UK: The Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson years - problematic + infected + broke the law + electoral poison + sneks + not very good + OVER (funny)

[dmlaw]

This was another notable low. Lobbying Poland to veto his own government/parliament:

It could be worse. He thought that he was asking them to veto an extension to Article 50 but he was actually asking them if they knew the way to the swimming pool.

 

[GNL]

His party clearly can’t stand him either

Yes, but that's just because he's an immigrant.

 

[Kratz]

At least get a little creative with your THEFT

Claiming £22k in expenses for lessons in ANY language is daft (who's giving them? Jennifer Arcuri?), let alone one you are on record as already speaking.

God he's THICK

 

[Kratz]

Ahhh...

Incidentally, the Mail article on this was laughable. It was basically, lazy work from home civil servants veto poor Liz’s lunch. As though (1) WFH is even relevant to the story, other than another limb to the paper’s tedious and failing war against the entire concept and (2) civil servants shouldn’t be trying to save taxpayer money or point out potential conflicts of interest to a minister of state.

 

[jivafox]

So I WAS wrong. The Tories won’t need a new leader before they start clawing back points

 

[Indie]

Yeah, there's no point in getting carried away with recent fun polling. Things can and will change.

 

[jivafox]

I know it’s slut-shaming but someone’s been DIGGING

 

[Christian]

Rishi's lot are in OVERDRIVE

Forget any Treasury work other than LIZ BIZ in the next month

 

[jivafox]

#SEXPOTLIZZIE

 

[Tetris-Rock]

OOF. Well, thank Christ Rishi is SMOOTH down there.

 

[Lucille]

JIZZ WITH LIZ

 

[Kratz]

Also, I’m SORRY, can we take a moment to observe the activities of the pompous Will Wragg in that dossier?

 

[GNL]

Matt Hancock having a 'sexual relationship with member of his private office'?

I don't buy it.

 

[ButterTart]

I hope there’s a bondage fetish reveal so we can use #TrussedUp

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

She's gonna truss them up with her love!

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Must be a reason why king of my castle
Must be a reason why I'm free in my TRUSSLE.

 

[Lucille]

TRUSSY.

 

[Mats]

trussed pork for everyone!

 

[Soldi]

 

[Soldi]

GOOD LUCK TRYING THAT IN SCOTLAND LOVE

 

[Loufoque]

Has there ever been such a prime piece of gammon witnessed in a live setting? An outrageously red-faced old cunt railing against both EU and Indian immigration.

 

[Jark]

Edward Leigh looks like Miss Trunchbull.

 

[Suomi]

Gosh that is one cooked slice of gammon

 

[octophone]

Saying the quiet bit out loud.

 

[ButterTart]

It turns out the secret ingredient in the chewing gum Violet Beauregarde stole was racism.

 

[Loufoque]

As much as I hate everything about Brexit, I am enjoying this stage, where the revolution starts to eat itself. They told us we would have no more Eastern Europeans, and that we'd replace our amazing deal with the EU with an even better one with India, until they realised that this would mean Indians where Eastern Europeans once were. What do do when your neo-liberal ideology demands cheap labour, but your base demands no foreigners? Oops!

 

[Kratz]

Has there ever been such a prime piece of gammon witnessed in a live setting? An outrageously red-faced old cunt railing against both EU and Indian immigration.

At risk of sounding like Kelly Osbourne, who is going to fill the labour shortage, Ed? The incessant ‘othering’ of any people is disgusting but notwithstanding that he sounds like a man realising that he may have been better off supporting the maintenance of EU free movement after all (if only to placate his own clearly dreadful sensibilities).

 

[Loufoque]

Where is that iconic Kelly Osborne gif? "Who's going to clean your toilet, Ed?"

 

[RS]

As much as I hate everything about Brexit, I am enjoying this stage, where the revolution starts to eat itself. They told us we would have no more Eastern Europeans, and that we'd replace our amazing deal with the EU with an even better one with India, until they realised that this would mean Indians where Eastern Europeans once were. What do do when your neo-liberal ideology demands cheap labour, but your base demands no foreigners? Oops!

Exactly! When is someone going to teach these people that they can’t have both?

Social dumping wouldn’t have happened in the first place if your system hadn’t been tailor made for it.

 

[RS]

Anyway is Boris actually going to resign or has Moopy made me get my hopes up for nothing?

