The Westminster Hunger Games Contines. May Day! May Day!

[RedToothBrush]

THE BREXIT FALLOUT CONTINUES - THREAD NINE

The Tories have settled their scores and May is now PM.
Is it May's Day or May Day for the people?

After careful consideration I thought the best way to sum up the Labour Contest was in one simple picture. May Day, might also be appropriate here too.

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Things are moving fast, so hold on tight for the Brexit Ride

Sense of humour compulsory. No experience necessary though

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/2683852-The-Westministenders-Hunger-Games-continues-Hunting-for-the-Opposition?pg=1 Previous Thread Eight.

[flippinada]

Right back at you Red

I'm very glad you do have the energy for it Red. Thank you. I agree that truth is important.

For my part, I was bought up in a politically engaged family, to care about others and do good where you can. I just can't switch that off. Sometimes I envy people who have the ability not to care and live in a bubble..only sometimes though and very rarely.

Maybe you should go in to politics. I mean that as a compliment!

[derxa]

My God Red You'd be a better MP than some of the shower we have at the moment.

[RedToothBrush]

Where do I get the energy?

From days like today.
I was caught up in an IRA bombing in my teens.
The memory and all that it taught me never leaves.
When I see the news, it is never something that happens to other people and is far away for that reason.
The headlines are always just a moment away from your backyard.

I learnt the need to include and to listen as best you can.
Despite all my issues, its been the one force that I come back to.
Time and time again.
Always.
'The Truth' that humanity is fragile, and needs to be treasured, nurtured, appreciated and never taken for granted. If that opportunity is presented to share that, take the chance and run with it as far as you possibly can.
It is precious. Life is precious.
'The Truth' rings through time. Through languages. Through culture and religion.

Liberté Égalité Fraternité
Always.

[flippinada]

Thanks Red. Where do you get the energy!

Swedish seige mentality is about right. Scary stuff.

[RedToothBrush]

THREAD TEN
When you are ready to switch...

[HemanOrSheRa]

Aborea 'He watched porn. So what?' www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/simon-danczuk-mp-watched-porn-who-cares.

[RedToothBrush]

Sky News Newsdesk ‏@SkyNewsBreak
U.S. Office of Financial Research: 'Brexit' financial fallout "may last for years leaving markets vulnerable to further confidence shocks"
www.independent.co.uk/news/business/brexit-financial-fallout-may-last-for-years-says-us-financial-watchdog-a7137621.html

www.economist.com/news/europe/21702147-territory-dragged-europe-against-its-will-spain-looms-rock-out?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/rockout
The view from Gibraltar

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/theresa-mays-reshuffle-defies-logic/
The spectator is unflattering of the reshuffle...

blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/liam-fox-celebrates-new-job/
And talks about how Liam Fox is celebrating.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/talk-to-the-hand-leadsom-theresa-mays-perfect-first-day?CMP=twt_gu
Tongue in cheek review of May's Cabinet

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/theresa-mays-decisive-reshuffle-draws-line-under-cameron-era?CMP=twt_gu
And a more serious one.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/angela-eagle-says-voting-for-iraq-war-does-not-put-her-on-labour-right?CMP=twt_gu
Angela Eagle and voting for Iraq war does not put her on Labour's right.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/14/the-blueprint-for-brexit-how-britain-will-negotiate-out-of-the-e/
The Blueprint for Brexit

[SwedishEdith]

www.thecanary.co/2016/07/14/breaking-labour-trawling-social-media-stop-voting-leadership-election/

Story about Labour "barring" people from voting if use “traitor”, “scab” or “scum”. Can see why.

"The Labour Procedures Committee have reportedly announced that anyone who uses the words “traitor”, “scab” or “scum” in relation to another member of the party, will automatically be barred from having a vote in the leadership election.

Reading the comments below is a good example of a kind of siege mentality. A woman on the news last night referred to a "right wing coop". That must have come from only reading about this stuff online.

[BigChocFrenzy]

Peregrina Creating the NHS in 1947 was actually far simpler than disentangling ourselves from the EU would be:
To start with, it just involved the UK - we didn't have to have unanimous agreement from 27 other countries plus EFTA and follow their timetable.
We were creating something new, rather than trying to reverse 40 years existing work

[BigChocFrenzy]

There are 2 very dangerous problems wrt Brexit:

1. The serious damage to UK trade, economy, jobs, investment, tax income, living standards etc
   
2. Convincing the Leavers when it happens that it is NOT because of sabotage by Remainers
   
   Both have potential to create great social unrest.
   
   EEA should reduce damage from 1) to merely awful, hopefully less than the 2008 financial crash
   I don't want to think much about the consequences of the WTO option, because I class it as "aiming for Greece"
   
   TM putting Leave leaders 100% in charge of Brexit is our best chance of avoiding 2)

[GingerIvy]

Good grief, we're at 979 already??

[Floisme]

Wowsers this thread was at page 14 when I last checked. Thanks for all the links everyone, I'll try and catch up tomorrow.

And red I've only just noticed your 'May Day' thread title

[Arborea]

@ HemanorSheRa Owen Jones has nothing to say that I want to hear, after the Simon Danczuk porn business.

I missed this, what did he say?

[noblegiraffe]

I like the idea that Nicky Morgan was surprised to be sacked from Education, like she was doing a good job or something. She seems to have a complete lack of self-awareness like when she said she was considering standing for PM. Who did you think would vote for you, Nicky?

[RedToothBrush]

Jo Maugham QC ‏@JolyonMaugham
Let's be clear why Brexiters are in a rush. When people see the reality - high immigration, job losses, NHS cuts - they won't stand for it.

www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-impact-recession-eu-referendum-credit-suisse-employment-job-hiring-a7136541.html
Cheery Brexit Recession Warning

[HemanOrSheRa]

Did you go to the meeting Showme?

[squoosh]

Red that Ian Dunt post you linked to is fantastic. Really concise..........and really scary.

[HemanOrSheRa]

Owen Jones has nothing to say that I want to hear, after the Simon Danczuk porn business.

[SwedishEdith]

EU Council President Donald Tusk: "We cannot let Britain profit from Brexit, as that would be lethal for the EU".

Back to reality

[squoosh]

I assumed Dacre had given her the shoves after she name checked him in the 'leaked' email. I can't see him having taken kindly to that.

[RedToothBrush]

Sarah Vine's column is on Thursdays. She missed one because she was supposed to be supporting her husband's leadership bit.

However, looking at the DM website, it seems she has not done one since 29th June - so not one today either.

I wonder if it was her decision or Dacre's decision...

[OppositeOfGenius]

We should collectively vow to just do this from now on to Nigel Farage, I love it!

Guy talks over Nigel with megaphone

[Wordsaremything]

To be fair to the cat who posted that excellent brexit nightmare article first

[Peregrina]

Now why am I not upset about Gove getting a telling off from Theresa May and having to serve a stint on the backbenches?

Will he sit as far away from Cameron as he can?
BTW is his wife still writing in the DM?

[RedToothBrush]

Oh and you MUST watch this Yes, Minister Clip!

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/yes-minister-predict-boris-johnsons-8424141