Deluded Prat!

Excl: Pro-Corbyn MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle brands colleagues “c***s” for calling for Labour leader to go now. Also claimed Labour lost election because it lacked “fighting spirit”.https://t.co/xqNOxVZkfL

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) December 19, 2019

Speaker's Wig Missing - #WigGate

The wig hasn't been used since 2000
https://t.co/yQSfSWFzD2

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 18, 2019

Baker Rescues Thirsty Moggie

It's true. @SteveBakerHW is an actual hero 👏👏👏😂😂😂#Brexitstorm pic.twitter.com/5smPzqjdY4

— News Addict (@addicted2newz) December 17, 2019

We love are Queen of the United kingdom.

We are excited to launch #BackLongBailey, a grassroots campaign to elect Rebecca Long-Bailey as the next leader of the Labour Party.
We love are Queen of the United kingdom.#GE2019 #GetJohnsonGone #hope pic.twitter.com/ci45xZ3tgG

— BackLongBailey (@BackLongBailey) December 14, 2019

Tory Landslide

Tory majority of 80.

 

As Boris has correctly said this morning, people have lent the Tories their vote. It is important that the Tories do not forget that.

Labour now need to sort themselves out, to become a credible opposition that the country deserves and needs.

Happy Election Day - #GeneralElection2019

Pat Mustard

Good morning folks! Up early delivering groceries in Leeds - and we’ll deliver more if you vote Conservative tomorrow 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/sORHOOugfC

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 11, 2019

#FakeGate

A fair amount of fake shit was disseminated yesterday on the web and by the MSM.

Let us hope that some balance and credibility is restored!

Burgon Uncovers Boris's Guilty Secret

With his clown act, Boris Johnson tries to pretend he's different from other Tories. He's not.

His CV👇
2001 Tory MP
2002 "
2003 "
2004 "
2005 "
2006 "
2007 "
2008 Tory Mayor
2009 "
2010 "
2011 "
2012 "
2013 "
2014 "
2015 Tory MP
2016 Tory Minister
2017 "
2018 "
2019 Tory Leader

— Richard Burgon (@RichardBurgon) December 8, 2019

Cambridge doesn't really seem to produce quality graduates anymore!

Alex Salmond Takes Manspreading To a Whole New Level

Channel 4 Gets a Full Broadside

NEW: Boris Johnson team launches furious attack on Channel 4

Accuses the broadcaster of “inventing the most damaging things possible to further their campaign against Brexit” pic.twitter.com/oxmxuE565k

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) December 6, 2019

Channel 4 Apologises For "Mishearing" Boris

Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.”

Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) December 6, 2019

Anti Semites Hoisted With Their Own Petard

This video is utterly devastating. How Corbynistas react when they think that Boris has associated with anti-Semites, and how they react at the end when they learn that it was really their hero. https://t.co/Kh9L4qsVT1

— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) December 5, 2019

Andrew Neil Is Peeved With Boris

“It is not too late. We have an interview prepared. Oven-ready, as Mr Johnson likes to say”

Andrew Neil issues a challenge for Boris Johnson to commit to an interview with him, to face questions on why people have “deemed him to be untrustworthy”https://t.co/daHLxEYn4r pic.twitter.com/oQ21uDdtJe

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 5, 2019

Latest in Neil-gate - Senior Conservative source claims public might not be interested in Johnson interview - ‘The public are fed up with interviews that are all about the interviewer and endless interruptions. The format is tired and broken and needs to change’

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) December 6, 2019

The fact is, interviews are not compulsory and Boris can do what he likes. 

It will be up to the voters to decide if this one interview (or lack of interview) matters, not the media!

Labour is Revolting!

Breaking but prob unsurprising news: Former @UKLabour then Tigger MP and ex chair of Labour Friends of Israel, Joan Ryan, is about to become the latest to call for a vote against @jeremycorbyn at this election

— iain watson (@iainjwatson) December 5, 2019

Parts of The Brexit Party Realise They Have Screwed Up

BREAKING - John Longworth, Anunziata Rees-Mogg and two other Brexit Party MEPs are set to resign this morning and tell supporters to vote Conservative.

The truth is only the Conservatives can deliver Brexit and they need your votes to make it happen.#MoggMentum #GE2019

— Get Brexit Done (@MoggMentum) December 5, 2019

Prats!

Extinction Rebellion say they are targeting all parties pic.twitter.com/3cDJyNRMe5

— Nick Eardley (@nickeardleybbc) December 4, 2019

Misleading Shite

You earn £82k per year.

