The British Politics Thread

[vogue]

As we speak..Fiona Hill goes.

 

[fredfertang]

As we speak..Fiona Hill goes.

Tories on a hat trick ................

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tories on a hat trick ................

She will stay for a while, until Boris says so.

 

[nick-o]

I wish we'd stop copying the Americans in everything.

Just because they've elected an orange faced man who filled his cabinet with homophobic religious nutters who deny climate change does not mean we have to give veto power to a bunch of orangemen who are homophobic religious nutters and deny climate change.

 

[cpr]

I don't think were going to see the back of May, because I don't think there's the taste of blood in the backbenches mouths. You see that link a page back about Brady telling May to apologise... I think we've got a PM here who listens and responds to the likes of the 1922 committee more than any other leader has. They want Brexit, she'll do as they ask. Brady wants Grammar schools, she pops up with them. I feel they've got themselves a rather malleable leader in the way Boris et al wouldn't be, and this weakening is only going to make her easier to mould.

 

[silentstriker]

So for those not in the know, what does this mean for Brexit negotiations? Still no chance the U.K. will stay in the single market?

 

[Uppercut]

So for those not in the know, what does this mean for Brexit negotiations? Still no chance the U.K. will stay in the single market?

I don't think there's any chance of freedom of movement going back on the table. It's a case of whatever we can get without accepting it, which is probably where we were before.

 

[vogue]

The Observer view on the general election
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...on-theresa-may-debacle?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Not a bad piece from The Observer.

 

[StephenZA]

Can somebody explain to me how you get a soft Brexit with access to EU trade, without accepting free movement and EU courts? The primary reasons people voted to leave.

 

[fredfertang]

Can somebody explain to me how you get a soft Brexit with access to EU trade, without accepting free movement and EU courts? The primary reasons people voted to leave.

Don't hold your breath on that one

 

[Niall]

I do wonder whether even the anti May MPS are beginning to think that Osborne should **** the **** off.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Osborne was always going to do this. Sums him up really. Good job he never ended up becoming PM.

 

[Spikey]

Can somebody explain to me how you get a soft Brexit with access to EU trade, without accepting free movement and EU courts? The primary reasons people voted to leave.

shut up peasant. that's how.

 

[vogue]

Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...to-britain-put-on-hold?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Behind every cloud there's a silver lining...

 

[fredfertang]

Interesting that he suddenly seems to care what people think about him

 

[indiaholic]

Can somebody explain to me how you get a soft Brexit with access to EU trade, without accepting free movement and EU courts? The primary reasons people voted to leave.

Do we know why people voted to leave? Any decent polls on that?

 

[fredfertang]

Do we know why people voted to leave? Any decent polls on that?

Because they believed the promise of an extra £355 million per week, yes I kid you not, each and every week, to spend on the NHS

 

[fredfertang]

Because they believed the promise of an extra £355 million per week, yes I kid you not, each and every week, to spend on the NHS

Actually that's a lie too - the figure was £350 million, but it was per week

 

[indiaholic]

Because they believed the promise of an extra £355 million per week, yes I kid you not, each and every week, to spend on the NHS

The media was aggressively refuting that claim everywhere. Doubt that would have been a major reason in people's minds..

 

[nick-o]

Does anyone understand the DUP? It sounds as if they want three things -- an open border with the Republic, no special status different from the rest of the UK, and Brexit. I know we aren't allowed to make Irish jokes any longer, but seriously, how can that possibly add up?