Brexit

Great work....could hear you clearly, even on the BBC(!) and they remarked on it afterwards. Johnson looked flustered and rather rushed. 

Phillip Lee defected to the Lib Dems while Johnson was speaking in the HoC!

Great atmosphere at College Gardens today.

The Yorkies are down complete with a Brass Band keeping everyone entertained.

A week Is supposedly a long time in Politics, think it is down to 24hrs now as this intriguing and evolving situation evolves at breakneck speed.

At least he has the courage of his own convictions rather than just becoming a sheep when threatened with de-selection!

The worst are those like Hancock who are only interested in their own careers and will suck up to whoever will give them a job.

In which case, we can probably assume that he is standing up for what he thinks is best for his constituents and the country, given that he has nothing to gain from his actions?

You appear to be offering career advice in the future tense. Change 'could' for should and we're back in the present.

Eh?

Hold it a minute.....

Thinking about this, the mad chucking out of previously loyal conservative MPs means that there doesn’t even need to be an election. There is now a majority united by their anti no deal views that could hold together for a few months at least, long enough to see through whatever they want to get on the statute books,

In their frantic gameplaying, could it be that the red mist of revenge has condemned Johnson to opposition?

There will be a vote for an article 50 extension tomorrow which will pass. If Johnson loses a VONC after that, then there are fourteen days in which another candidate can prove that they can command a majority. If there have been two votes that have already been won, then that looks pretty plausible. Could Johnson be about to become a Prime Minister forever in the record books as having never won a vote in parliament?

EDIT: Thinking a bit more about this, there are some similarities with the hubris of Salvini in Italy, who collapsed the governing coalition because they thought they’d win the ensuing election. Instead, their coalition partners put together a different coalition and now Salvini is on the sidelines for the foreseeable future.

If the other parties can come to an agreement, they would actually be representing a greater percentage of the electorate than Johnson’s government. As he said, nobody wants an election, so this just follows his own statement. Corbyn would be penned in by not having his own majority, the cabinet could include a range of excellent ministers from various parties and, meanwhile, the conservatives in opposition get eaten up by the Brexit party.

If, if, if....

Antalya much?!

If anyone thinks they're on the beach in Antalya then it's probably your good friend...

Today, potentially my last day in College Green, it has been an interesting Week and have learnt a lot about the process of British Government.

If we go for an election I think the opposition Parties need to include in their manifesto’s another referendum as Parliament is unable to resolve the issue with at least the following options and give a foundation for us to heal the open wounds generated by the last referendum.
- Leave with May’s Deal
- Leave without a Deal
- Remain in Europe

The wording, implications and statistical gates need to be clearly defined and the result ratified not debated.


The only caveat and there are rumours that the withdrawal Agreement (May’s Deal) will be resurrected and voted for in Parliament and the General Election will be after we have left the EU.

We can still leave on the 31st, will be interesting to see how Johnson handles this, can he now recommend it to his Party, if he refuses he will be seen as the one who stopped us from leaving.


It was mentioned earlier in the Post, who needs Theatre when we have the current Political landscape, feel like I have lived the Henry VI’s over the last week.