You pay £9 per month for Spotify,
£10 for Netflix

And £8.33 per month in your subscription to:
Free healthcare
Free education
Properly funding the NHS
Lifting children out of poverty
Ending the climate crisis
Ending homelessnesshttps://t.co/7bUociMEpt

— The Labour Party (@UKLabour) December 2, 2019

The tax on £82K is NOT £8.33 per month.

Here is the actual monthly tax you pay

Income Tax is	£1,691.52
National Insurance	£467.01
Total you pay	£2,158.53

Labour To Cut Train Fares By 1/3rd

NEW: Labour vows to slash rail fares by a third from January if Jeremy Corbyn wins electionhttps://t.co/faBL986feS

— PoliticsHome (@politicshome) December 2, 2019

Classic middle class bribe, and not in the manifesto therefore it appears Labour is making it up as it goes along.

The Only Poll That Counts is The General Election

Corbyn's "Bombshell" Turns From Damp Squid To Car Crash

It would seem that Corbyn's "dramatic" Q&A session on the 450 pages of unredacted US/UK discussions is turning into a car crash.

Bombshell or Damp Squid?

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour has 'obtained' 451 pages of government documents which he says prove the NHS is 'up for sale' in trade talks with the US.

— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) November 27, 2019

Irrespective of the veracity, or otherwise, of Corbyn's unredacted documents; how is it physically possible to "sell" the NHS?

The NHS doesn't make anything, why on earth would anyone want to buy it?

Sturgeon Gets a Well Deserved "Doing"

Well that was an absolute doing from @afneil. A doing on the growth report, a doing on the hypocrisy of her Brexit vs Indy position and a doing over her domestic record in health.

And what's more, she knows it. pic.twitter.com/w6R3U7sjHo

— Ruth Davidson (@RuthDavidsonMSP) November 25, 2019

Pardon?

Asked if Jeremy Corbyn should undergo equalities training,
Naz Shah says: "I'm not sure. My understanding of Jeremy is he's been an anti-racism campaign all his life. Understanding anti-semitism is something he does understand."

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) November 26, 2019

This election gets weirder day by day!

Cyber Attack On Labour - Allegedly

The Labour Party says it has experienced a "sophisticated and large scale cyber attack" on its digital platforms

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) November 12, 2019

Farage Partially Stands Aside

Farage confirmed his Brexit candidates would not stand in the 317 seats won by the Tories at the last election.

However, he is publicly claiming that Brexit will stand in Labour seats, which will of course split the Tory vote and damage their chances of taking them from Labour.

Currently Farage is demanding that the Tories stand aside in these seats. Given that will clearly not happen, it is hoped that he will back down further and not stand in all Labour seats.

Boris Gives a Masterclass In Mopping

Siri, show me a man who’s never mopped a day in his life: pic.twitter.com/JYce3Tl5wY

— Josh🌹 (@JoshuaFunnell2) November 10, 2019

Blimey!

Ian has been long time foe of Corbyn’s but before that was Labour to his core, and one of Brown‘a staunchest allies and enforcers, this is quite something https://t.co/OfViLoCW8Z

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) November 7, 2019

Ian Austin announces he won’t be standing at the general election and tells voters to back Boris Johnson

‘It’s really come to something when I tell decent, patriotic Labour voters that they should be voting for Boris Johnson at the election’

He says Corbyn is unfit to be PM

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) November 7, 2019

What with this and Tom Watson standing down as Labour Deputy Leader and MP, it is clear that this election is unlike any other in recent times!

The tectonic plates are shifting.

I Dissolve Thee!

Boris Johnson meets Queen to formally confirm the dissolution of Parliament https://t.co/tu0Gk5GrAa pic.twitter.com/ppF4LOuSio

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) November 6, 2019

Tories Use Up All Their Dead Cats in One Go

Bridgen was a dead cat to distract from Rees-Mogg which was a dead cat to distract from the Russia report which was a dead cat to distract from the Starmer video which was a dead cat to distract from Cairns which was a dead cat to distract from the blocked Labour costings which

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) November 6, 2019

Question For The Tories

You do know that the election campaign is starting, don't you?

