Illuminati-R-Us

Мастер wrote:I'm thinking (without checking, which is dangerous) that it is being a Commonwealth citizen. Although she currently does live in the Commonwealth (as do I), she is not a citizen.

I'm not sure.

As white as they come. Both of us.

The legislation seems to be drafted to let white Canuckistanis, Kiwis and Aussies in but to keep out grubby Sub-Continentals.

I'm a mostly ethnic German born well outside the territory of the EU, but who can claim ancestry to the EU class of 2004.

Hard working Pole adjacent then, that's a point in your favour.

Heid the Ba wrote:

As white as they come. Both of us.

The legislation seems to be drafted to let white Canuckistanis, Kiwis and Aussies in but to keep out grubby Sub-Continentals.

So who's idea was this anyhow?

The Tories and Smug Tony.

BoJo or Hunt the Cunt, to be decided by 160,000 of our finest aging bigots.

It’s actually 124,000 according to its own records. I don’t know where the meedja gets this 160,000 bollocks from.

Anyway, whatever the amount: Ahhhhh, democracy.

Meanwhile, a clear and lucids comment on the Boris from up North. The DK, in deep doodoo it is.

Now just imagine how we could laugh if the Boris lost the nomination because of the highly public brawl with his, cough, you know, girlfriend.

The Tory Party won’t care, they’re cunts front to back.

Lianachan wrote:It’s actually 124,000 according to its own records. I don’t know where the meedja gets this 160,000 bollocks from.

Anyway, whatever the amount: Ahhhhh, democracy.

Half the size of the SNP then?

In the last debate of the EU parliament before her election as EU Commission President, Farage accused our Uschi to plan to erect a Communist Empire. She responded, much as we will all miss the UK in Europe, we really don't need the kind of speech you just gave, Mr. Farage.

Boom.

Exactly.

Good for her! Or as the Irish MEPs might have put it, "Go on home, you stupid bastard, go on home!"

Meanwhile, there was a report of another Brexit Party MEP who appeared to have just discovered where Strasbourg is! He posted a video complaining that it took him 8 hours, 3 trains and crossing two cities to get there from Ipswich and said he never realised that Strasbourg was in such an inaccessible place. Much as I admire his eco-credentials for not flying, come on!

Very readable take on the Boris' project of Sink, Britannia, from my favourite newsmagazine (in English).

And since a picture tells more than a thousand words, this week's title page:

^that picture^

So Bojo the Clown it is, as he was voted leader of their party by a majority of tories (and less than 0.18% of the population). When Gordon Brown became prime minister in the same circumstances, Bojo called it a disgrace to democracy. This is different though, because reasons presumably. As a friend said today:

Over 100 years ago, before the Representation Of People Act 1918, the Prime Minister of the UK was decided only by an elite of the wealthiest.

Nowadays, of course, um... Huh.

Well that didn't take long.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49118107

Total surprise there. How can Fuck You, We're the Empire ever not work? But rest assured, the euroweasels are just making a noise, they'll be on their knees before long.

On further reflection, you couldn't give Paliament aber bigger middle finger than by appointing JRM as Leader of the House. Her certainly shows those bastards with differing opinion their place.

So, looking at the coverage of the by-election, with the government majority reduced to 320-319.

Apparently there are eleven MPs there who don't vote?

Irish nationalists compete in the general elections but do not accept the seats they win.

I would have thought that blowing Brexit out the water and preserving the Good Friday Agreement would be a good time to start.

Yes, it is an irony that now that the Labour leadership have finally come round, Sinn Fein turning up to Parliament could end this madness. On the other hand, as a highly respected Irish journalist, Finlan O'Toole, pointed out, the Sinn Fein MPs were elected precisely on an abstentionist platform: that they will not take their seats because to do so would recognise the legitimacy of the north of Ireland being part of the UK. It did cross my mind that they could perhaps make an exception in this case because of the specific threat that Brexit poses to Ireland - north and south. But there's another problem: as sitting MPs, they would have to swear allegiance to the Queen and no Irish republican could EVER do that. O'Toole does come up with a highly imaginative alternative scenario, though:

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fint ... SizsOEvMP8

I’m a few blocks from where the former Sinn Fein pukka sahib goes to work now. I think.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49348072

Feckin’ collaborators.

And now an interesting twist in the tale. As Boris determinedly steers for No Deal, "no ifs, no buts", there's a proposal to bring him down through a vote of no confidence on 3 September and instal a caretaker government of national unity. "National unity" is somewhat far-fetched - the country is still bitterly divided and political violence continues. (What did not make the news was the recent beating up of progressive journalist Owen Jones by a bunch of thugs.) But the will within Parliament to stop No Deal is there. One option, passing more legislation ordering the government to ask for another extension. One, Boris might ignore it and by the time the case had reached the Supreme Court, the bell on Brussels's Grande Place would have chimed midnight, bringing in 1 November. And two, the EU would rightly ask, "extension for what?" But there have been those that have said that an extension might be granted in order to allow either a general election or a 2nd referendum and so have proposed a caretaker government to oversee just that. The question, though, is who should lead it - and Corbyn and Jo Swinson are still arguing over that one. If she's right that not enough MPs would be prepared to countenance Comrade Corbyn as Prime Minister, then maybe Ken Clarke is not a bad idea. He's too old now to have long-term political ambitions, which also means that if it looked like the EU would not grant a further extension (and it only takes one Member State to refuse), then he'd be prepared to take the flak of cancelling the Article 50 notification. I think if it were a binary choice between leaving on 31 October with no deal or pulling the plug on Article 50, Clarke really would choose the latter - and blame Boris and his mates (who despise him anyway) for getting us into that situation. Harman on the other hand, although almost 70 herself, would very likely see this as an opportunity to reorient the Labour Party back towards Blairism - which would delight Jo Swinson no end. It's also why not only Corbyn himself but also those who support him (a large chunk of the Labour membership) would not countenance her.

It could just avert No Deal and (at this point) hence Brexit altogether. But a government of national unity it won't be!