The Brexit Arms. Is this Ben Elton? Is it free mulled wine and mince pies for everyone or a Corb-free Christmas 🎄?

[SingingLily]

Welcome to the Brexit Arms!

The temporary Landlady is back but worry not, all is festive good cheer with just another three days to go until we reach the Only Poll That Really Matters. Till then, the gloves are still on!

A quick recap of the events of the last week or so:

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

Holy shit.

That Ashworth recording is pure gold. Explosive!

Bantz???? 🤦🏻‍♀️

“I feel a bit sorry for him having this leaked but then again it might have been better if he'd been open about his thoughts on Corbyn from the off confused🤷🏻‍♀️“

This!

I like him much more today than I did yesterday though! 😂

I've been thinking for ages that Ashworth is the most intelligent person on the Labour front bench.
Will Corbyn have to fire him two days before election day?

Labour must get their act together and ditch the vile Momentum crew somehow. We desperately need a decent opposition party.

“I don’t know, on the security stuff; I worked in No.10, I think the machine will pretty quickly move to safeguard security (I mean the civil service machine). But it’s not going to happen! I can’t see it happening!”

That comment right there, was the one that made me 😱.

Clear as fucking crystal, If corbyn’s own cabinet ministers are concerned about the security risk he poses, how in the hell are the electorate supposed to be convinced? I mean fucking hell, it must be unprecedented to be discussing restricting secure information from a sitting PM. (If he became one.)

“I've been thinking for ages that Ashworth is the most intelligent person on the Labour front bench.
Will Corbyn have to fire him two days before election day? grin”

Won’t look good if he does will it?

Oh dear, Grandpa is rumbled.

How many other Labour MPs are thinking what Jon A has been caught saying?? That's the problem, they have some decent MPs who probably hate the leadership but can't do anything about it. And if they speak out, they probably get added to the hit list for de-selection. What a ruddy mess Labour is in under Corbyn.

Belle, you star! That Guido revelation is an eye-opener. (And before any moles pop up to tell me "Guido...blah blah...right wing...blah blah...fake news", let me whack that one on the head straight away. You might not like Guido but his stories are painstakingly sourced and checked for accuracy. If he has so much as a smidgen of a doubt, he will say so).

So, to recap, a Conservative majority would mean we would:

Get Brexit Done. Avoid dither and delay. More police, more nurses, more spent on education...
Keep the Five Eyes intelligence network secure.

And the icing on the cake?

Force the Labour Party to look itself in the mirror and replace Jeremy Corbyn. Force the Labour Party to restructure, reorganise and form itself into a credible government-in-waiting in order to keep the Conservative government honest and to hold it to account.

It's not just my feminist duty to vote Conservative. It's my patriotic one.

“You might not like Guido but his stories are painstakingly sourced and checked for accuracy. If he has so much as a smidgen of a doubt, he will say so).”

Something tells me this won’t just stay on Guido... 🙏

Labour must get their act together and ditch the vile Momentum crew somehow. We desperately need a decent opposition party.

Mixtap, cross-posted but yes, fully agree.

Jezbollah's ineptitude was greater than Theresa's ineptitude, and the country suffered as a result.

they have some decent MPs who probably hate the leadership

Almost certainly, Holly, but those same MPs are standing on doorsteps saying, "I can't stand Jezza but vote for me anyway". The cognitive dissonance must be dreadful.

Will Corbyn have to fire him two days before election day?

Thing is under current Labour, Corbyn doesn't have to do anything as Momentum will take care of dissenters!
Just a quick search of Jon Ashworths name on twitter and you can see the knives out, calling him a Tory shill and that he's too right wing and that most of the PLP are not true left wingers etc.

Something tells me this won’t just stay on Guido... 🙏

Bang on the money, Epic! It appeared on Mail Online and the Daily Express websites 55 minutes ago.

Just looked up Ashworth on wikipedia out of curiousity as to his background. Someone's put this as the second paragraph already!!

"Ashworth has absolutely no confidence in his leader, Jeremy Corbyn, considering him a security risk amongst other things. Ashworth also considers that Labour has rendered itself unelectable by betraying the public over Brexit."

Good! Lily, let’s hope it hits bigger mainstream outlets very soon!

"Ashworth has absolutely no confidence in his leader, Jeremy Corbyn, considering him a security risk amongst other things. Ashworth also considers that Labour has rendered itself unelectable by betraying the public over Brexit."

That fine citizen deserves a medal! 🏅 😂😂😂

😂Mixtap!

Well, I think we all know what tomorrow's headlines will look like.

Dmitri, if you're reading this, don't you think a whip-round at No. 10 for a nice bottle of single malt for Jon Ashworth might be a nice idea?

He'll need it to see him through the next 72 hours.

Now he's dodged an interview at the very last moment with Emma Barnett.

Just didn't turn up.

"No reason given".

No need. We'll guess.

“Now he's dodged an interview at the very last moment with Emma Barnett.”

Ashworth? 😂 but it was only bantz! 😉

I'd love to be a fly on a wall in Corbyn's bunker this morning. He must be having a Downfall style meltdown.

“I'd love to be a fly on a wall in Corbyn's bunker this morning. He must be having a Downfall style meltdown”

They will just be busy cooking up some press conference over an abandoned puppy or something...

Or scouring reddit for another redacted dossier....

Can't Agent Cob use his old contacts any more?

He was just “pulling his leg” 😂

twitter.com/guidofawkes/status/1204353607514173445

This is from The Guardian. Yes, you read that right, The Guardian:

"If you listen to the tape in full, it certainly doesn’t sound as if Ashworth was making it all up just to humour his friend. But perhaps he’s a terrific actor."

Sky News doesn't believe it's "just banter" either.