 

Swinson Airbrushes Thatcher and May

"Women can be political leaders and prime ministers too"

Lib dem leader Jo Swinson calls for her party to be represented in the ITV leaders' debate, saying, "The voice of the millions of people who voted Remain… must be heard"https://t.co/wVj7DC6CJ2 pic.twitter.com/Ixho6je3iq

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 4, 2019

All Is Not Well In The House of Farage

NEW More than 20 Brexit Party candidates have stood down over concern about Nigel Farage's dismissal of Boris Johnson's deal and factors such as abuse aimed at them.
Party source: "There is a lot of grief out there. It has been going on all summer. It is not good but it is life.”

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) November 5, 2019

Farage Bottles It and Leads From The Rear

Having threatened to field 500 BXP candidates in the general election (which will split the Tory vote and usher in Corbyn) Farage decided not to stand himself.

It is a tad unusual for a leader of an alleged political party to not stand for election.

So what's going on here?

1 Farage has stood for parliament 7 times, and lost on each occasion. He knows he has FA chance of being elected.

2 He wants to keep his radio show, standing will mean he would not be on air as much as his ego wants.

3 Splitting the Tory vote will ensure Corbyn wins and that Brexit never happens. This split esnures that Farage stays on the EU gravy train as an MEP, it also ensures he can continue to publicly call for the UK to leave the EU.

In short, Farage's "policy" is based on greed and ego.

Corbyn Advocates Culling of Billionaires

The politics of envy has always worked well for Labour.

However, if Corbyn does eliminate the billionaires living in the UK who gets their money?

- The poor and impoverished?

- No

The state!

Polling

IRONY KLAXON!

Boris Johnson has spent months promising we'd leave the EU today. The failure to do so is his and his alone. Labour will get Brexit sorted by giving the people the final say within six months with the choice of a credible leave deal or remain. And we'll carry out what you decide.

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) October 31, 2019

Does he not remember that he blocked Brexit on numerous occasions?

General Election 12th December

After much unnecessary shenanigans, and changes of direction by various people and parties, Boris has got the election he desires for 12th December.

It will be a brutal battle, and Boris should be aware of the old adage be careful what you wish for.

Whatever the result, the UK will have a new government in place on Friday 13th December!

Election On

Election is on. pic.twitter.com/TYBPJLFOdU

— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) October 29, 2019

The Bill

The On/Off Election

The government failed to get a 2/3rds majority for a 12 December election last night.

Therefore today they are trying a again with a one line bill that just needs a simple majority.

Currently the dimwits in Parliament are arguing about whether it should be on the 9th, 11th or 12th.

Meanwhile the country continues to stagnate!

Labour Won't Vote For an Election

Former Labour Gen Sec @IainMcNicol warns @KayBurley @ Breakfast Lab won’t do as well as 2017 if elex now

- Corbyn was “fresh” in 2017
- Tories “won’t make the same mistakes” as 2017
- SNP and Lib Dem’s in stronger position
- Is Corbyn a liability? “His poll rating is not good”

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) October 28, 2019

Government To Go On Strike

Boris has decided that enough is enough, and has stated that he will try to call a general election for 12 December.

Unfortunately for him, there is one very large fly in his ointment; namely the Fixed Term Parliament Act (an absurd piece of legislation from the days of the Liberal/Tory coalition).

Under this act, the government needs a 2/3rds majority in order to be able to call a general election.

Can you guess what will happen children?

Yes, that's right, Labour will not vote for it next week.

What will happen then?

It seems that the government will go on strike, and do only the bare minimum (the Budget has already been pulled).

We really are through the looking glass here.

'Twas Ever Thus!

Two days is a long time in British politics. The PM now wants to abandon the Brexit bill he wanted so much to pass on Tuesday for an election instead. Labour don’t want the election they said they did want, and now want to pass the bill they tried to vote down on Tuesday.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) October 24, 2019

Soon Rid of Bercow!

Preparing for the Parliamentary @UKLabour Party (PLP) AND @Conservatives 92 Group #SpeakerHustings this evening.

Show your support👇🏻#Eleanor4Speaker🙋🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/PDJDctwzcW

— Dame Eleanor Laing MP (@eleanor4epping) October 22, 2019

"Super" Saturday - The Numbers Game

Sky News analysis

Boris Johnson needs 320 votes (presuming every MP votes)

Sky News found a path to roughly around 316 votes tonight, meaning it will comes down to a knife edge, with 36 hours to go

Here's how:

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) October 17, 2019

All very well and good, but given that politicians lie no faith can be out in these numbers until the votes are actually cast.

Brexit Party Calls For Technical Extension!

