Westminstenders: Stuck in the Middle With TIGGERS

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Well I don't know how we got here tonight.
We've got the feeling that something ain't right.
We're so scared as we leave the EU
And we're wondering how we'll get out of this stew

Antisemites to the left of me!
Dog Whistles to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle whilst we leave the EU.

'Cause I'm stuck in the middle whilst we leave the EU.
And I'm wondering what it is we should do.
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face.
Losing control and running all over the place.

Clowns to the left of me!
Jokers to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle whilst we leave the EU.

When you started off with rights
And you're starting to wonder if thats for life.
And all the politicians come crawling
Slap you on the back and say
Please . . .
Please . . .
Vote Leave and back EU Withdrawal

But we see it makes no sense at all.

Best to keep your money offshore
Than to visit the bookstore

Deniers to the left of me!
Islamaphobes to the right!
Here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Its finally happened. FINALLY.

MPs have seen that their leaders have lost the plot and are hell bent on destruction and politicial ideology ahead of practicality and will justify the unjustifable in the face of democracy and they have jumped ship.

Enter stage left and stage right: The TIGGERS - members of The Independent Group.

Will there be more. Hard to say no. It seems almost certain there will be more.

Will it make a difference? Difficult to call, but these MPs would be driven out sooner or later. Such is our accelerating politicial polarisation and narrowing of views. This is their last stand. They have nothing left to lose on a personal level.

Whether you agree with the TIGGERS or still look to the other parties for policy, I do think that the emergence of the TIGGERS marks a feeling of optimism and much needed hope for many many Remainers / Moderates, even if it ultimately does fizzle out.

A reflection from 2017: People voted for Corbyn because they were looking for Hope. When he's failed to deliver that, its led to disillusionment and he can not pull the same trick again at a future GE. This makes that doubly so. People are STILL very much looking for that hope. If Brexit does go tits up in a big fashion, then what happens? To what direction do people look? I'm sure there will be the bitterest of recriminations, but... hope is a big deal. We need something...

Tick tick tick. 37 days til Brexit.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3492426-Westministenders-Abbreviation

Isn't Peterborough the Labour MP who was given a prison sentence for a driving offence/fraud?

The Newport one will be for the MP who died a few days ago.

PMK 37 days!!

It's not often that the conservative press office makes me snigger a little bit.

Just out of curiosity did all the Tiggers vote against triggering Art 50 ?

most muscular force , he's hit the sherry a bit early

Good reminder Tokyo.
I am delighted by the news re the Tiggers - but let's not lose sight of where we are re Brexit

Pink

Crap. I mean pmk

Anyone else wondering why we haven't heard how TM has fared in Brussels today?

Paul Flynn was the Newport MP who died recently. He was a good MP and much liked in his constituency.

PMK

LonelyTiredandLow - any update progress depends on whether you ask May (waffle, waffle, waffle, continued discussion, waffle, waffle ) or the EU (No.)

Lonely. She has her stern face on. Not a good sign.

Well, if it had been good news she would have used it to distract from the defectors...

I wonder whether we'll have another flouncy podium thing from May if things don't go well. She hasn't had them drag the podium and all the media to the front of Downing Street at 10pm for a while.

Just saw TM on the news, NOTHINGS CHANGED, except, she look knackered and half dead literally not her usual zombie.

That's the best tweet ever from Tory Press HQ

I wonder if she saw the billboard in Brussels.

www.politico.eu/article/theresa-may-trolled-in-brussels-by-anti-brexit-group/

That's a hilarious tweet from Tory HQ.

MPs feel that the Conservative parliamentary party had worked hard to be accommodating to Brexit views of Soubry, Allen and Wollaston.

Surprisingly patting an intelligent women on the shoulder and saying there, there dear doesn't really fly.....about time some of the make chauvinist pigs learnt that.

I watched a Tory MP on sky news on 14th feb - obv an arch brexiteer and he was SO condescending towards the female MP's, who were actually really eloquent- but he drones of the top of them and was so incredibly awful I had to change the channel. Apparently he had been an MP for 30 years.

I then saw Anne Soubry interviewed after, and I was so impressed with her intelligent and passionate argument. She was then followed by a brexit MP - who might as well have been a robot trotting out the party line.....
Tiggers have my vote - my MP is David Gauke - I have sent him an email saying if he wants my vote he needs to jump ship- doubt he will.

Pink

Have they had their twitter account suspended?

It's a fake account. TIGGERS are @TheIndGroup or some such.

Klaice pat ming