Rolling Brexit Links/UK politics in the neo-Weimar era

xp he's said that she and Hammond have his "full support" on twitter

Fox is being tipped for International Trade, apparently. Good news for the international [CONTROVERSIAL MODERATOR EDIT] industry.

i can't deal with any more of these end-of-season finale twists i need to lie down

or emigrate

just realised i literally did not know what Philip Hammond looks like

Boris Johnson dealing with Syria. Boris Johnson negotiating with Israel and Palestine. Boris Johnson effectively in charge of MI6. Oh dear fucking Lord.

tbf he's already demonstrated a deft hand in international relations

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/561f682ddd089574588b4693/image.gif

Xp looks like that commander off the death star in civvies

Johnson was stabbed in the back; that means time and sympathy could let him come back. Especially if he can play the "other people ruined my lovely Brexit" card. Being in the government means he now has to answer for the fuck-ups, and for the inevitable fudge to come. I more and more think this is savvy.

Interesting too that all the intl jobs have gone to Brexiters, all the home jobs to Remainers. Being charitable, I think her plan is to succeed at home while the Brexiteers disappoint their voters and finally kill this thing.

http://i.imgur.com/rfkrIO1.jpg

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does Davis as Brexit minister tell us much? are they really gonna go full Out?

this ends with Walmart on every street corner right

xp give the Brexiteers the Brexit jobs, watch them fuck it up, pull back from botched Brexit with reputation intact?

Davis interesting. Currently suing the government to try and enforce an EU law in his favour, lol. Also prone to prima-Donna resignations when things get tough, so job possibly another way to neutralise another Outer.

That Guardian commenter needs to do a v2 of his viral this time about how this is May positioning the Brexites to carry the can again.

Davis wrote this two days ago, abt his views on how brexit should materialize: http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2016/07/david-davis-trade-deals-tax-cuts-and-taking-time-before-triggering-article-50-a-brexit-economic-strategy-for-britain.html

Good luck UK etc

Good thing the shadow cabinet is well-placed to start challenging these fuckers

just realised i literally did not know what Philip Hammond looks like

To call him a dessicated calculating machine would do a grave disservice to dessicated calculating machines.

tbh he's got a look of Theresa May about him

he really is a grey blur, probably the next Tory pm.

the first time I noticed him was when he said Ed was treacherous and untrustworthy because he stood against his bro.

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McDonnell got caught saying what everyone has been thinking for the last week, on R4 this morning some hack was giving him a hard time and trying to suggest him saying "fucking useless plotters" was inciting armed Corbyn brigades to throw bricks throw windows.

yeah i heard that, rightly told them to fuck off

last time a pm was announced, i hung with l0u1s jagg3r and saw boredums, i feel like today was missing ilx fun times and a bunch of Japanese drummers

Fox, davis, johnson - the dream team for delivering brexit

I'm sure it has been pointed out a number of times but Johnson recently won a poetry competition for writing the most insulting rhyme about the President of Turkey, a NATO ally. That will be fun.

http://www.thecanary.co/2016/07/13/snooping-on-benefit-recipients-spending-and-is-totally-legal-with-this-phone-app/

xp jeez I'd forgotten that

last time a pm was announced, i hung with l0u1s jagg3r and saw boredums, i feel like today was missing ilx fun times and a bunch of Japanese drummers

I was at this! Missed connections ;_;

Never mind that. Johnson also said 'bravo for Assad' and praised Putin.

But does it matter? Of course not. In 2016 people detest 'experts' and facts, and prefer laughing over BJ hanging in the air, and his hairdo, over his thoughts. And the other way around, Johnson: you don't like my ideas? That's cool, I have others.

It matters if you want to be taken seriously by people like the 'part Kenyan' and his probable successor the 'sadistic nurse'.

The inherently anti-British half-Kenyan

Heh. Still, wanting to be taken seriously seems to be something of the past for politicians in beloved Albion and beyond tbh. Xp

Reminiscent of the different attitude towards diplomatic appointments between Russia, who send the best and brightest foreign policy graduates, and the US who send people they have no use for at home.

The fact we need to be either in highly skilled hands or begging favours in bowing and scraping mode hasn't sunk in yet.

Is there anything to know about Amber Rudd besides what's on her Wikipedia page?

No mentions on ILX until yesterday it seems.

What if she gives Gove the NHS?

Is there any chance she won't give him anything?

re amber rudd: she talked a good in her previous role (energy & climate change) but i don't think she actually managed to achieve anything much? but that's about par for the course for that post really

How does fox keep getting jobs?

like most of these, just by persistently turning up.

With his best man in tow.

Incredible to me how often I still hear interviews with Brexit supporters who claim not to have understood what they were voting for and what the consequences would be. I don't know if I'm impressed or scared that over here I get the impression that Trump voters, otoh, know *exactly* what to expect from him, and would be disappointed at anything less.

Good thing the shadow cabinet is well-placed to start challenging these fuckers

New season of New Blood starts tonight at 9pm. Then I'll probably turn in. Having such a big clear mandate to lead the party does get tiring at my age.

@DanMilmo 16m16 minutes ago
Philip Hammond says UK will leave single market. So that rules out the EEA option.

pack your bags kids, we're heading for China

Philip Hammond on Radio 4 just now effectively said don't worry about Boris, the grown-ups will keep him in line

Where the fuck is the mandate for leaving the market? Polling shows 2/3 of country wants it, way more than care about immigration. Fucking hell.

May, Hammond... now just waiting for Clarkson...

Polling shows 2/3 of country wants it

wants it or wants to leave it?

Where the fuck is the mandate for leaving the market? Polling shows 2/3 of country wants it, way more than care about immigration. Fucking hell.

Been some clarification since:

‏@DanMilmo 1 hour ago

Reuters:HAMMOND SAYS WE'LL COME OUT OF SINGLE MARKET AS A RESULT OF THE DECISION TO LEAVE EU AND I WOULD LIKE US TO NEGOTIATE ACCESS TO IT