Brexit party cha Richard Tice has told @KayBurley @ Breakfast there shd now be “technical” extension for an election where he predicts there will be a big Brexit Party majority and they wd do a “clean break” (no deal) brexit

- Brexit party calling for technical extension is 😶

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) October 17, 2019

Head in hands!

Anti Abortion Group Bribed To Not Rock The Boat

There are multiple reports today that the DUP have been offered big money. FT reporting it is "billions" not millions. Irish Times, is interestingly, reporting:"the deal will be sweetened for DUP with a multimillion-euro package of investment funded by the EU, London and Dublin"

— lisa o'carroll (@lisaocarroll) October 16, 2019

Today's Cabinet Cancelled To Prevent Brexit Leaks

Nice to know the Cabinet are trusted!

The Odd Couple

Happy Queen's Speech Day!

1. What a strange day - Queen’s Speech normally a huge day, this year is basically a warm up for a Tory manifesto because very unlikely any of the measures will pass

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) October 14, 2019

Budget Day 6th November

Breaking:

Sajid Javid announces Budget for 6th November

That was previously mooted by ministers as the most likely date for a Budget if the UK left the EU without a deal...

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) October 14, 2019

Q&A With The Prospective Speakers

Tomorrow morning all nine MPs who want to be House of Commons Speaker after John Bercow quits on Oct 31 will submit themselves over two hours to political journalists’ questions. What single thing would you ask them? #LobbyHustings

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) October 8, 2019

Uncooperative Crusties

Boris Johnson delivers a rip-roaring speech at the launch of the latest volume of Margaret Thatcher’s biography - says his team didn’t want him to come “because uncooperative crusties lettered the road.” But he vowed to channel the Iron Lady and come anyway

— Kate Ferguson (@kateferguson4) October 7, 2019

I think he's lost Swampy's vote!

Welcome To The Land of Stupid!

Ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband latest suggestion to become caretaker PM https://t.co/HDNNAaCDGR

— Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) October 6, 2019

Rory Stewart To Stand as Mayor of London

I am running as an Independent candidate for Mayor of London, and here’s why.

Please join me in my campaign: https://t.co/8y3xWpl9hY#Rory4London pic.twitter.com/jnaNy8IF0s

— Rory Stewart (@RoryStewartUK) October 4, 2019

Having publicly stood down and resigned from the Tory party, Rory Stewart will now stand as an independent candidate for the role of Mayor of London.

Rory Stewart Stands Down

It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at the next election, and that I have also resigned from the Conservative Party.

— Rory Stewart (@RoryStewartUK) October 4, 2019

The Joy of Kangaroo Testicles

Boris Johnson: "If Parliament was a TV show, the whole lot of us would have been voted out of the jungle by now. But at least we'd have had the consolation of watching the Speaker being forced to eat a kangaroo testicle." pic.twitter.com/XzDAF3iGun

— LBC (@LBC) October 2, 2019

The Minimum Wage - The Curate's Egg

We’re putting more money in people's pockets by raising the National Living Wage. 4 million people will get a pay rise. #CPC19 #GetBrexitDone pic.twitter.com/pLZZ3nXu13

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) October 1, 2019

Raising the minimum wage will increase the take home pay of those employed at the current minimum wage, if they keep their jobs.

The downsides are:

1 It increases the costs of the firms that employ people on minimum wages.

2 It increases the likelihood that staff will be laid off, in order to reduce increased costs.

3 Increased costs may well be passed on to the consumer.

The Shouty Parliament

Parliament has shouted itself to a standstill, and has achieved nothing since the Supreme Court unprorogued it.

Who will rid us of this turbulent parliament?

Geoffrey Cox Nails It!

The "Coups" That Never Were

My word Westminster is really "spoiling" us, not content with giving us the "coup" of prorogation we now have the "constitutional coup" of non prorogation.

To be clear to the politicians and members of the media who have used the word "coup" to describe one or other of these events, neither was a "coup".

Get real!

Ball In Speaker's Court

Given that the Supreme Court has ruled that prorogation was not lawful and has not occurred, it is now up to the Speaker to decide what to do.

Parliament Has NOT Been Prorogued!

