Westministenders: Reality Bytes

[RedToothBrush]

Tonight the Corbyn and McDonnell Labour Party supported the Tory Party in improving the tax allowance for higher rate tax payers.

Yes you read that right. Did you even blink?

You've been so conditioned into seeing non existant opposition which seems to go against everything the Labour Party stand for that you no longer are shocked.

That's what 2 and a half years of Brexit has done to you.

You no longer care that Boris Johnson got £14,000 from the Saudis a couple of days before the Khashoggi murder. You know longer care that the former Defence Secretary is employed for £75,000 a year to advise a major Saudi Investor.

You are just happy that Trump hasn't started a war with Iran or North Korea yet. And hasn't started a civil war. (Though he's trying hard and next week is his best opportunity to stir it all up). You aren't surprised to hear that predictions are that the Democrats will fail to make gains in the mid terms.

You've suffered the 4657 story about how Therea May is just about to be challenged for the leadership.

You've heard about the squad set up at the Home Office to clear up all the cases the media get their hands on as the latest burning injustice. You are hearing that EU nationals who have been promised they are 'safe' are being subjected to questions about their right to stay. And you just shrug and say, "Yeah well thats the Home Office for you. The Bastards". And you do mean it, but you are so jaded by it all. And you worry that another 12 months from now, you won't even be interested in another story like that, and the press will stop printing them as they no longer interest the reader. What happens to your friends, your family, or even you then? Who is going to care then?

And then you have today.

A day where you hear that Bannon is being investigated by the Senate Intel Committee, Farage has been upgraded to the FBI's Really Naughty List and Banks has (FINALLY) been refered to the NCA. (We were only speculating on the possibility, on the 26th March...)

And you go 'Ooooooooo maybe there is hope'.

Maybe we COULD remain in the EU and avoid Turnip Soup and wiping your arse with leaves because of the national bog roll shortage. Or at least get a decent deal which suits us as a nation. Maybe, just maybe!

And that lasts for about 2 minutes before you log into twitter and the very first thing you see this:

Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
Excl: David Cameron tells friends he’d like a return to frontline politics, and fancies Foreign Secretary
www.thesun.co.uk/news/7639377/david-cameron-return-to-politics/

And you let out a high pitched screech as if you are were a dying cat as you remember this is 2018, and it just wants to beat the life out of you.

On the plus side, it shows you do still care enough to think 'Don't let that fucking bastard anywhere near power ever, ever again.'.

Ho hum.

Keep on, keeping on. Don't let the bastards win.
Keep caring. It matters.

Keep caring
You are a . All mums, women , and fellow travellers, are.

What's with this 'sexist' nonesense?
Mumsnet is about PARENTS and CHILDREN, Children who will be paying for Brexit for many years. As many women voted for Brexit as men.

And heres the rest of that Tom Newton Dunn thread:

Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
Friend who Cameron confided in said he is now “bored s*less”, two years on from walking out of No10
Also: Boris Johnson tells allies he has given up hope of becoming the next Tory leader.
But Boris still hopes to be “in the mix” for a Cabinet job under Mrs May’s successor.

Janice Turner @VictoriaPeckham
The only thing which unites Britain right now is never wanting to see the entitled chancer who bolloxed up the country ever again.

Too fucking right!

STAY IN THE SHED DAVE. GET A HOBBY.

Safety in numbers innit.

You no longer care that Boris Johnson got £14,000 from the Saudis a couple of days before the Khashoggi murder. You know longer care that the former Defence Secretary is employed for £75,000 a year to advise a major Saudi Investor.

Over the past few years I have asked MPs in whose constituencies I was living why are we selling arms to the Saudis just so they can bomb Yemeni civilians. Not one of them in any of the 9 constituencies has ever provided a coherent answer other than to say it's important for GDP. Shite. We as a country are complicit with the slaughter of thousands of people, and it is not being properly reported.

On another note, Newsnight is doing a 'special' 30th birthday show. Not so much Newsnight as SelfCongratulationnight. Arse.

Even the Tories would not take Cameron back. Would they?

Allie Hodgkins-Brown @AllieHBNews
Friday’s i - “Unis on the brink: ministers urged to fund bail-outs” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday

The Daily Mail is interesting.
(Remembering this is now an ongoing criminal investigation, and we wouldn't want to prejudice a trial...)

And the Times seems to vindicate Amber Rudd.

a report says that she was wrongly adviced by officials in the Home office.

And then this:

In addition to an urgent inquiry Mr Javid announced a "broad" review into whether the Home Office had been "fair and humane" in its approach to immigrations.

Downing Street is understood to have resisted that move, fearing that the review could lead to a wider examination of Theresa May's time in the Home Office. Mr Javid is said to want to be confident that no further scandals are lurking in the department

It could get interesting when May finally goes. It strikes me that there might be a few who will want to have a very big delve into just how bad May was.

Tracey Crouch is that rarest of beings: an MP with principles.

Friend who Cameron confided in said he is now “bored s*less”, two years on from walking out of No10

My heart bleeds.

.

'Blood on their hands' seems fair enough.

Thanks for the new thread, Red.

Thank you Red.

Adding my thanks RTB

(And a few more cans to the stores)

Just listening to the world tonight. Italy's government is planning on giving parcels of land to couples on the birth of their third child, in an attempt to increase the birth rate and encourage people into rural areas. But you only get it if you are straight and married and you have to give it back after twenty years. Oh and no one knows where the land is coming from or who it currently belongs to.

A bit Kinder, Kirche, Kuche if you ask me.

for Red

Also: Boris Johnson tells allies he has given up hope of becoming the next Tory leader

I think I’m the most pissed off with Labour. Surely anyone with half a brain can see that public services need more funding. Why oh why are labour supporting a tax cut?

I only just finished the last thread. I’m learning archery, I might be just about adequate by spring.

I’m one of those lucky women that finds breastfeeding ridiculously easy. I could become a wet nurse (clutching at straws)

Thanks for another thread Red

I guess this was at the end of the last thread, but my recent "aha! We need to stay awake!" moment came a couple of days ago when it emerged that the UK border authorities arenot prepare for a No Deal crash out...even though it's now only 5 months away...

Thank you Red

Thanks Red.

Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
The rail network is now so bad it can't get Cabinet ministers to @bbcquestiontime. Liz Truss, stuck on a stranded train, is a no show #bbcqt

Hahahahahahhhahahahahahaha

Omg that's AMAZING!