The Westministenders Hunger Games continues. Hunting for the Opposition.

[RedToothBrush]

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?

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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

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/2682358-The-Westministenders-Media-Baron-Hunger-Games-continues-Is-it-about-to-all-implode?pg=1 Previous thread 7

[RedToothBrush]

Sophy Ridge ‏@SophyRidgeSky
Hearing the NEC decision on whether Jeremy Corbyn is automatically on the leadership ballot could come down to just one or two votes...

joncraigSKY ‏@joncraig
Labour official has emerged from party HQ at 105 Victoria St to tell reporters NEC on Corbyn leadership challenge likely to last beyond 6pm.

Going well then....

[TheBathroomSink]

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton)
July 12, 2016
Secret ballot at NEC meeting. This has long given Corbyn's opponents hope.

[Thegirlinthefireplace]

Mrs Lupo, my MP is in government and voted remain (and his position in the govt is such that he has excellent knowledge of EU benefits) but,my wrote to him already and got the most bullshit pointless reply along the lines of we've had a democratic vote stop moaning essentially .

[Nonreplicable]

Leadsom should be Minister for children and families surely ;)

Although maybe not, given some views that she has expressed!

[nauticant]

Going back briefly to the previous thread, it's an old comment but Rees-Mogg has been described him as "the Honourable member for the 19th Century".

Just bear in mind though, his quaint "I'm an old English eccentric" persona is as fake as Boris's "I must be nice because I clown about with my funny hair".

[Showmethewaytogohome]

For the poster who asked about controversy around Keir - there is a little regarding two prosecutions/ or lack of them

'Starmer did not prosecute the police officer Simon Harwood in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson'

But he did prosecute 'Paul Chambers, a traveller who, frustrated at airport delays, had posted a joke about the airport on Twitter' and it was alleged he tried refused to stop opposing appeals

On the up side he did prosecute Chris Huhne MP and his former wife, Vicky Pryce for perverting the course of justice.

[Showmethewaytogohome]

Red are they writing the ballot crosses in blood? What takes so long?

[officerhinrika]

Martin Lewis has tweeted that the Commons debate on retrospective rate hikes to student loans is on Monday. Wonder how much attention that will get?

[EatsShitAndLeaves]

Ruth Davidson...... pretty much sums it it really.

^Everyone else in UK politics is either resigning, getting knifed, bottling it, withdrawing, failing, declaring, or falling on their sword.
I think the mad thing in all of the last few weeks is that the last man standing is Jeremy Corbynn^. Although I am pleased that the PLP is about to show how united they are by putting forward a second unity candidate against the first.
That’s the difference between our two parties - Labour is still fumbling with its flies while the Tories are enjoying their post-coital cigarette. After withdrawing our massive Johnson.^

[TheBathroomSink]

What takes so long?

At last count, 7 different sets of legal opinions they' have to argue about, there will probably be a small pause for a protest rally somewhere, couple of tea breaks...

[TheBathroomSink]

Ruth also said this:

I’d had a phone call from Craig Oliver saying we want you to do the Wembley debate, Labour are putting up Angela Eagle. That is great Craig but are you absolutely sure you want two short-haired, flat shoes, shovel-faced lesbians with a northern accent?

I think he’d never been spoken to like that before as he turned into Hugh Grant and (grunts) ... Then we got Sadiq.

[RedToothBrush]

press.labour.org.uk/post/147292075584/serious-questions-about-george-osbornes-actions

George Osborne up to no good? Might make it even more untenable for him to stay...

[nauticant]

I'm feeling really sorry for Angela Eagle and her sad campaign. But I still admire her stand.

At the moment, with Labour retreating from the world into a cosy club for the right people while seeking to eliminate their neighbours, she is about the only person publicly standing up and doing something. I don't think it's a waste of time. Momentum is rapidly getting embedded into Labour and if Eagle is doing one thing it's providing a demonstration that they are not high-minded idealists only interested in a better world but are in fact profoundly self-interested and willing to use dirty tactics.

[TheBathroomSink]

— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick)
July 12, 2016
Labour NEC vote 17-15 to hold secret votes on proceedings today

So that's part of the delay. Voting on how to hold the voting.

We don't need to parody this at all.

[OlennasWimple]

I wonder what Cameron will do next (after enjoying a relaxing summer, obv)? I can't see him in the new Cabinet and I can't see him enjoying being on the back benches

[CrystalMcPistol]

'the Tories are enjoying their post-coital cigarette. After withdrawing our massive Johnson.'

I saw that on Twitter and did snigger. She's good at raising her profile is Ruth! You can imagine some outraged gasps 'Marjorie, was that a p...p..p...penis joke?'

[TheBathroomSink]

red Carney was asked about that this morning, said he's only seen what was in the papers but he wasn't surprised that one country would speak to another in something like this. Will find the quotes from his testimony, but he seemed to play it down.

[Showmethewaytogohome]

Ah would love to be in the ladies at the comfort break.....can just imagine it. The rolling of the eyes in the mirror at each other....the deflated shrug...the clink of the bottle of vodka need to get through it

[Showmethewaytogohome]

So that's part of the delay. Voting on how to hold the voting.

We don't need to parody this at all.

Classic. The irony is it only just got through. So if it goes 17-15 on the secret ballot too - they will know who voted which way. Doh!

[TheBathroomSink]

On Osborne/HSBC

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36768140

Also from guardian business blog this morning

"Tyrie now asks Donald Kohn about a Republican party report in the US that claims the Department of Justice did not want to see legal proceedings against the HSBC because of risks to financial stability.
Should we be taking this seriously?
Kohn says he has no specific knowledge of this situation.
I wouldn’t pass judgment until I heard the other side of the story.
Tyrie to Carney: “Did you discuss the matter with the chancellor? The allegation here is that UK authorities have been meddling.”
Carney says he was not involved in or aware of any alleged intervention on the HSBC case."

[RedToothBrush]

What the difference between a Conservative MSP and a Stand Up Comedian?

Not a lot it would seem.

[TheBathroomSink]

Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 3m3 minutes ago
Labour NEC chair tells Corbyn to leave the room but Corbyn refuses to go

SIT IN!!!

[Playduh]

Just reporting what's on CH but with GO, I agree.

Think Hunt would be fine if they want to completely rebuild the FO. It's not as though he's not used to being unpopular.