Lady Hale’s spider brooch is a STRONG choice. pic.twitter.com/k4avfLduvJ

— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) September 24, 2019

Prorogation UNLAWFUL

Lady Hale’s spider brooch is a STRONG choice. pic.twitter.com/k4avfLduvJ

— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) September 24, 2019

Lady Hale Delivers Verdict

Lady Hale’s spider brooch is a STRONG choice. pic.twitter.com/k4avfLduvJ

— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) September 24, 2019

A Labour MP Nails It

A Labour MP gets in touch following the conference Brexit votes. pic.twitter.com/MX3s9fjMsK

— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) September 23, 2019

Reminiscent of the 1980's when Militant infected the Labour party, except that this time Momentum have social media.

Easy!

Labour is promising free personal care for OAPs, perfect state schools, cheaper bills, better trains, lower emissions, fully funded councils, electric cars when you want em, no prescription charges, no tuition fees, no austerity, lower taxes for 95%- and all with a four day week!

— steve hawkes (@steve_hawkes) September 23, 2019

Farage Will Bring About a Corbyn Government

Brexiteer blame game - for loss of Brexit and for creation of far left govt, caused by Brexiteer intransigence and split vote - starting now. https://t.co/sRrdLUQ8LL

— Iain Martin (@iainmartin1) September 20, 2019

No Coup Here Folks ;)

Today I met with military chiefs at 10 Downing Street. Thank you all for the selfless work that you do to protect our great nation. 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/pVCBcTNaVb

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) September 19, 2019

Blue On Blue

Sir John Major compared Boris Johnson to a dishonest estate agent with ‘ulterior motives’ in written submissions to the Supreme Court

He said the PM’s justification for provocation ‘makes no sense and cannot be the true explanation’https://t.co/hNjWplSsQi

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 19, 2019

Cameron Shoots Boris

Bettel Unites Tory Party

👇Bettel does the impossible and unites the Conservative Party. https://t.co/WI6CnTJtbA

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 16, 2019

Liberal Democrats Go Batshit Crazy

The Liberal Democrats appear to have gone batshit crazy, not only do they intend to overturn the result of the referendum they whole heartedly endorse Verhofstadt's barking mad empire building speech!

Utterly Pathetic!

Excl: Expelled Tory rebels plotting to oust Boris Johnson as an MP by running a candidate against him in his Uxbridge marginal seathttps://t.co/inaQ9St31N

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 12, 2019

The "Coup" That Never Was - Geoff Norcott Nails It!

"People are calling it a coup. You know the one without tanks.." @GeoffNorcott #StopTheCoup #Brexitvote #RecallParliament #Remain #Brexit #NoTanks #ArmyNotOnTheStreets #Election2019 pic.twitter.com/qt4EmNQ04o

— Comedy Unleashed (@UnleashedComedy) September 11, 2019

Newsnight Gives a Moron Airtime

“My generation is the first generation since 1881 that will be worse off than their parents.”

Author @graceblakeley says “a lot of people in this country have been betrayed by an economic system that doesn’t work for them”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/nhDslZFeAN

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) September 11, 2019

Court Of Session Rules Prorogation Unlawful

Those with far more legal knowledge than me, say that the Court of Session’s judgement will have no immediate effect. But it makes the Supreme Court’s judgement on the legality of prorogation far more unpredictable

— James Forsyth (@JGForsyth) September 11, 2019

Ignoring whatever the Supreme Court does next week, an appeal has been lodged.

By the time this is sorted out, the Queen will be making her speech anyway!

Boris Conducts Masterclass In Manspreading

May Rewards Failure

https://t.co/dONgxWueFg

— Ken Frost (@ken_frost) September 10, 2019

Bye Bye Bercow

Parliament Packs Up For Five Weeks

MPs definitely shutting up shop tonight - No 10 has had a very, very bumpy few days, but while Parliament isn't sitting they can crack on with their agenda whatever it is, with relatively little interference https://t.co/iV6ljSqLGw

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 9, 2019

Corbyn Speaks The Truth

One rule for the rich and another for the rest of us.https://t.co/001mFefNpC

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) September 5, 2019

Fair enough, and Corbyn should know what he is talking about because he is estimated to be worth around £3M.

The "Coup" That Never Was - Labour Blocks Election

A senior Labour MP has just said Jeremy Corbyn told him tonight he would NOT allow Boris Johnson to have an election before 31st October

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 4, 2019

Rees-Mogg Makes Guest Appearance on The Simpsons

The "Coup" That Never Was - Boris To Call An Election

There has been much frothing of the mouth and general hysteria, both in cyberspace and in real life, about the recent prorogation of Parliament. Certain people, who should know better, would have us believe it was a coup.

