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  • #5552
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    BluePlanet wrote: »
    What would happen if BoJo did resign?
    Would the Tories get to elect someone else and stay in government now that they don't have a majority?

    I think a 14-day period, where either party could form a government, would kick in.


  • #5553
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭sjb25


    BluePlanet wrote: »
    What would happen if BoJo did resign?
    Would the Tories get to elect someone else and stay in government now that they don't have a majority?

    They should elect Ken


  • #5554
    lola85
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭lola85


    This is a farce.

    And people think our government are bad.


  • #5555
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Very childish comments from IDS. Disappointed Bercow hasn't pulled him up on it.


  • #5556
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,466 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    PropJoe10 wrote: »
    If May had listened to Clarke 2 years ago, the UK would now be happily out of the EU and probably with a good deal.
    And the treasury would be up about £800m a week.


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  • #5557
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    lola85 wrote: »
    This is a farce.

    And people think our government are bad.

    Even Five Star and the Democratic Party have formed an Italian government in the meantime.


  • #5558
    devnull
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 11,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭devnull


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Johnson requires 434 MPs to back him - so abstention essentially counts as a No vote.

    From what I understand he's tabled a motion that requires a simple majority.


  • #5559
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭sjb25


    This lady bit crazy


  • #5560
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,160 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    sjb25 wrote: »
    This lady bit crazy

    She's one of the most honourable ones left in there.


  • #5561
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,299 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    sjb25 wrote: »
    This lady bit crazy

    I wouldn't say crazy.

    edit: She probably isn't as polished as the others but she seems honest.


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  • #5562
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,302 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Jess Philips is cracking up


  • #5563
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    Jess Philips is cracking up

    I thought she was about to burst into tears


  • #5564
    BluePlanet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,445 ✭✭✭BluePlanet


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    I think a 14-day period, where either party could form a government, would kick in.
    He could use that cynically to run the clock out.


  • #5565
    bilston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,037 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    I reckon the WA could be passed.

    Penny for Theresa May's thoughts


  • #5566
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,805 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    Jess Philips is cracking up
    She is really excellent, extremely passionate


  • #5567
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,299 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    Jess Philips is cracking up

    She's not cracking up, but she's probably articulating how a lot of people in Europe and in the UK feel about the whole sorry mess.


  • #5568
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,302 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    gmisk wrote: »
    She is really excellent, extremely passionate

    Yes, I mean it in the emotional way


  • #5569
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    devnull wrote: »
    From what I understand he's tabled a motion that requires a simple majority.

    He has. Previous parliaments can't bind future ones and acts can repeal previous acts without explicitly doing so. The fixed term parliament act isn't worth the vellum it's written on


  • #5570
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,082 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Really love Jess Philips, rarely see her passion in the HOC


  • #5571
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Jess Phillips is some clueless gawm. Product of Labours gender quotas no doubt.


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  • #5572
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,868 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    sjb25 wrote: »
    This lady bit crazy

    Far from it.

    She is one of the most honest MP's you can ever see

    I have so much time for her


  • #5573
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,299 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Bambi wrote: »
    Jess Phillips is some clueless gawm. Product of Labours gender quotas no doubt.

    Are there gender quotas in the UK ?


  • #5574
    Leroy42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,105 ✭✭✭✭Leroy42


    Bambi wrote: »
    Jess Phillips is some clueless gawm. Product of Labours gender quotas no doubt.

    Take away your bias and try to actually listen to what she is saying.

    Johnson is doing all this not because of some higher calling, or because he has some big feeling for the citizens. He is doing all this because that was the best road to power, and not holding on to it.


  • #5575
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 30,003 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Are there gender quotas in the UK ?

    For Labour shortlists I think?

    Either way, she's bloody amazing. And she is perfectly right with her fundamental point - there is no way you can trust the current government (or indeed the last one). They lie with shocking frequency.


  • #5576
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Are there gender quotas in the UK ?

    All-female constituency selection lists, which was a Blair initiative.


  • #5577
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Really love Jess Philips, rarely see her passion in the HOC

    Always good on any panel shows I've seen her on. Genuinely funny


  • #5578
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    BBC News confirm two-thirds majority required, so the Opposition can go AWOL.


  • #5579
    Leroy42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,105 ✭✭✭✭Leroy42


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    Always good on any panel shows I've seen her on. Genuinely funny

    Its funny, she talks like 'normal' people, she tells it like it is and she clearly understands the issues that everyday people face.

    But the people to claim to stand for all that seem to hate her.


  • #5580
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,160 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Leroy42 wrote: »
    Its funny, she talks like 'normal' people, she tells it like it is and she clearly understands the issues that everyday people face.

    But the people to claim to stand for all that seem to hate her.

    That is the crux of why this is so so fascinating.

    The Brexiteers talk so much about undemocratic EU and yet are ok with Cummings dictating national policy and parliament being prorogued. They talk about honour and respect and then JRM behaves as he did on the front bench yesterday during the debate.

    It's incredibly interesting.


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  • #5581
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,299 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Does John Bercow sound utterly feed up calling the name of Caroline Lucas ? It certainly wasn't with the normal energy.


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