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The Brexit Arms - Counting Down the Days...

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SingingLily · 27/11/2019 09:06

Welcome to the Brexit Arms!

We are temporarily under new management but worry not, the ship is still steady as we sail on to 12 December. A quick recap of the events of the last week or two:

📋❓💙❤️💛⁉️💙‼️🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️😀☹️😀☹️😧😱🙄😬🤥🤔😂🤣😂🔥💨⛈🌥🌦🌤☀️

Anyone of any political persuasion who is prepared to join in, eschew goadery, and enjoy a laugh, welcome. First drinks are on the house.

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EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 15:13

@soniamumsnet

In the sprit of fairness, (I’m not sure what personal attacks are the issue.) any chance you could please remind the other thread, that perhaps, invoking genocidal Nazi war criminals, (goebbels) and how to do things like them. Is not at all ok? I see the post has been deleted, but why don’t they get a friendly reminder? Surely that is way worse?

Apologies if you have already posted there, although I’ve had a look and have seen nothing. I’m sure you can understand that it just looks a bit strange that MN wouldn’t feel the need to do that, yet post here about personal attacks?

DustyDiamond · 28/11/2019 15:20

So the strategy is to just bare face lie Louise?!!!

Nine times Ed voted for a Brexit deal?!!!

😂😂😂

ajandjjmum · 28/11/2019 15:37

bellinisurge
Neither have we!
But I am getting endless emails from the Tories and Labour (since I filled in the Waspi 'how much would I get' form) asking for money.

XingMing · 28/11/2019 15:40

We've had multiple LD communiques, one from Labour (no mention of Brexit, but he looks pretty decent; pity about his dear leader) and zero from the Tories.

EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 15:41

Ugh. I got a corbyn flier. Weirdly, my dog didn’t rip it up, which is abnormal for her. Maybe even she couldn’t bring herself to have ‘a taste’ of Corbyn either. 😉🥀

howabout · 28/11/2019 16:17

Jilly I follow him on twitter.

EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 16:45

Old school meme time. Excuse my minging hob... Blush

The Brexit Arms - Counting Down the Days...
EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 16:51

Childish? Yes. Am I bovvered tho?

Nope. GrinWine

SingingLily · 28/11/2019 17:01

Well, well, well. If the YouGov poll is an accurate indicator (all the usual caveats here, because I am very nervous), there would be some surprising results.

Barrow, Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Darlington, Dewsbury, Don Valley, Great Grimsby, Dudley North, Scunthorpe, Vale of Clywd and Clywd South, Wakefield, Warrington South, West Brom E and W, Workington, Wrexham and Ynys Mon to name but a few.

This would mean saying goodbye to HoC stalwarts such as Dennis Skinner and Caroline Flint. Tom Watson's vacated seat would turn blue, as would Ian Austin's and John Mann's. John Woodcock has already written to his constituents asking them to forget Labour and vote Conservative.

No independent would win apart from Sir Lindsey Hoyle. That would mean a tearful farewell to Dominic Grieve, David Gauke and Antoinette Sandbach.

The Changey-Wotsits would lose Anna Soubry. Chukka would be seatless (although not in Seattle) as would Sarah Wollaston, Sam Gyimah, Philip Lee and Luciana Berger.

Just on the off-chance that there might be traction in the poll, I'm going to stock up on tissues. Joking, of course. I'm not. There are MPs on that list I'd be genuinely sorry to see go - I think Caroline Flint has behaved honourably - but others who have behaved disreputably by standing on a manifesto they had no intention of honouring.

The greatest threat to democracy until recently has been from those who claimed they acted only to defend and preserve it, when in fact they strained every sinew to hollow it out from the inside and render it meaningless. This GE will be an overdue clearout. My nervousness now is about the threat to democracy posed by John McDonnell and his front man, Jezbollah.

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howabout · 28/11/2019 17:08

Loving your art Epic.

DD3 is studying Vikings with a side order of Celts. She tells me Celtic tradition is to lie outrageously about all your exploits. No-one is expected to believe you or point out your lies. All a bit Trumpian Grin Grin

Otoh complete honesty from Boris today:

BBC Politics
@BBCPolitics
“The reason for putting the jam on first is because jam is adhesive”

Conservative leader Boris Johnson prepares a scone, saying, when asked about the correct order of jam and cream, that he "couldn't remember, so I guessed"

I disagree. I think cream then jam because it stops you getting scone crumbs in the jam and the jam sinking in. Happy to start a bun fight among the South West contingent. Brew Cake

Comradesally · 28/11/2019 17:15

Hillarous cartoon singing. I keep thinking I should buy the times and cut them out as history time line.
I think perhaps at the end of the year they do it in their magazine?

So is Boris brave enough for Andrew or not!!

