I’m loving Phillip Hammond being more outspoken in the last WEEK than his entire time as Chancellor

 

He’s just asked Johnson, in writing, his proposals for the changes to the Withdrawal Agreement and what progress he has made since his trip to Berlin

 

No surprise really, I suspect he still feels very bitter about the way May was shafted by the likes of Boris Johnson. At the end of the day he's a moderate Conversative in a safe seat for him personally. At least he's using his position to good effect and obviously picking up on the fact that he is probably the Conversative with the least to lose and the biggest media profile.

Boris clearly wants an election and charlatan that he is he's happy with either outcome from it! He knows an election will divide the remain parties more than the tories if it's before a decision on Brexit.

Anyone else think that Boris actually WANTS a general election? That's certainly the impression I get.

 

Clearly going for the PR orchestrated by Cummings. Definitely think it looks like an election is happening though...

 

 

Yes but if he gets MP's to vote for an election surely he'll have to ask the EU for an extension? Or will we just still crash out in the middle of an election campaign. He's said today that we're leaving on 31st Oct come what may.

Yes but if he gets MP's to vote for an election surely he'll have to ask the EU for an extension? Or will we just still crash out in the middle of an election campaign. He's said today that we're leaving on 31st Oct come what may.

 

Dunno how it's gonna work yet. To really avoid No Deal I think Labour need to avoid voting for a general election. Problem is I don't think there is any way Corbyn doesn't accept the challenge of an election. If Corbyn and his team are really smart I think they can move Number 10 in to a really difficult position. Surely you force the extension THEN the electiion...

Dunno how it's gonna work yet. To really avoid No Deal I think Labour need to avoid voting for a general election. Problem is I don't think there is any way Corbyn doesn't accept the challenge of an election. If Corbyn and his team are really smart I think they can move Number 10 in to a really difficult position. Surely you force the extension THEN the electiion...

 

 

Yes that's how I see it Rooney but the chance of an election may just be too tempting for Corbyn.

An October 14 election (a Monday) could increase the chances of crashing out without a deal. Corbyn has indicated that he would not support an election in those circumstances. Of course, he has indicated all sorts of contradictory things, so who knows?

 

If there is an election and it results in another hung parliament, things could be very messy - messier still if there is still a 31 October deadline. I wonder what Eton's teacher of "If you need to risk the future of the country to further your career, go for it" is doing now. Clearly two of his former pupils were listening carefully in that lesson.

Dominic Raab has now followed Gove in refusing to say whether the government would obey a law ordering it to seek an extension to Article 50 rather than taking us out of the EU without a deal. It has to be assumed that they have both done so with Johnson's approval. Anyone still deny that Johnson is acting like a dictator?

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Boris has just lost his majority.

Confirmed in a statement! Live in front of Boris. How satisfying *.*

How DELICIOUS!

How DELICIOUS!

 

and foot-shooting - virtually no-one who crosses the floor survives the following GE.

 

But surely he had a majority of just one, so how did Lib Dems gain TWO MPs?

But surely he had a majority of just one, so how did Lib Dems gain TWO MPs?

 

The new Breconshire Lib Dem MP, who wasn't sitting in Parliament before, I presume.

I’m screaming

Well thank goodness for that.

Boris is rattled and absolutely floundering.

and foot-shooting - virtually no-one who crosses the floor survives the following GE.

And? Maybe he has decided that the future of the country is more important than his career.

Am I the only one who is at least a little shocked at just how bad Boris is at this?

Boris is rattled and absolutely floundering.

 

Someone link these hilarious videos!!

and foot-shooting - virtually no-one who crosses the floor survives the following GE.

 

You are SUCH a Tory! :lol: "Ask not what I can do for my country, but what my country can do for my career and wallet!"