Westminstenders: It's like a bloody aviary

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From Flamingos to Yellowhammer and Black Swans.

The Tory Remainer is now a Dodo. Instead the party in inhabited by disaster capitalist Vultures. Jeremy Corbyn, meanwhile, has been labelled by the right wing press as a Chicken. The SNP would very much like Boris Johnson to be a Jailbird. The LDs are keen to sing like Canaries about the contents of BlackSwan. The Br

And the Tower of London is starting to get very jumpy about the whereabouts and location of its Ravens.

I would not, however, advise eating urban wild pigeons if things get desperate, from what I know of their health.

Dear fucking God.

This is the Mail on Sunday.

If I was an alien watching the last night of the proms trying to glean something about British culture - and this was all I had to go on - I would be walking (assuming I'm an alien with legs) away with the idea that the British flag was blue with 12 stars on it and they had a quaint national dress of a blue beret with stars, to match their flag.

That and that the British like flamingos

You have to love it! And I remember us all posting about the last night last year - we all thought we'd be long out by now ...

Great, a nation full of Frank Spencers hmm

Or Michelle and MiMi from the resistance...

Singing 😁 Yes. Yes, that. Exactly.

BigChoc You talk so much sense, so consistently, that I can't keep up with agreeing with you. And I'm embarrassed by sounding gushing, anyway. So I think I'd just like you to pretty much assume I nod when I read what you write.

I've said I still expect No Deal,
but that I also think if we do manage to get a long extension, then the PD can be renegotiated

However, those of you who want an extension,
but don't want Corbyn and / or don't want Starmer to renegotiate the PD ....
.... what exactly do you wish to happen in that extension ?

No PM is just going to Revoke without a PV

Or do you want extension in perpetuity ?

thecat 🤛🏼

Please tell me he didn't mention the Hulk in an interview...

red I wear my EU cap often, including on my walk today along the Rhine
If you dare to burn poor little caps as well as berets ....
< clutches cap to heaving (flat) bosom >

Bloody Boris is pissing me off big time.Especially as it appears he is now taking advantage of the parliamentary shutdown to do some unofficial electioneering!

Okay I see he did refer to the Hulk.

The Johnson in its boxers 🤮

I like the "Thank EU for the Music" T-shirt that one of the Albert Hall bearpit promenaders is wearing

Surely, apart from optics, the PD doesn't need renegotiation?

Day 1 after WA is agreed negotiations on deal start - the PD just provides a nominal framework for the initial discussions - they're
(negotiators) are at liberty to junk it and head off in a different direction - it has no legal standing.

BCF you’re missing the point IMO.

Corbyn has made himself unelectable.

You might disagree with that but there’s plenty of die hard Labour supporters who don’t disagree.

So the threat of a Corbyn government isn’t even credible.

Which in turn means it’s pointless worry about the damage his government could do because he’s never going to get that far.

If he did run on a PV manifesto I’d probably vote Labour but I’m in die hard Toryville so it would make sod all difference.

If he stepped down it would be a very different story.

So if you are looking for someone who genuinely could change everything now, it’s him.

I thought it was tradition to say that Labour leaders were unelectable.

In a recent interview, Alex Salmond was scathing about Miliband, describing him as “more unelectable” than Michael Foot. He had none of “Foot’s wonderful qualities or intelligence. He’s more unelectable than Neil Kinnock was; and Kinnock had considerable powers of oratory, and didn’t lack political courage.” One would expect Salmond to be dismissive of a Labour leader but it is worrying for the party that even allies now speak similarly of him and his failings.
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Caps are fine.

I just have a special hatred for the EU beret.

I generally don't mind them too much normally. Just the EU ones are horrid and 90% of people wearing them, wear them badly.

Oh and here is the Express saying the public hate Parliament.

Labour is running on a PV.

You're going round in circles, Bear.

Just stop & chill a bit.

Put on some disco music, listen to the happy, rising chords, and accept it. And then decide what your new objection is.

I can't help you. Only you can decide how you're going to vote.

DH said the berets look awful. I can't see as I'm not wearing my glasses due to cross stitching (I have recently developed old eyes so have to take my glasses off for close work). I'm not a beret fan in any situation.

Watching the end of Last Night of the Proms: as a Scot, I was frustrated by that rendition of Auld Lang Syne as it's supposed to be 2 verses and it's only in the second verse that you cross your arms.

Disclaimer: we'd had the TV muted during God Save The Queen so might have missed a bit

The Express and The Mail are really barking. And so influential and popular.

I can't help you. Only you can decide how you're going to vote

I’ve already said, I’m in Toryville, my vote is literally pointless

But in more marginal seats JC is going to be the death of Labour support, just look at the EU elections.

It must be exhausting constantly challenging and arguing with everyone about everything. Always having to take an opposing viewpoint.