Brexit mega thread part 8: platinum jubilee edition

[ChiswickFlo]

New thread

Epic trolling from, of all places, the Daily Star here...

Thanks for the new thread, I wonder if tonight will be the night everything catches up with him?

Sorry about your mum Chiswick Flo, I hope she is better soon. Very worrying about NHS services, it does feel like everything is breaking. I hope the food bank donations get better.

Doubt it tbh

Thank you.

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Survived as expected but only just.

The lamest of lame ducks. The best thing he can do is keep on and make the Tories utterly unelectable for generations.

The sad thing for the country (short term but not long term) is that it's good news for Labour and the SNP. M

Some of us might also have a different definition of the "country" that the result is good for

Long time lurker and sometimes contributor over the years under different names, and ever grateful for these threads.

@ChiswickFlo do the food banks take the small tubes of hair conditioner that come with box dyes? I tend to use hair food (while I can still afford it) as it works better for my curly hair. I have around 20 or so of the small tubes of conditioner.

As long as they are in date and not damaged, yes. Thank you.

De Pfeffle survives as expected but by a small majority.

I've just seen on fb that there was pretty much a riot at a local jubilee street party on Saturday! 20 people arrested 😯

I expect we will see a lot more articles like this one

news.sky.com/story/the-food-bank-that-ran-out-of-food-because-people-can-no-longer-afford-to-donate-12628996

This was on the Sue Grey thread but really should be on the Brexit Mega Thread too.

Soooooo much winning for the UK : FDI down ; trade down ; even Express readers complaining that this wasn't the Brexit they wanted ; the sick man of Europe again

https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1533761802265366534?t=VRnBC4XWNyqJe2fmYSu5Tw&s=19

The greased albino slips away. But then didn’t May ‘survive’ a no confidence vote? Though surprising just how many sensible fellow MPs don’t trust him. Okay apparently there can’t be another vote for a year, but he’ll do something again and the senior Tories will have a word. Please, please let the Tories bomb in next local elections 🙏🙏

It's "Best for Britain" who, oddly given their name, almost never say anything positive about Britain 😂😂

Front page Telegraph

'Hollow victory tears Tories apart'

news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-for-now-he-stays-in-office-but-is-he-really-in-power-12629148

Lovely morning here for what feels like the first day of Johnston’s downfall. Nice day for it😀

Just saw his piece to the news just after the vote. My, he looks chirpy, doesn’t he?🤔

The damage of the no confidence vote now is that Johnson will focus on pleasing his party rather than voters or himself, which is likely to mean a return to austerity just as we’re experiencing an economic crisis.

He’s already promised tax cuts and reductions in regulations and public spending to every single one of his peanut gallery backbenchers. So it sounds like those 90,000 civil servants will be looking for new jobs after all such as replacing European fruit and veg pickers. Not sure that’ll help improve government services (anyone waiting for a passport?) or the economy all that much.

My biggest regret about him staying on though is not even having to put up with the mendacious greased pig himself, but the almost daily pain of having to read about or listen to his obsequious and incompetent cabinet like Dorries or Patel or Grease Smugg.

The result will do wonders for the state of the Union independence supporters

Dh is currently waiting on a new passport - fortunately we don't have any current overseas travel plans but we are wanting to have a break

Ds is waiting on a driving test, which is more urgent, to improve his employability as he's graduating (!). He passed his theory (again - he was affected by cancellations and the lack of tests during Covid ) in April and the earliest he could get was September. I think he's so far managed to bring it forward to August

The EU

We have a deal on the common charger!

This means more savings for EU consumers and less waste for the planet:

mobile phones, tablets, cameras… will all use USB type C
harmonised fast-charging technology
unbundling of sale of chargers

Will the UK now introduce imperial chargers?

Long time lurker but popping up to share the email just received from my MP. I had waited until reading the full Sue Gray report before letting him know my views and this is what I got ...

Although like many I was very disappointed to hear and read about the unacceptable conduct and culture at the heart of government, I voted with the Prime Minister yesterday evening. I don’t feel that his personal breaches of the rules are sufficiently serious to warrant the resignation of the leader of this nation, not least one who led us to decisive victories for the leadership, in the general election and Hartlepool (12 months ago) and delivered on Brexit.

A 3-month leadership campaign with no clear successor, the inevitable subsequent reshuffle and the consequent delays in legislation whilst new ministers get to grips with their brief at a time of a cost-of-living crisis, a possible recession and war in Ukraine is highly undesirable.

I think it is important to note that the wider issues in No.10, including failures by political and civil service leaders to manage the workplace culture, are now being addressed by Cabinet Minister and new No.10 Chief of Staff, Steve Barclay, who I hold in high regard. The party has now had the opportunity to express its views, which has shown that the Prime Minister still holds the confidence of fellow Conservative MPs. I believe it is now right that we focus on the pressing issues that are facing the country, in order to deliver for the British people, in particular the constituents of Thirsk and Malton.

I realise that many people will not be happy with my decision, but I don’t think there is anything to be gained from engaging in a leadership dispute or ongoing correspondence on this matter. It is important that we now focus on urgent casework and various other matters affecting the constituency. As ever, I am committed to supporting constituents with casework or personal matters that they require assistance with.

Kind regards,

Kevin

Quite staggered to be told not to complain about the PM again. A line has been drawn ...

Had he downloaded the Testi app?

Ds1 got one pretty quickly on that - although it may have been covid related cancellations

@ChiswickFlo - he's downloaded a (paid for) app his flatmate recommended, which is how he's managed to bring it forward a bit. I've resisted being a pushy mum asking for more details

For all I know he's managed to bring it still further forward but not told us so we won't nag him about getting extra lessons

As it stands, he'll be moving back to Glasgow in mid July - and his current August test is in Aberdeen

@hanahsaunt - well, when Kevin doesn't get re-elected, he can't complain because he didn't want to hear from his constituents that they were unhappy with his leader