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The Westministenders Hunger Games continues. Hunting for the Opposition.

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RedToothBrush · 12/07/2016 14:18

THE BREXIT FALLOUT OUT CONTINUES - THREAD EIGHT!

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Each of the parties seem to have a taken a very different style to their leadership contests.

The Tory party have been well documented as doing in the classic style of Hamlet. After the entire Conservative Party have spent two weeks stabbing each in the back and front, May steps forward to take the crown for herself.

But what about the others?

The UKIP leadership contest seems to be in comedy style of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights. In a strange turn of events, that no one predicted and seem quite absurd, they seem to be changing their rules so their new leader must have been a member for 5 years. The punchline is this rules just about everyone out, apart from Neil Hamilton and Steven Woolfe. As BigChocFrenzy points out, we are expecting Arron Banks to hand out the brown envelopes. We are just waiting for the poorly thought out, and badly booked racist band to turn up and make everyone cringe in horror and distract everyone from UKIP's candidates and their manifestos in the process.

Meanwhile Labour Party decide to do what they thought was Star Wars Panto. After spending a week going “She’s Standing”, “Oh No She’s Not” Angela Eagle is declared the Empire Strikes Back candidate by Diane Abbot. Well if she’s the rebel leader, then who is Darth Vader and the Emperor?

Unfortunately, you’d be forgiven for thinking the performance is starting to look more and more like a re-enactment of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, by the minute:

A battle of wills between two forces locked together in a room with ultimately different and opposing self-interests. This is only resolved when the new leader to the dynamic who sought to upset the institution, and give the others their freedom, is lobotomised and subsequently killed in an act of mercy. His murderer manages to escape the prison to the cheers of those still stuck inside.

The Greens of course are a foreign language film, no one has heard of and no one is really that interested in watching.

The Lib Dems are merely sat in the audience. With Tim Farron heckling.

But where is Gandalf? Sad

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At least some sanity has returned and we now have some leaders. May can now get stuck into the job of handing the nightmare that is Brexit whilst making herself at home at Number 10. Rumours are circulating that it’s been left a bit of a pigsty.

We will follow May, on her new adventures to foreign lands to persuade Merkel and Juncker to hand over a mythical unicorn to the UK. Meanwhile will we continue our own hunt for the opposition, whilst we all consult our dictionaries for the meaning of the word ‘Brexit’ in bafflement in the wake of ‘Brexit means Brexit’.

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Sense of humour compulsory. No experience necessary though

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GingerIvy · 13/07/2016 10:42

Red x post. Grin

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2016 10:42

Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick

Keith Vaz suggests to me Labour could have 2 leaders - one in Commons, another in the country, as in other EU states

A split but not a split.

Confused
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TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:42

That tweet from George Eaton has resurfaced due to people complaining that JC/JMcD didn't know there was more to be discussed after the vote, so it isn't fair that the vote on fee/freeze date happened after they left. Clearly, the details were known, but they went to a 'stand up show'/rally anyway.

And yet, somehow, AE is being blamed for people being disenfranchised. I truly fail to see how this is her fault!!

Fawful · 13/07/2016 10:43

I can see how order-order's Info could be misleading if Smith's words were taken out of context.

Also when he was employed by Pfizer, he had to do his job. I'm not shocked he had to say what he did about the NHS.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10817853/Revealed-Ed-Milibands-Pfizer-insider-in-the-shadow-Cabinet.html

GingerIvy · 13/07/2016 10:43

Not sure how in the world it would be AE's fault for people being disenfranchised. Confused

TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:44

The DT is now reporting that the NEC has suspeneded CLP meetings, but it is not clear if they are just reiterating what Ross Hawkins was reporting on Radio4 - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/13/owen-smith-labour-leadership-challenge-jeremy-corbyn-unions-vote/

tiggytape · 13/07/2016 10:45

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TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:46

Ginger - some of it is because she was urging people to join up yesterday and the day before. The other part is that because she is challenging JC and if she hadn't done that, there wouldn't be a leadership vote so clearly it is all her fault (not my reasoning!)

