Mr Johnson told a meeting of the influential 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs today that he had no intention of watering down his description of the rebel legislation. He was rebuked by Commons Speaker John Bercow last night for repeatedly referring to the so-called Benn Act as the 'Surrender Act', prompting howls of derision from opposition MPs. But Mr Johnson reportedly told his backbenchers that ‘they [Labour] are trying to drive us off the word surrender because they know it is cutting through’.Source
Akabusi wrote: » With the performance yesterday his great plan was likely to try and goad the opposition into an early election, they rightly haven't fallen for that and if anything he'll have turned off a lot of moderates with his comments on Jo Cox. Now he will look for an extension, he has no other choice, his simple message will be that he had was forced into it by a parliament who want to go against the people's will. His promise will be to elect him with a strong majority and he will deliver Brexit no matter what the opposition try. However the likely outcome of another election is that Johnson will have a lower number of seats than he has now. In England on one side, the Brexit party will be eating away at him and on the other the Lib Dems will gobble up most of the moderates. I think Labour will perform similar to how it did last time. They will lose votes to the Brexit party in the hard line leave areas but gain some of the moderates to make up for this somewhat. The Conservatives could end up not winning any seats in Scotland. The Brexit Party could pick up somewhere around 3 - 5 seats because Johnson failed on the Oct 31st promise and where they don't win them they just dilute the Tory vote. The Lib Dems gain about 10 - 15 seats, mostly from previously held Conservative seats but also a few Labour. The DUP will loose 1 if not 2 seats to the Alliance Party, maybe SF could loose one to them as well. I just don't see where Johnson gets enough votes to get a majority. Most likely in my mind is a Labour/Lib Dem coalition and if really needed the SNP but that will come at the price of independence for Scotland.
Sparko wrote: » A man has apparently been arrested in Birmingham for attacking the constituency office of Jess Phillips while shouting fascist. Just reported on Sky News now.
ath262 wrote: » from SeanWhelan (RTE) - a general election cannot now be held before October 31...https://twitter.com/seanwhelanRTE/status/1177209389872234496
LeinsterDub wrote: » No what it means is you just need put a line in the bill saying the old law no longer applies or will continue to apply but just not in this case . It's this one line bill you may have heard about yesterday which would get a round the FTPA
A Dub in Glasgo wrote: » The minimum time to prepare for the election is 25 working days which is 5 weeks The earliest an election can take place is 1st Nov
Bannasidhe wrote: » Swinson was fairly adamant.Anyone but Corbyn -including Harriet Harmen who would still have been a Labour PM so I'm not sure the argument that it was about party not person holds water.
Bannasidhe wrote: » For whatever reason is it ridiculous to complain that the current PM is playing fast and loose with conventions while seeking to do the exact same thing yourself.
Bannasidhe wrote: » If the PM is going to be removed, and it is not possible for a member of his/her party to form a government (which is what happened when May was 'removed' ), the convention is that the leader of the largest opposition party would be invited to try and form a government, even a minority 'caretaker' government to guide the ship of State until a GE can be held. There is no 'as long as you approve of them' clause.
ath262 wrote: » I think the 25 days prep. could also be overridden by a one-off election option, but only the alliance has majority to get a bill like this through...
J Mysterio wrote: » Boris today doubled down on his language to 1922 Committee. What a sonofabitch.
Enzokk wrote: » With the news that someone broke into the office of Jess Phillips and shouted fascist and the PM not backing down I think this tweet and thread takes on more significance. This is the daughter of Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls so she has been part of the political life for a long time. It is a thread to please do open it and read what she has to say.https://twitter.com/ellieelizaa/status/1177202032823939072?s=20
Tell me how wrote: » Apparently a 36 year old man has been arrested after trying to enter Jess Philips constituency office screaming 'fascist'. I wonder how long before MP's receive anonymous notes with the word Humbug included on it. Jess challenged Boris in the lobby of Westminster this morning and asked him how did he feel about being quoted on a death threat sent to her but he didn't really respond.
Strazdas wrote: » Interesting tweet underneath : Johnson and Cummings apparently are convinced inflammatory language and aggression is a vote winner
darem93 wrote: » Just when you thought they couldn't sink any lower. Here they are literally justifying attacks against her.https://twitter.com/LeaveEUOfficial/status/1177256643094036481
devnull wrote: » Society is completely broken in the UK and people are hugely divided and sooner or later someone is going to get killed and I'd be shocked if they are the only ones.
devnull wrote: » Society is completely broken in the UK and people are hugely divided and sooner or later someone is going to get killed and I'd be shocked if they are the only ones. My own family situation gets worse by the week as I'm now banned from my uncles because of my "anti-democratic views" which basically means I'm kicked out of the family as far as he is concerned and my relationship with my father is fast heading the same way as I am not going to align myself with far right views and that will never change. Every time I speak to him I have his far right views rammed down my throat. I cannot even start a conversation with my father without Brexit being mentioned and some comment about Boris Johnson delivering on the peoples will and how he is the best Prime Minister ever, and how I should stop trying to prevent the will of the people. My father is so obsessed with this that he doesn't want to talk about anything else. This is what Britain has become, a situation where delivering Brexit is more important than anything else, even family relationships. I have seen a few furious arguments about Brexit where people are really starting to lose it and as has been said on twitter last night and today, yesterday things started to boil over and it's no surprise that an MP has been intimidated like this. This is going to be a wider problem for society in the UK soon and the police are going to have a tough time controlling it and it's all going to be Boris Johnson's fault. I'm seeing even mild mannered people on the remain side now also starting to get to the point where they are now furious and on the edge of boiling over. As someone who has grown up in a mixture of the UK and Ireland what happens now is honestly the darkest time for me for a country that I used to admire but now I just hate it, I hate that my job means I have to work from there at times, I hate the level of debate and the breakdown of society and what it has done to personal and family relationships. It is so wrong and it rattles my moral bones very heavily and honestly if I was there I'm not sure how much longer I would be able to put up with it before it would drive me totally insane. The United Kingdom is severely broken, perhaps beyond repair. Unfortunately there will be many victims of this and sadly unless this agenda is stopped soon, then people being the victim of attacks and being badly injured is inevitable and today's despicable act of intimidation to a passionate MP like Jess, is just going to be the start of far, far, far worse to come. Sorry for the rant, but honestly, this is what it's like to have a connection with the UK and hate every single thing about how it is now and have to face the reality of how it impacts personal relationships and how Brexit has poisoned the whole country. This is the country that the ERG and Boris and pals have created.
Tell me how wrote: This after his brother resigned from his government.