 

[AlgoAlex]

Anyway is Boris actually going to resign or has Moopy made me get my hopes up for nothing?

They are busy plotting away in the background waiting for the right moment to topple him. Hopefully they’ll have appalling results in the May local elections and that will be the tipping point

 

[Bypass]

Exactly! When is someone going to teach these people that they can’t have both?

Social dumping wouldn’t have happened in the first place if your system hadn’t been tailor made for it.

The problem with people this deeply entrenched in their views is that they will never admit that they were wrong.

It will take the dying out of these dinosaurs, younger generations coming up and (hopefully one day) a progressive coalition in power before the UK(or whatever is left of it by that point) begins to have a more grown up, cooperative and less hostile relationship with its neighbours. And that is before the campaign and the discussion opens up for rejoining EU, or even "just" the single market and or the customs union which is many many years away(and who knows how many rights this current government will have stripped away before then).

It really is a tragic state of affairs.

 

[Indie]

It will take the dying out of these dinosaurs, younger generations coming up

That's assuming that many of the younger generations don't turn into dinosaurs themselves. Turning more right wing on social issues as people age does tend to be a thing.

 

[ButterTart]

That's assuming that many of the younger generations don't turn into dinosaurs themselves. Turning more right wing on social issues as people age does tend to be a thing.

By all accounts those who’ve reached voting age since Brexit have been overwhelmingly left wing. I can’t imagine that this government has done anything to convert people into Tories since the last election, and the red wall looks set to rebuild itself if things stay as they are.

 

[RS]

Turning more right wing on social issues as people age does tend to be a thing.

Left parties need to shift focus to the ”right” kind of social issues. Bring it back to classic fiscal/money issues, working force rights and the likes. Ultimately, people care more about improving their own economy than anything else.

 

[Loufoque]

You know what, as much as I don't hope for miracles, I would also say that we should expect the unexpected. The damage of Brexit is emerging thick and fast, and as much as this government tries to sell us the idea of trade deals with India and Australia, geography is destiny. The day will come that the economic arguments in favour of trading in a single market with the UK's closest neighbours will have their Emancipation of Mimi era.

Of course, @RaspberrySwirl and I will be shaking and crying over the idea of the UK being admitted only into the Single Market & Customs Union as an associate member and rule-taker (France will never the UK back in, save a massive crisis). It will be poetic justice to actually become an EU vassal state like Montenegro or Kosovo.

 

[ButterTart]

It will be poetic justice to actually become an EU vassal state like Montenegro or Kosovo.

Oh God I can’t wait for this

 

[RS]

Honey, it’s either vassalage status or enforced Schengen & Eurozone membership (plus handing back NI to Ireland and Gibraltar to Spain) or nothing.

 

[Kratz]

You know what, as much as I don't hope for miracles, I would also say that we should expect the unexpected. The damage of Brexit is emerging thick and fast, and as much as this government tries to sell us the idea of trade deals with India and Australia, geography is destiny. The day will come that the economic arguments in favour of trading in a single market with the UK's closest neighbours will have their Emancipation of Mimi era.

Of course, @RaspberrySwirl and I will be shaking and crying over the idea of the UK being admitted only into the Single Market & Customs Union as an associate member and rule-taker (France will never the UK back in, save a massive crisis). It will be poetic justice to actually become an EU vassal state like Montenegro or Kosovo.

I am minded to think that a UK attempting to return with a 'whoops lol silly us' and subsequently more accommodating outlook would be welcomed back (including by France). We have seen that being one of the major economies of the EU, and leaving the block, isn't enough for the loss to be mourned, but if the EU does look to cooperate more closely militarily and diplomatically (particularly if NATO continues its decline) then it would be pragmatic to have the UK (which is Europe's only real military power, along with France) as part of that.

But it would require an entire sub-culture of British politics to die out first (and taking the Euro and possibly Schengen as @RaspberrySwirl notes).

 

[funky]

I don’t think most people are educated enough and attuned enough to understand the nuances of Brexit and trade deals and immigration to fully understand the impact of Brexit. They’re told that it’s now harder to come into the country for Polish people. Everything else is just white noise

Nothing will come of Brexit. People will continue to suffer or be impacted by it, but those of us able to understand will just stay frustrated, and those who aren’t won’t make the connection. It’s too inconvenient for them.