GingerIvy · 13/07/2016 10:48

Bathroom Ridiculous, isn't it? She had no idea of the voting rules that would be put in place.

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2016 10:48

Sturgeon:
for us Remain means Remain.

Richard Benyon Verified account @RichardBenyonMP

I really hope none of my fellow Tories are celebrating Labours woes. Not good for Britain. Not good for Parliament. Just not good

Ruth Davidson Verified account  ‏@RuthDavidsonMSP
Ruth Davidson Retweeted Richard Benyon
Agreed.

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RedToothBrush · 13/07/2016 10:51

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-second-eu-vote-theresa-may-scottish-referendum-ruth-davidson-t-a7133271.html
Ruth Davidson also refuses to rule out second eu ref.

Yes I fully recognise the problem with Order Order (they are openly Corbynite) But I think its important to still see what is being said as it will influence a lot.

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TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:55

I hope JC's office director is just playing with people. She tweeted a picture of two bottles of champagne after the vote last night.

I thought champagne socialists were what they were fighting against?

On Labour v Tory leadership battles, some of it is about ideology too, isn't it? there's a part of Labour that thinks you have to fight all the time, whereas for the Tories, being in power is more important.

TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:55

George Eaton ‏@georgeeaton 30s31 seconds ago
Labour MP says Caroline Flint (Eagle's campaign manager) is "going spare at the crumbling away of supporters".

TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 10:59

In the purple corner (remember them?) we have this:
Sebastian Payne ‏@SebastianEPayne 50m50 minutes ago
Steven Woolfe is set to launch his bid to be Ukip leader today according to @PoliticoRyan. He's the bookies favourites to win

I think favourite also corresponds to 'known'

Fawful · 13/07/2016 10:59

I think its important to still see what is being said as it will influence a lot.

YY, I'm glad I saw the link!

TheBathroomSink · 13/07/2016 11:00

James Cleverly ‏@JamesCleverly 47m47 minutes ago
Reshuffle Time. 72 hours of saying congratulations to colleagues through gritted teeth while thinking "it should have been me". #SuchFun

officerhinrika · 13/07/2016 11:03

Radio 4 now, Steve Richards "the Corbyn Story"

officerhinrika · 13/07/2016 11:03

Radio 4 now, Steve Richards "the Corbyn Story"

BigChocFrenzy · 13/07/2016 11:04

red I emigrated to Germany immediately because I already worked a lot there and was especially disgusted with the racism spike in England (BME woman here)

However, it was obvious there would be a more general braindrain - individuals are no more willing to wait around for years to see what happens than companies are.
Germany and other Western EU countries are clearly encouraging this, because there is still a shortage of qualified people in several fields.

Professionals who don't deal with the public can easily move, because offices are increasingly multicultural now, which means English language. It's just have family onligations
There genuinely are no forms to fill in for EU countries: just take a passport and support yourself there. No enquiries about dependents, income or anything else.

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2016 11:08

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-36775398
Nottinghamshire police are expanding their classification to include misogynistic incidents as 'hate crime'

This clearly needs to be national though.

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BigChocFrenzy · 13/07/2016 11:12

Order Order is "libertarian" which generally means hard right, social darwinism.
The founder has worked for the Tory far right and even supported some foreign paramilitary groups, e.g. Reagan's Contra buddies.

As we've discussed, the far left & far right have a lot in common - mainly their wish to blow up the system - and it is often difficult to tell the difference if you just happen on a discussion by some of them.
So, not surprising Order Order enjoys the chaos that JC brings

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2016 11:13

I think favourite also corresponds to 'known'

And 'eligble'

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derxa · 13/07/2016 11:25

Great excitement! Larry the cat has just walked past the door of No 10 Grin

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