Anyhoo, disregarding that hysterical nonsense, Boris has now shot that fox by stating the he will be tabling a motion today to call a general election.

Factoid: it can't be a coup if a general election takes place!

One amusing irony is that Corbyn (who called people to take to the streets to protest against the "coup") is now balking at the thought of a general election; and insists that legislation is first passed to guarantee that a no deal Brexit is blocked, before he will back an election.

Lee's Theatrical Defection

Watch: Conservative MP Phillip Lee defects to the Liberal Democrats, crossing the House of Commons during a speech by Boris Johnson

His move means the prime minister has no working majority ahead of a crucial #Brexit vote

[tap to expand] https://t.co/vi78s0o5JA pic.twitter.com/CfnKNm0pJ8

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) September 3, 2019

Irony Klaxon - "Democracy" Blocks Election

Will Boris Johnson actually be able to call an election?

Looking less likely this morning:

* Senior Labour figures say legislation to block no deal must be ‘locked down’ first

* Hammond says Corbyn privately backed position

* Tory rebels indicate they won’t back one

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) September 3, 2019

Farewell Sir Nicholas?

Sir Nicholas Soames tells me he will vote against the Govt tonight, unless the PM (who he’s going to see now) can assure him a Brexit deal will be done. Boris therefore faces the uncomfortable prospect of deselecting Winston Churchill’s grandson.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 3, 2019

General Election Coming

My spidey sense tells me that a general election is in the offing.

The question is, will it be held before or after 31 October?

The Queen's Speech October 14 - Well Then!

 

Johnson govt to hold Queen's speech on 14th October, will be confirmed by privy council at Balmoral today - No 10 says it's all biz as usual for a new govt, but has useful political side effect that denies MPs time to try to stop no deal

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) August 28, 2019

Nothing unusual here, except that in order for the Queen's Speech (ie the opening of a new parliament) to be held, the current parliament must be prorogued.

By happenstance, this gives the Brexit "rebel alliance" little time for mischief making.

I predict a wee bit of a row over this :) 

 

Bloody Hell!

Westminster voting intention:

CON: 42% (+17)
LAB: 28% (-6)
LDEM: 15% (-)
BREX: 5% (-5)
GRN: 3% (-)
TIG/CHUK: 1% (-)
UKIP: 0% (-4)

via @KantarTNS, 15 - 19 Aug
Chgs. w/ 13 May

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) August 21, 2019

Corbyn Applies For The Job of PM

I've written to the leaders of other political parties and senior backbenchers from across Parliament to lay out my plan to stop a disastrous No Deal Brexit and let the people decide the future of our country. pic.twitter.com/Jz1MjXCrqk

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 14, 2019

Does he not understand that if he wins a vote of no confidence, Boris doesn't have to resign as PM and can call an election on his terms?

Another small point, there is no way even the most rebellious Tory rebels will side with him if he insists on being leader.

A cynic might suggest that Corbyn is deliberately ensuring that we leave with no deal.

LibLab Pact Sans Corbyn?

Tom and I have disagreed on a lot of things over the years but on Brexit, we’re united. Working with other parties is the only way to stop Boris, and stop Brexit.https://t.co/amkqhHjx4L

— Jo Swinson (@joswinson) August 13, 2019

But what will Jeremy say????????????

The Queen Is Right - The Political Class Has Failed

Alastair Campbell’s daughter Grace wearing a “fuck Boris” necklace with Sadiq Khan 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/lvXA4GWLil

— Ben Hyde-Hart (@benhydehart) August 9, 2019

Hardly an effective political counterargument against Boris's policies!

Lucas Is Delusional

The country is at breaking point & time is running out. I couldn’t forgive myself if we didn’t try everything possible to avert catastrophe of No Deal.

So here’s an idea. I know it’s controversial & many will say it can’t work - but what if it does? https://t.co/v17D4TuQU1

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) August 11, 2019

This is of course delusional nonsense. 

Any vote of no confidence can be ignored by the PM, as he doesn't have to resign. He can then call a general election after 31 October, or indeed before, as Brexit is set to happen without the further approval of parliament. 

Ironically, had these idiots voted for May's deal they wouldn't be facing this now. 

Parliament brought this upon itself!

Hammond Loses His Honour

Theresa May is to snub Philip Hammond leaving him off her honours list.
https://t.co/fy3fNqGiV0

— Marion (@Marion94862795) August 11, 2019

Labour Membership Falls

NEW: Labour party membership at the end of last year was 518,659.

