... to have been obsessively watching BBC parliament for 2 hours?

[bellainthemiddle]

It's official, I'm a weirdo!

People vs Parliament election 😮

Corbyn can't vote for an election will be wiped out. Labour supporting remain now means they've lost most of their heartlands but Boris has no majority now. They're all useless all of them.

That bloody stupid speaker's voice 🙄

I'm amazed the Speaker still has a voice.

So have the Tory rebels lost the whip?

Only 2?

If Boris has a backbone they will.... from a game theory point of view removing the whip will get more Brexit Party defectors to return to the Tories but he would have to remove Nicholas Soames who is Churchill's grandson 🤔

I tried to listen/watch. Kids needd prepping for school, though.
Now listening to R4 & R5.

I still can't believe that boris called the rebels including Nicolas Soames traitors and collaborators

They are like a bunch of toddlers in there, they all need to grow up

And I'm like a toddler watching the other toddlers fighting

It’s annoying that we now have the so called “ rebel alliance”. It’s not sodding Star Wars.

I just have no idea what the heck they are doing, all parties. More delays, more uncertainty no decisive action we will be back here in January 😐

Dh has just told me that he wants to stand as a an independent

To the bitter end. Bozza has overlooked the fact that these people know him, unlike the slavering hordes of county Tories who fall for the labrador act. What a shower, across the board, nobody to vote for.

@Rufusthebewilderedreindeer is he serious?

He would absolutely stand

But ive just told him he isnt allowed to if he doesnt have a manifesto...so he is a bit stuck

You know the people who dress like fishfingers etc...

That’ll be him

I love BBC Parliament. It's great to hear speeches from MPs who you only ever hear being interviewed. There are great MPs on all sides of the House (although some of them have lost the whip tonight)

Also interesting watching procedure, giving way, and listening to the Speaker.

Sorry, weighing in, late (40 ish posts).

What struck me was Saturday. I went to the Southampton 'anothereurope' anti prorogue demo. There were possibly 400 people there.

Then we walked down into Southampton. And there were hundreds, if not a thousand- people, gaily shopping, wandering around, couldn't care less, even if they were savvy enough to know.

A tiny, bitter part of me thinks that The Great British Public ('52%', plus the 'couldn't be bothered') need the spanking that's coming.

It’s great entertainment atm if it wasn’t so serious

Bercow makes it

I'd vote for Bercow for PM.

Which seems ridiculous, since he has issued no manifesto (as he isn't an MP! 😊)

But he'd be better than what's on offer, given what we do know about him, if only his outrage at proroguation, surely!

He's just booted the Father of the House, the immediate former Chancellor, Churchill's grandson... I mean, who does he think it will impress? Nigel Farage?

And if he thinks Farage will get behind him, he should have watched the documentary on Schleicher getting done over by Hitler last night... (not that I'm directly comparing Farage to Hitler).

Bercow has had it if there's a GE. The Conservatives will run a candidate against him in his seat.

I love John Bercow. I'm relying on him to find some obscure point of law resulting in Boris, Rees Mogg et al being slung in a dungeon a la Poldark and left there. No nannies allowed.

My spidey senses are tingling. Cummings is a fan of Sun Tzu, appear weak when you are strong etc. The fact they followed through and removed the whip from the rebels. They have done the calculations, I am lurking on Guido Fawkes and mostly talk about traitors revealing themselves, remove the traitors /quislings. The optics play well to Brexit voters. Add the fact that one of the clauses of the bill allows the EU to set an extension period. 🤔