Westminstenders: Crisis. What Crisis

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October is slowly rolling into November.

Your eyes, rightly, will be distracted by events the other side of the pond.

It won't be good and it won't be pretty and it will have an impact on what happens here in relation to Brexit in one way or another.

May seems to have headed off trouble makers for now. But that means nothing if she can't get a deal through parliament.

And if you think we are in anyway prepared for No Deal I'd like whatever drugs you are taking. That way lies only disorder and to put it bluntly, deaths.

We MUST find a deal, any deal to prevent that. Desperation is the final ingredients in this mess. Who will blink as they realise what's at stake?

The problem is though, is too few MPs have grasped what's at state, such is the quality of our elected representatives. And that's the truly terrifying bit.

If they can't work out the risk of no deal, they certainly not equipped to handle the fall out of no deal.

If you want to shit yourself anymore, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind you that the minister responsible for hauling all your food and medical supplies in the event if no deal, is Mr Christopher Grayling.

Start praying.

If you need someone who can put bricks together or a toddler wrangler then I put myself forward.

Great news about Banks and Farridge, but the member for the 19th century will still say it's the 'will of the people'. As if any sane person would write a will that leaves their possessions to Grease Smug.

Doing some catching up.

Who wants a good laugh? There's this gem from George's rag...

www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/britain-champions-free-speech-so-we-re-leading-the-war-on-fake-news-a3977771.html?amp&__twitter_impression=TRUE
Jeremy Hunt: Britain champions free speech, so we’re leading the war on fake news

In it Jeremy says:

If you take the 10 cleanest nations in the world, as ranked by Transparency International UK in 2017, six of them also appear in the top 10 of the Press Freedom Index.

Gosh that sounds good. The UK aren't corrupt. We come 8th in transparency index.

Of course the UK are right up there in the top 10 too for press freedom aren't we?

I mean that's the best way to ensure you are really being transparent and there isn't any corruption going on, that the transparency index might have missed.

Right?

Except the UK is currently 40th for press freedom.

Behind Jamaica, Costa Rica, Estonia, Uruguay, Surinam, Ghana, Namibia and Chile to name but a few.

And today Arron Banks was referred to the NCA and Farage is in hot water with the FBI, we have the Guardian calling women fucking menstruaters and calls rapists she, the Daily Mail has fake news about something - usually immigrants on a daily basis, the Telegraph is in a parallel universe in half its Brexit reporting and let's Boris Johnson write for them. That's the same Boris Johnson who took a 'legitimate' payment of £14000 off the Saudis a couple of days before the Jamal Khashoggi murder.

You know I believe in freedom of the press and its cracking that the Foreign secretary seems to think its important too.

But perhaps you'd like to have a word with your boss and get your own house in order too. Cos it means nothing if you spout bullshit of your own making and then claim to be fighting fake news.

Thanks Mother but I don't want to go back, Please Mr Barnier, don't make me go back to England! (I am 1tisIleClerk, but 'on the road'!).

Except the UK is currently 40th for press freedom

Not reporting how starvation plays out either.

But that's what the plan is.

Here we go.

Early symptoms include impulsivity, irritability, and hyperactivity. Atrophy (wasting away) of the stomach weakens the perception of hunger, since the perception is controlled by the percentage of the stomach that is empty. Individuals experiencing starvation lose substantial fat (adipose tissue) and muscle mass as the body breaks down these tissues for energy. Catabolysis is the process of a body breaking down its own muscles and other tissues in order to keep vital systems such as the nervous system and heart muscle (myocardium) functioning. The energy deficiency inherent in starvation causes fatigue and renders the victim more apathetic over time. As the starving person becomes too weak to move or even eat, their interaction with the surrounding world diminishes. In females, menstruation ceases when the body fat percentage is too low to support a fetus

Victims of starvation are often too weak to sense thirst, and therefore become dehydrated. All movements become painful due to muscle atrophy and dry, cracked skin that is caused by severe dehydration. With a weakened body, diseases are commonplace. Fungi, for example, often grow under the esophagus, making swallowing painful. Vitamin deficiency is also a common result of starvation, often leading to anemia, beriberi, pellagra, and scurvy. These diseases collectively can also cause diarrhea, skin rashes, edema, and heart failure. Individuals are often irritable and lethargic as a result

There is insufficient scientific data on exactly how long people can live without food. Although the length of time varies with an individual's percentage of body fat and general health, one medical study estimates that in adults complete starvation leads to death within 8 to 12 weeks There are isolated cases of individuals living up to 25 weeks without food.Starvation begins when an individual has lost about 30% of their normal body weight. Once the loss reaches 40% death is almost inevitable

Though I presume a disease epidemic will wipe us out first.

"Half of a Yellow Sun" is good. Adichie.

A reasonably functioning country is plunged into civil war, and starvation ensues.

Your hair falls out first.

'brexit'.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3411815-Westministenders-Reality-Bytes?watched=1
New thread.

Thanks @talktotrees all I gathered was it's 'grassroots' and under the Peoples Vote umbrella.