That's DOWN 45,784 on the year before (564,443).

— Michael Savage (@michaelsavage) August 8, 2019

Whilst the membership has fallen, Labour still has a very large membership.

Sturgeon Nails It!

Nicola Sturgeon said meeting Theresa May was 'soul-destroying and torturous', first time I've ever agreed with Sturgeon, I spent 50 days with May during 2017 election, you can add unbelievably dull to the above.

— PoliticalPics (@PoliticalPics) August 7, 2019

Brecon By-election

Impossible to avoid the conclusion that, with a new candidate not mired in controversy, the Conservatives probably could have held the seat, given that margin: https://t.co/5T3Y00MjTJ

— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) August 2, 2019

A far better showing by the Tories than expected, given they let their disgraced former MP stand again for the seat (in the sure expectation he would lose).

Campbell Nukes Corbyn

Alistair Campbell, the former No 10 director of communications under Tony Blair, has said he no longer wishes to be a Labour member, warning that Jeremy Corbyn is poised to lose the next election against Boris Johnson and destroy the party “as a political force capable of winning power”.

In a letter to Corbyn, quoted by the Guardian, he said:

“The culture you have helped to create has made the party one that I feel no longer truly represents my values, or the hopes I have for Britain.

I see no strategy in place that remotely meets the electoral or policy challenges ahead. On the contrary, in so far as I ascertain a strategy at all, it is one that looks more designed to lose. I fear the country may already have decided that it does not intend to make you prime minister.”

This is designed to push Labour to realise that it must ditch Corbyn for its sake, and the sake of the country. All very well and good. However, as long as the infection known as Momentum holds sway Corbyn will not be moved.

Is Boris Trying To Emulate Prince Hal?

I know you all, and will awhile uphold
The unyoked humour of your idleness.
Yet herein will I imitate the sun,
Who doth permit the base contagious clouds
To smother up his beauty from the world,
That when he please again to be himself,
Being wanted, he may be more wondered at
By breaking through the foul and ugly mists
Of vapours that did seem to strangle him.
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
But when they seldom come, they wished-for come,
And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.
So, when this loose behaviour I throw off
And pay the debt I never promisèd,
By how much better than my word I am,
By so much shall I falsify men’s hopes;
And like bright metal on a sullen ground,
My reformation, glitt’ring o’er my fault,
Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes
Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
I’ll so offend to make offence a skill,
Redeeming time when men think least I will.

Anti Leak Directive Leaked

NEW Dominic Cummings' 'one strike and you're out' ban on Cabinet leaks is leaked to Daily Telegraph https://t.co/ToDtYKycNo via @Telegraph

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) July 28, 2019

On Holiday Until 3 September

The Commons is in recess. It returns on Tuesday 3 September. pic.twitter.com/z9xfkDhZFo

— PARLY (@PARLYapp) July 25, 2019

The Dawn of The New Golden Age?

 

Let us see what happens when the rains come!

Has Boris Inhaled His Own Legend?

"My biggest single worry perhaps about Boris Johnson is that he seems to me to be a politician who's inhaled his own legend before he's created it" - political historian Lord Hennessy on the UK's Prime Minister-to-be, Boris Johnson#newsnight pic.twitter.com/53ICG5WN1F

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 23, 2019

It is for sure that Boris, in many quarters, is starting from a very low expectation base.

Whilst he can talk the talk, let us see if he can also walk the walk!

Corbyn To Propose Motion of No Confidence After Brexit

NEW: Jeremy Corbyn says he will put forward motion of no confidence in Boris Johnson's government... but "at a time of our choosing... it'll be an interesting surprise for all of you."

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) July 23, 2019

Hunt on The Brink

EXCLUSIVE

Jeremy Hunt's Cabinet future on brink after he told Boris Johnson he will not accept demotion from foreign sec

He made clear he's only willing to accept 3 jobs - his current role, chancellor or DPM

Johnson has offered him defence secretary

Hunt has turned it down

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) July 23, 2019

Boris's Kingdom of Dust

As Boris waits in the wings on the cusp of being crowned king of the Tories and PM, his enemies are waiting to pounce, indeed one (Duncan) tried a pounce yesterday but was rebuffed by The Speaker who pointed out it was for the opposition to call for votes of no confidence, not MPs in the same party!

Thus Boris's enemies are not facing him on the benches opposite, but will be sitting behind him.

