Westminstenders: The Negotiations Continue - The DUP ones

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Tomorrow is the Queen’s Speech. In honour of that the start of this thread is written in its honour:

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Immigration is bad. Except for that good immigration.
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Brexit means Brexit
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Pilot scheme.
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Money for –the DUP-- NI
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Brexit means Brexit
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The Internet is Bad. Newspapers are good.
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Brexit means Brexit.
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Britain wave your flag.
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(The Queen’s turns over the page to read the back of the A4 sheet, only to find it blank)

Squoosh...i like my salmon cooked...like any proper elitist snowflake 👍
Olenna...OMG. so excited!!!! Frankly TM makes cersei look strong and stable
see what I did there??

I am worried that Game of Thrones is going to overlap with my Twin Peaks and American Gods watching. There is just too much amazing TV. I can't cope.

Sorry...getting sidetracked now...

Damn you all, now I want to go to IKEA and I can't this weekend because we already have plans!

I'm watching American gods now!
Decided I need to get it watched before GofT starts..
Its good. Odd...but good

....the strawberry cream tarts....mmmmmm

GFA, dill (love it in cucumber salad), meatballs with no onion, strawberry tarts, no racism and rescind a50 then, cheers.

That'll do
😁

We are way behind on American Gods because we had to rewatch seasons 1 and 2 of twin peaks, plus all relevent David Lynch films before the new season of Twin Peaks started (which takes odd to whole new unexplored levels). We have an increasing complicated viewing schedule right now.

Yep, this thread has descended into middle class foodie luvvidom. Come the revolution we'll be... expertly catered. Not quite champagne socialists, more lapsang souchong socialists.

Darjeeling for me please

I might need to change my Twitter handle to sushi socialist.

Mmm. Sushi.

I don't like cucumbers or salmon.
Or quinoa. Or humus. Or bananas. Or mushrooms. Or lobster. Or melon. Or prawns.

The only fish I like comes covered in batter.

DH and I have just discovered House of Cards (I know, I know) so are bingeing that until GoT starts again. Lots of mulling about obtaining, retaining and wielding power in the Wimple household at the moment

Meanwhile flats being evacuated in London. Where are they all going to go? Those poor people.

In the interest of spreading EU gastronomic joy & knowledge:

Supper was Flammkuchen (tarte flambée), highly recommended if you visit Germany or the Alsace region.
It's like a French-German wafer-thin pizza, but with sour cream instead of tomato sauce or cheese.
My version was with feta, olives & onions.

Sometimes I have the sweet version: with apples, almonds, cinammon, lashing of Calvados

Sorry for the people moved out tonight from Camden flats.

Imagine trying to find hotels or other accommodation in London on a Summer weekend.

Jesus. But I hope it is for a good reason. All flats with this cladding will have to be evacuated now. Why one group and not another. Depends on the vigilance (a bit late, but whatever) of the borough and council at the moment I suppose.

No one wants another fire. No one. Terrible.

Many would be celebrating Eid tomorrow night aswell.

I don't like cucumbers or salmon.
Or quinoa. Or humus. Or bananas. Or mushrooms. Or lobster. Or melon. Or prawns.

The only fish I like comes covered in batter.
Bloody commoners

I don't like most of those either, but I have intolerances so I must be middle class

Where will they all go???
Poor souls 😔

The Award for the Best Glastonbury Flag Goes To:

Theresa May walking through fields of wheat

(Telegraph paywall) Revealed: Lib Dems’ secret talks with Tory Remainers to force soft Brexit

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/22/revealed-lib-dems-secret-talks-tory-remainers-force-soft-brexit/

The frontrunner to be the next Liberal Democrat leader has admitted he is in secret talks with the Conservative MPs about frustrating Brexit.

Telegraph podcast
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/22/revealed-lib-dems-secret-talks-tory-remainers-force-soft-brexit/?WT.mcid=tmggshareem

Sir Vince Cable said that he was holding informal negotiations with Tory MPs who backed Remain at the referendum about working together to soften the impact of leaving the European Union in 2019.

That came as the LibDems was expected to table an amendment to the Queen’s Speech to keep Britain in the single market and the customs union
and require ministers to commit to spending £350million a week on the NHS after Brexit

Sir Vince .... said Tory MPs were being “sounded out” to see if they could work with the LibDems on voting against the Government on some Brexit measures.

He said that the “tribal differences between the parties have broken down” and he wanted MPs from all parties “to be encouraged to work together”
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“informally all kinds of networks are being established and I have been sounded out by several of them”.

He said Tory MPs were being “sounded out” to see if they could work with the LibDems on voting against the Government on some Brexit measures.

the “tribal differences between the parties have broken down” and he wanted MPs from all parties “to be encouraged to work together”

Approaches had come from Tory MPs who wanted a “softened version of what is proposed and I think we should reach out and talk to them”.

He said: “There are a lot of Conservative MPs who may not have put up a flag called Remain but are very, very worried about the more extreme options on the table and would like to keep either the customs union or the single market or both.”

Sir Vince praised Ken Clarke, the veteran Tory MP who has long argued against leaving the EU.

He said: “We have just got to work with like-minded people across the spectrum trying to get a softer more sensible version of Brexit”.

soda apparently the council have block booked hotels for them.
This all makes it so clear Grenfell was negligence not accident. It's horrific

Quentin,

Thanks. I just thought hotels would be pretty heavily booked for weekends in the London area. Good to hear the residents will not be outdoors or in a school/gym hall or anything.

Was obviously planned. Can only be a good thing in the long run. I know it's very disruptive, but it's better to be alive and not in any danger.

What a dreadful thing these apparent cladding shenanigans is resulting in now.

Other boroughs will have to follow.

I hope they remove the cladding really quickly so they can get back to their lives

Whilst I am sure many were having sleepless nights it must be really hard to have to pack up quickly and leave

Selfish note to self because we are at risk of roof spread fires ....sort out grab bags