the day after the deadline: can the union survive brexit and other deep questions

May asked him to resign and subsequently accepted his resignation, which is stretching the definition a touch.

'Resigned' over not telling the truth that he knew the police found porn on his computer.

it's a disgrace, he hasn't done anything

... sorry, someone's else's porn on his computer.

Pesto plays the hard man

.@DamianGreen has not resigned. He was sacked by his lifelong friend, @theresa_may pic.twitter.com/jAFSycwYlT

— Robert Peston (@Peston) December 20, 2017

He's not taking this mushroom management anymore, he's cutting through the bullshit.

.@DamianGreen has not resigned. He was sacked by his trusty, life-longfriend and master providorer, @theresa_may pic.twitter.com/jAFSycwYlT
— Robert Peston (@Peston) December 20, 2017

David 'I'd take a bullet for Bergerac' Davis apparently not resigning. Disgraceful.

lol what des that mean?

(The Bergerac bit)

just another successful negotiation from D Davis

xposts

jed - unfortunately just a fake news meme of my own construction I am gleefully running into the ground

If enough posts change hands do you really need another general election? It's a version of Theseus's ship that kills disabled people.

Obv this moment was picked to sack the cunt, but I don't see how Twateus's Ship is any less stormy waters right now than it was last month. Sigh, I genuinely despair.

Johnson in Russia going about as well as can be expected.

Boris Johnson is on another planet. Lavrov complains about relations being "at a low," Boris says he's "glad they're increasing the export of kettle crisps to Russia." Interpreter just doesn't translate the crisps part pic.twitter.com/Zsdpimax7o

— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) December 22, 2017

May should heavily reprimand him for such tin-eared transmitting and not receiving type behaviour.

http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/kettle-foods-could-move-export-production-to-europe-after-brexit-1-5240713

Borscht or Goulash flavour Kettle Chips wd be a-ok imo

imagine the heartburn.

Sour cream and mushroom imo.

Reactions to this are a bit ott:

This is mad.

There was nothing stopping the UK from having a passport colour of its choice as EU member, if it wanted. Croatia does. Burgundy is a non-binding recommendation. https://t.co/Y657f3VI0Q

— David Allen Green (@davidallengreen) December 22, 2017

remember when people thought boris could be prime minister

a more innocent time, really

back in those days when there was worldwide comment on "the irresistible rise of Theresa May", rather than "who the fuck is this joker, is she for real?"

My first passport was issued in 1987 and it looked black, although apparently it was really very very very very dark blue. Not this new colour anyway.

What a load of bollocks.

If they care this much about the colour of a #passport you can imagine how much skin colour matters https://t.co/sZgBDqH8zl

— Sadia (@sadia_azmats_) December 22, 2017

I:d rather have a passport that didn't put me in the second tier of hostages to get shot

we were promised red, white and blue.

this by boris johnson in russia is daft:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/boris-johnson-and-russias-foreign-minister-just-had-an

1 it’s hard for anyone to feel that “russian intervention” even if it existed can have been a factor of any sort of significance, compared to all the other factors, including boris johnson’s prevarication and then coming out and campaigning for leave
2 why’s he interrupting? the man’s a total fucking fool (i know)
3 even if it had an influence i think most people agree it wd be on the side of a disruptive leave vote.

his head’s totally scrambled by his own ego. he’s an utter buffoon.

I:d rather have a passport that didn't put me in the second tier of hostages to get shot

this guy fuckin' gets it

The lead story on the BBC news at 6 was that people went shopping today.

and this on the day when Jo Johnson has promised that no ISIS recruiters will be banned from speaking in the UK

You wouldn't think that part of his Universities minister remit would be to encourage even more students to become Labour voters.

I'm just looking forward to all of my speaking gigs at Rotary events and Young Conservative meetings.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/commentisfree/2017/sep/19/lobbying-act-stifling-charities-tories-gagging-law

Did Jo vote against The Lobbying Act? I'd guess not.

https://i0.wp.com/skwawkbox.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dugher-sc.png?w=543&ssl=1
I wouldn't think any less of Stella for hanging out with Labour Right, various Tories and "mighty" Shed 7. Just thought this was amusing in isolation from the god-awful Skwawkbox piece I can't bring myself to read.

I have a cousin who is a beatles hair-weave type in a wedding band who also thinks they have earned the Mighty epitaph!

I wondered what happened to the Mighty Lemon Drops

https://foodfoundation.org.uk/new-evidence-of-child-food-insecurity-in-the-uk/

The UK finally pips Romania for no.1 EU country of child food insecurity, great work lads.

Peace at last for Graham Le Saux

lol! That reminds me also of how useless he was as a player and a pundit. He used to propagate this idea that he was bullied because he was a Graun reading intellectual, then he wrote a book that revealed he was quite pretentious and thick as pigshit.

IT'S THE SAME

I'm in too much of a rush r/n to be sub-editored, going swimming. But I'll think about that.

I've thought about it, there might be a distinction between "Graun reading intellectual" and a child pretending to be one, maybe not much in it - but perhaps something!

The government has apparently asked Toby Young to lead the new university regulator.

Happy new year!

are you fucking shitting me

yeah a real new year kick in the fucking balls. i mean one of my resolutions was to stop paying attention or emotionally engaging with culture wars bollocks but these fucking people.

lol @ "vital insight"!

I can remember some of Toby Young's vital insight once, it left an indelible impression on me!

Good to see all the years of guileless brown-nosing on Marr has got him a serious post though.

Some of his vital insights have been that friends are a very bad thing. You should blow Sylvester Stallone if he asks, cos he's a celebrity. Writers should be judged on how they look and old bald ones should be disparaged.