Where does this leave Boris and the country?

We will face a general election before October, as his own party will conspire to bring him down.

David Gauke Joins The LibDems

David Gauke tells The Times:

‘It [no deal] is a position that would play into the hands of Lib Dems. I don’t think we should underestimate Jo Swinson

‘She’s capable, she’s a very good communicator

‘I think she will be energetic and a passionate advocate for her party’s views’

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) July 22, 2019

Rats Abandon Ship

Exclusive:

The ministerial resignations are about to begin

I’m told a minister is resigning *today* at 10am ahead of Boris Johnson Premiership...

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) July 22, 2019

In order to avoid being fired, a swath of minister will resign before Boris is crowned king of the Tories. 

Then off to oblivion for them!

Boris's honeymoon period ends before it begins.

Boris Looking For Protection

Exc: Tory MPs on 1922 looking. At changing the rules to protect new PM from a vote of no confidence as Tory leader under Tory rules for a year
- Currently there isn’t any protection for a new PM
- Allies of BJ want greater protection
- 1922 exec looking at it https://t.co/1VvQ3mlYFu

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) July 19, 2019

Tories Queuing Up To Help Hammond Move Out

Amusing amount of Tories offering to help Philip Hammond move out given reports he wants to resign before Boris enters No10 . It really is end of days stuff

— steve hawkes (@steve_hawkes) July 18, 2019

He won't be missed!

Shock, Horror, Probe - Guardian Reads Book Published 13 Years Ago!

Boris Wins 12 Days Early

Boris Johnson Has Already Won The UK PM Election With 12 Days Remaining To Vote https://t.co/lTl2NR7g7P #honkhonk pic.twitter.com/3zIyX3aUsE

— The Daily Lafayette (@DailyLafayette) July 12, 2019

IF the polls are accurate, and it's a big IF, then Boris has won.

Westminster's Bullying Culture

As per the report into bullying and harassment of MP's parliamentary staff by Gemma White QC:

"Some staff of Members of Parliament are subject to an unacceptable risk of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment, at work. Most Members of Parliament treat their staff with dignity and respect but the problem of bullying and harassment is sufficiently widespread to require an urgent collective response."

“I just want to say that during my over-30-years’ association with the Houses of Parliament I did not encounter anything remotely like bullying and harassment on anyone’s part and have been very surprised to know it has happened.The MP I worked for I found extremely efficient, clever and a good employer in every way.”

#CableGate - Kim Resigns, Boris Blamed and May Seeks To Poison The Well

Well it was all go yesterday Kim Darroch resigned and the media (as is their style) decided it was all Boris's fault.

Well whilst he didn't exactly give fulsome backing to Darroch, Darroch's position was untenable given that Trump had banned him from all future functions. My advice to the media is that whilst it is clear most of you loath Boris, you really ought to try grasp the fact that the enemy in this particular case is not Boris but the person who leaked the cables.

In the meantime, never one to miss an opportunity to poison the well it seems that Theresa May is seeking to appoint Darroch's successor!

#CableGate - Prime Suspects

In no particular order:

1 Trump

2 Darroch

3 May

4 Putin

John Major Threatens To Take Boris To Court

Breaking:

John Major announces he will seek a judicial review if Boris Johnson prorogues Parliament to force through a no deal Brexit

‘The PM will be bypassing Parliament. That is simply unacceptable’

A former PM threatening to take the frontrunner to be next PM to court...

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) July 10, 2019

The land of hypotheticals knows no bounds!

Trump Severs Diplomatic Relations With Britain - #CableGate

In a busy couple of Tweets, responding to #CableGate, President Trump lambasted Theresa May and her handling of Brexit and then for good measure severed diplomatic relations with Britain....and it was only Monday!

I have been very critical about the way the U.K. and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way. I do not know the Ambassador, but he is not liked or well....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 8, 2019

....thought of within the U.S. We will no longer deal with him. The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister. While I thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent State Visit last month, it was the Queen who I was most impressed with!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 8, 2019

I wonder what the rest of the week holds for us?

Wrt #CableGate the government is now looking at a hostile foreign power as being the cause of the leak, maybe so, or maybe look to the the list of other suspects I compiled yesterday (including Trump himself)!

The media is now asking how a future Prime Minister should handle Trump. The answer is simple, apply the Disraeli technique he used with royalty, namely applying flattery with a trowel. It works for Kim Jong-un, it most certainly should work for Boris!