Psychoactive Substances: Rolling UK Politics in The Neo-Con Era

what, he should go on the telly and 50-odd percent of the electorate that david cameron is a bad person for allowing them the success they just had?

and TELL obv.

the lolguardian lolliveblog has some pages from the script labour MPs have been given ... and promptly leaked to someone at the FT ...

now more than ever what labour leads is petty, goalless rebellion with no clear goals other than to further reduce their own standing

If I see the front page of any pro-leave newspaper this morning I think I will vomit.

The baby boomers had one last flourish eh

Thomp: yes, because he is talking to Labour voters, who either are remain or are out for reasons that only a Labour-led exit negotiation could deliver. Either way he has to get Cameron to go

i don't think it'll make the papers this morning. tomorrow though.

I think that will be taken care of for him. Xp

"I don't know barely anyone who's been to war. Who needs all this multilateral nonsense. See you in Switzerland!"

― El Tomboto, Friday, 24 June 2016 05:25 (1 hour ago) Permalink

ding ding ding.

brexit is like the political version of those moms who say "I don’t know anyone who’s died of smallpox recently, so I don’t think I’ll have my child immunized."

is kate hoey popular in her constituency

Half the FTSE has failed to open, fucking hell

Xp She's always been a funny one. Good at the local level but chair of the countryside alliance and pro fox hunting. Anti war and usually rebels in all the right votes - but now this so fuck her.

Given that a lot of Corbyn's supporters in Labour presumably voted to Remain, I guess it's a pretty smart move for the Blairites to put all the blame on him and force a new leadership contest.

Barclays opened down 30%, RBS 35%.

Chris Ship from ITV is reporting an unconfirmed story that Cameron is resigning today.

so is Laura K

sarah wollaston mp on bbc speaking sympathetically

hey american cousins worried about war, don't worry we're still in the tip-top internationalist organization that really counts

Douglas Murphy ‏@entschwindet Jun 16

Is it possible that the only global influence Britain has left is to trigger the endgame to the 2008 crash?

he's gone

this fucking country

Cameron fought this campaign in the only way he knows how

obv

"there will be no immediate change in your circumstances" - that's bloody reassuring

PM resigns - not immediate, but by October.

it bloody doesn't look like that a very fucking clear decision.

The last leadership campaign took three months.

Dan Hannan was apparently talking about "phased repatriation" on the radio this morning.

LOL his voice was breaking.

can't wait to have a real legend in charge

looking forward to Farage disbanding UKIP later

The most poisoned chalice I can remember is about to be offered around the top end of the Conservative party.

Cameron has resigned - why am I not happy?

We deserve a general election to choose who leads these negotiations, not the fucking 1922

LOL his voice was breaking.

shouted "don't you *dare* shed any tears" at that point.

have we got a list of anybody funny who promised to leave the country?

theresa may surely. she's been totally silent throughout the campaign.

well i consider myself vindicated in my corbyn comment

ah, xpost.

Cameron has resigned - why am I not happy?

― xyzzzz__, Friday, June 24, 2016 8:30 AM (52 seconds ago)

Because as bad as Cameron is, his replacement is going to be a complete cock. And the public have absolutely no say in who that cock is going to be (unless you happen to be a member of the Tory party).

Hey, at least we'll get a new hospital built every week now with that £350m we're going to get.

Fuck this country.

I know the ans to my own question btw.

Don't really see how Cameron's successor can really trigger Article 50 unless they've won a General Election first?

We deserve a general election to choose who leads these negotiations, not the fucking 1922

― stet, Friday, June 24, 2016 4:30 AM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sympathetic to everyone's horror about how limp corbyn's response this morning was, but surely he shd be pushing for an election? i wd have thought there was as good a case for getting out the vote with this in the rearview mirror than at any other time

is there any chance that the severe fallout coupled with the length of time it takes to negotiate an exit could mean this doesn't actually happen? like it feels as though public opinion could change if there are real effects.

You say that but Labour are in such a disarray it wouldn't be able to provide any alternative. xp

I think the only way that would be viable is if there was a general election and a pro-Remain party won a resounding majority but it's a bit of a stretch to see the Lib Dems bouncing back that far. xp

Tebbit has been wheeled in somehow..

Public opinion doesn't even need to change that much. If the remainers had just fucking shown up this might have been won

I don't think this 'shown up' business will stick. The message is clear.

less than 4 points in it, it feels too close

It was Obama/Romney close.