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

xxxp think so but her electoral arithmetic may be sound- if lots of leave voters abandon the party she's cooked

it's more likely her remainer constituency will all go back to voting for the libdems again tbh, good riddance either way though

Caulfield was the Conservative vice-chair for women.

Currently, women in England and Wales have to prove to two medical professionals that carrying on with the pregnancy is detrimental to their health or wellbeing, before having a termination.

Without permission, abortion remains a criminal offence under the 1967 Abortion Act.

In March last year, a Ten Minute Rule Bill called for changes to the law, to prevent the prosecution of women who end their own pregnancies without permission.

The proposed changes would have meant women who, for example, order abortion pills online and self-administer would not risk prosecution.

However, Ms Caulfield spoke out against the bill saying the idea would leave young women less safe and "embolden" men who force women into abortion.

She said it would become a "charter for extreme abortion practices", including sex-selective abortion.

In 2015, Ms Caulfield voted with the government opposing the removal of the so called tampon tax, currently levied on female sanitary products.

Caulfield announced she would like a debate on reducing the abortion upper time limit which currently stands at 24 weeks. She argued a debate was needed on bringing the time limit down — erroneously claiming the UK has some of the most liberal abortion laws in Europe.

On 14 Dec 2016:
Maria Caulfield voted against calling on the Government to ensure women and protected groups are not disproportionally impacted by tax and benefit changes and against publication of a gender equality strategy to improve the position of women.

Labour deputy leader @tom_watson says it's "not a question of Labour trying to bring the government down, it's actually a question of Labour trying to help the government get a good deal and try and stop the government bringing itself down" pic.twitter.com/29ykYCF1vF

— Sky News Politics (@SkyNewsPolitics) July 10, 2018

Watson slowly morphing into Hilary Benn

the government is doing a great job of bringing itself down all on its own tbh

Best thing Labour can do is not end up taking any blame for Brexit tbh.

xxxp think so but her electoral arithmetic may be sound- if lots of leave voters abandon the party she's cooked

Difficult to see where they'd go right now.

Heading for the UKIP life rafts now that, like King Arthur, Nigel has returned at the time of the countries greatest need.

Disclaimer: I may be taking comments on Guido Fawkes as gospel.

I'm not sure EU-based voting is ever a calculated strategic decision tbh.

But I'll observe once again that pre-referendum most of the electorate didn't give much of a shit and we might be heading back that way.

NV otm. It’s a difficult path to take

kip malthouse backstory:

This guy was a blazing skip fire when he worked for Boris Johnson as mayor of London. your references are here: https://t.co/fLEJojMmzM https://t.co/s8q6gmpjLJ

— Alex Harrowell (@yorksranter) July 11, 2018

(pause also to remember the late tom barry aka @BorisWatch)

Hostile environment policy “paused”, Javid claims.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/11/windrush-uk-government-pauses-hostile-immigration-policies

UCL threatening to fine staff members, lecturers, etc £20k if they fail to implement immigration spot checks on students is an excellent example of why tinkering around the edges to avoid another Windrush scandal is virtually meaningless. It’s baked into public and private institutions, from universities to letting agents, that they’re on the hook for failing to be aggressive enough. “Hostile environment “ doesn’t mean government data sharing, it means devolving immigration enforcement to anyone with a modicum of power over anyone else, and putting the fear of god into them that if they fail to do it correctly, they will be penalised.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/12/ucl-row-email-immigration-check-fine-draconian-discriminatory

I signed on on Monday via the government website and having not claimed dole for maybe 20 years I can only say that the environment for jobseekers is pretty hostile too. These fuckers are savages.

aside from the Brexit circus - fucking over foreigns, unemployed, disabled and working poor has been the main project of this party, what a glorious legacy they are leaving.

Yes, there's more than one hostile environment policy in operation.

the local swimming baths is next to the job centre and I often see people walking out with a completely defeated look on them. I'd imagine if you haven't been to a job centre in 20 years, you might be inclined to think there are more security staff than advisers these days.

looking forward to my first in person visit next week, really hoping some 20-something tries to hardman me cos i am in the mood

the local swimming baths is next to the job centre and I often see people walking out with a completely defeated look on them

learning to swim as an adult can be hard tbf

learning to swim through shit is much more soul destroying, 4 real!

Being forced to swim through shit to survive.

I'd imagine if you haven't been to a job centre in 20 years, you might be inclined to think there are more security staff than advisers these days.

This was the case at the one I used to go to.

what a glorious legacy they are leaving.

the latest Sarkar vs. Piers clip making the rounds is wonderful

I've been away the last week, has much been going on?

just the same, Neil.

Terrible stench in the London air these last few hours.

Plus, Murdoch cleared to buy all of Sky (subject to being gazumped by Comcast somehow).

Bercow lightly intervenes on a conversation Raab is having with someone as Starmer speaks. "I didn't say anything," Starmer says, "because I assumed the sec of state was being briefed on the contents of the white paper."

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 12, 2018

Love that whole thread

fuck sake

raab c brexit indeed

Curious manner from Raab. He seems mostly nervous, and then occasionally angry and snide, almost hateful.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 12, 2018

Curious indeed, nervousness is so out of character for him.

lol

WORLD EXCL: Donald Trump warns Theresa May her soft Brexit blueprint will "kill" any future trade deal with the US. Full @POTUS interview with @TheSun from 11pm.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) July 12, 2018

Trump tells me: "If they do a deal like that, we would be dealing with the European Union instead of dealing with the UK, so it will probably kill the deal".

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) July 12, 2018

Trump also reveals to me PM ignored his advice on Brexit negotiations: “I would have done it much differently. I actually told Theresa May how to do it, but she didn’t listen to me".

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) July 12, 2018

Did his method involve multiple bankruptcies and Russian funding, by chance?

Great stuff, this is what we want.

When the most successful POTUS ever gives you advice on governing you'd be crazy not to listen

lol everything’s fucked

Don’t worry, help is at hand. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2018/jul/12/a-no-deal-brexit-survival-guide-what-food-to-stockpile

Jared O'Mara has quit Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/12/jared-omara-quits-labour-saying-he-was-made-to-feel-like-a-criminal

So he's sorry but not that sorry

This trip's going to go brilliantly pic.twitter.com/GrXSagxOtZ

— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) July 12, 2018

Looking forward to Theresa coming on the march tomorrow.

sorry for lolling @ ‘trump lets rip’

it feels like that orange twat's helicopters have been circling tottenham for hours

maybe he's looking for the pengest munch.

Trump versus Scottish insults is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen today. pic.twitter.com/60wUjTXz1w

— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) July 12, 2018

obligatory Trump content ... ning ning ning ... I don't even see him!

Loool

White House just issued this. pic.twitter.com/sXNLLMpR58

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) July 13, 2018

but her email

Not quite sure what the Sun thinks its doing with that front page - even putting all other concerns aside I can't help but get the feeling that explicitly linking hard Brexit with Trump is likely to be seriously counterproductive for Leave.

Andrew Neil & Guido Fawkes both claiming that the lines Trump is spouting came from Farage, the Sun is denying this.