on their lives they receive from the Brexit Uber Alles morons, every day). And now we've reached the "we don't actually need to listen to what Parliament says" stage.

All of this from a PM who was selected by less than 91,000 people and whose only democratic legitimacy rests with the support of the Parliament he shows so much contempt for.

King Charles I also thought he didn't need to listen to Parliament.