Comradesally · 28/11/2019 17:16

Singing, no offence to the past landlady's but by gads the quality of food has soared since you started your tenure.....

howabout · 28/11/2019 17:19

Re the YouGov poll the Scottish numbers look about right to me. Would be surprised if Caroline Flint doesn't survive on personal vote. Also surprised LibDems not making more headway in London.

howabout · 28/11/2019 17:24

'Common sense and a sense of humour are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humour is just common sense, dancing. Those who lack humour are without judgement and should be trusted with nothing.' Clive James

So much outrage about BBC not having firmed up Boris vs Neil bout. Fully expecting him to rock up next week asking why they ever doubted him. Whether he gets out in one piece is another matter, but he is out and about all over the country with his base and his postal voters will all have committed by then.

EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 17:26

“Singing, no offence to the past landlady's but by gads the quality of food has soared since you started your tenure.....”

Hey! I’ll have you know, that my gammon and carrots was very popular! And NOBODY turned down the marrow jam. NOBODY. 😂

yolofish · 28/11/2019 17:27

Scones: obvs jam on first, or else it slides all over the cream (about the only thing I agree with BJ on).

Canvassing: I've lived in a true blue Tory area, donkey/blue rosette area for 21 years. Today was the first time I have EVER been canvassed by anyone, but this one was a Tory. He asked if he could count on my vote for Damian Collins (who is a shit) and I said no, I hoped they would all go down in flames. Then he looked crestfallen so I felt bad and I said not him personally, but he said he had to take it personally, poor chap and he was only young. His female colleague got it much worse with my male neighbour who told her to fuck off or he'd set the dogs on her. I dont expect she believed him, but he's scary looking and that was a bit OTT.

I think the Tories are worried, to find our houses you really have to search to find people on foot mid afternoon is a surprise.

I might possibly just have considered voting Tory but a) I'm a remainer, b) BJ is so completely untrustworthy its laughable, and c) I might remember another reason after a large Wine.

EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 17:29

TBH, if I wasn’t already voting for Boris, he would win me over on the scone thing alone 😂

howabout · 28/11/2019 17:35

Why does no-one remember this is round 2 for Boris vs Neil? They went mano e mano in the Tory Leadership only 4 months ago - had to use google advance search to check mind. I wonder if he's read GAAT 24 yet?

In other news I just checked and my Latin is still up to scratch. Halo

SingingLily · 28/11/2019 17:35

and his postal voters will all have committed by then.

Ooh, Howabout, good point!

Winefor Yolofish.

Thank you, Comradesally, but in fairness, Epic's marrow jam was absolutely legendary. It was the talk of the town. People tried not to talk about it but it was irresistible.

And speaking of irresistible, I'm particularly looking forward to the Broxtowe result. It's on my watch list. Not just because of Anna Soubry but because there's a candidate standing on the Church of the Militant Elvis ticket.

So that's one for the money, two for the show...

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AutumnRose1 · 28/11/2019 17:38

Jam first. When I first heard the outrage, I assumed he’d got it wrong!

DustyDiamond · 28/11/2019 17:42

Love the Labour leaflet reconstruction Epic - that's art at its most beautiful 😍🥀

Jam before cream (obvs!) because cream is a topping!

Also will be sad to see people such as Caroline Flint & Ian Austin go 😟
John Mann is carrying on in a different capacity, which good - I rate these 3 a lot, definitely.

Prescient Clive James quote howabout - was a sad day yesterday with 3 big names going 😟

Good point about the postal votes as well....!

#ClassicDmitri 😂😂😂

HateIsNotGood · 28/11/2019 17:54

Helloo - Comrades. A Pisco Sour and some tortilla chips please.

Thanks for the rally round earlier - anyway nothing like a few hours of monotonous research to take the fester out of things.

I asked Misti for an apology, but won't bother checking if she did. The real problem with bandying around words such as Nazi and Racist where they aren't warranted is that it minimizes actual Racism and Nazism until they just become a word not a real thing that a vast majority of UK people find abhorrent.

Anyway, yes to the Pub Rulez - so that's all I have to say on the matter.

Got me Labour leaflet delivered by the postman today - addressed to me this time, not first-voter DS. Not a word about Brexit. I think I'm going to get all our leaflets by postie as I live on a very steep hill.
Too much effort for politicos to walk up it I suppose.

howabout · 28/11/2019 17:56

Just checked with DH. Cream first because clotted cream is instead of butter according to him.

SingingLily · 28/11/2019 18:00

🥃🌮🍟 for Hate. I've told the kitchen that's not what you mean by tortilla chips but they think you need feeding up after a tough day.

First rule of the march of extremism - change the meaning of words.

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EpicShitDippedBatBiscuit · 28/11/2019 18:02

Howabout, INSTEAD of butter? 😂

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