Westminstenders: Christmas Cold, Campaigning, Canvassing and Cancelled Carols

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It looks like a December General Election is on.

The EU have officially extended A50 until 31st January. We have to name an EU Commissioner though.

All that seems left to do is decide between the 9th and 12th December.

The difference between the two is about whether there is any possibility that the WAB can be passed before Parliament dissolves.

A pre-brexit GE is thought to favour the LDs at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives. What the Brexit Party decide to do and where they decide to stand will also be crucial.

@chomalungma yer getting the hang of it

Dame Eleanor Laing had the temerity to criticise Bercow recently over his allegedly 'tipping the dice' with his rulings.

@Basilpots I shat myself laughing (not literally!) at that!!!

I wonder what 'points of order' there will be once the vote goes through?

PMK as always my thanks to all, I have even a less of an idea of what’s going than usual.

I'll be here for election fest. We NEED to have a thread. We do this every time. Since my grandparents time for sure. Gran was a Labour councillor in the way back when of the 50/60s

Loads of dykes on the fens. They'll do!

Parliament will normally reconvene on Monday or Tuesday of the following week, with the new parent of the house, I think Harman, in the chair to choose a new Speaker as first item.

Seriously - walk the bill to the Lords?

Hopefully Dippy that will have just killed her chances with that performance.

Upside with the 12th for election date means the Speakers position will be voted for by this Parliament. One last flipping the bird.

Ooh election night and strictly final in the same week.

If this passes, Bercow is staying on until dissolution next week.

I got this

Ayes 438
Nayes 20

Ayes. 438
Noes. 20

GE 12th dec

@chomalungma we have you trained quickly. My dog got in my way.

we have you trained quickly. My dog got in my way

A more than possible outcome of this election will be more or less as you were, with Conservatives as largest party but short of a majority. Having called an early election, that means BJ will have lost, and the other parties will be invited to cobble an Anything-But-Boris coalition or confidence pact. Libs have said they will not support Corbyn as PM, but they have a consistent record when offered a sniff of power. DUP, if they get back in, will surely be in the ABB camp.

I'm on 'work from home Friday' on 13th, I've put my mother on early morning standby for the DC's if I get the Poll Clerk call up - hope so!

I think it will be a hung Parliament again..........

But who knows?

PMK

bookies have tories down to win with a majority

I think hung parliament too. I very much doubt this will solve anything but will waste more precious time and we'll be threatened with no deal again at the end of January.

Johnson needs to make net gains. He is set to lose seats in Scotland to the SNP, in Wales to remain parties, and in the South-West and London suburbs to LibDems. He will need to find seats in Labour Leave areas without losing them in Tory Remain shires.

As someone said, he hopes Conservative Remain voters will put Party before Brexit whilst Labour Leave voters put Brexit before Party.

There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

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