The Brexit Thread

[Diable Rouge]

Care for the bad news,

http://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1061376957798141954

or the bad news?

http://twitter.com/MsHelicat/status/1061375904339976192

[sw2borshch]

The one time I went to a proper cricket match I spoke to Cardigan Connor.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/JoStevensLabour/status/1061535273815814144

[Eggchaser]

You mean The Taxdodgers' Alliance isn't made up of concerned citizens interested in a small state solution?

My faith in humanity has been shaken to the core.

[Diable Rouge]

http://twitter.com/vincecable/status/1061725912415326208

[Lang Spoon]

Hmm don’t think the Shinners will shift for Vinnie.

[Duncan Gardner]

Hmm don’t think the Shinners will shift for Vinnie

Aye, the Shinners are too busy with their own hapless leader to worry about a British one.

[Snake Plissken]

That tweet is parody right? He’s not that unself-aware of what he did, surely?

[Duncan Gardner]

Mis-spelling Terri's name?

[Snake Plissken]

When Labour posted a whole bunch of amendments to the various Brexit bills, they ended up losing some of them by one or two votes.

It later emerged that Cable and Farron never showed for the vote. Tim was busy giving a speech to a church on why he hates gays and Vince didn't show up because - I shit you not - "I didn't think Jeremy was going to support it."

[Etienne]

They lost by 3 votes on the vote Cable and Darrin didn't turn up for. It was bloody stupid of them not to be there (almost as bloody stupid as the voting system) but it made no actual difference.

[tracteurgarcon]

http://twitter.com/vincecable/status/1061725912415326208

Doesn't exactly engender confidence when you include the Twitter handle of a Theresa May parody account in your tweet.

[Diable Rouge]

Gordon Brown making an excellent case for Indyref 2 by arguing that Scotland should be able to negotiate a separate treaty with the EU.

[Diable Rouge]

Stephen Nolan and Claire Byrne simulcasting an all-island Brexit special tonight at 10.40.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

I've got to say that I'm very excited. I've only recently come across Nolan, and I think that it's going to be an eye-opening experience for the people of Ireland.

[Lang Spoon]

Aye, the Shinners are too busy with their own hapless leader to worry about a British one.

Mary Lou or Michelle in particular?

[Lang Spoon]

Although I’ve a soft spot for Ranelagh Republican Mary Lou, her leadership has been fairly piss poor so far. Maybe cause they seem to be preparing for the possible pivot toward propping up the next FG Govt (hence running a piss poor but solid Republican candidate in the Prez vote, lots of empty talk on United Ireland to be promptly ignored when they get Tanaiste and some poisoned Ministerships).

[Lang Spoon]

Whatever about Nolan being a bizzare corpulent egomaniac, that show is ten times anything fuckin RTÉ or the Ivan Yates/partridge Kenny channel put on politics wise fer sheer entertainment.

[Diable Rouge]

The main themes of Anglo-Irish relations in 1957? The potential impact of Europe, tensions surrounding the Border, and unionist fears of annexation.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Whatever about Nolan being a bizzare corpulent egomaniac, that show is ten times anything fuckin RTÉ or the Ivan Yates/partridge Kenny channel put on politics wise fer sheer entertainment.

We used to have really entertaining shows like that once upon a time, but then we moved on as a society. Things are better now. I Really wish I could find footage of Gerry Collins' teary plea to Albert Reynolds "Not to Bursth up the Parthy."

[Lang Spoon]

Whatever about Haughey, how the fuck did the Reynolds clan escape jail or the CAB?

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Although I’ve a soft spot for Ranelagh Republican Mary Lou, her leadership has been fairly piss poor so far. Maybe cause they seem to be preparing for the possible pivot toward propping up the next FG Govt (hence running a piss poor but solid Republican candidate in the Prez vote, lots of empty talk on United Ireland to be promptly ignored when they get Tanaiste and some poisoned Ministerships).

Mary Lou is hilarious. The closest she comes to anything remotely "left wing" is when they serve chicken wings at a sinn fein social. There is no chance that they will be in a coalition with FG. It would destroy them.

[Lang Spoon]

Though I think I know the answer. Larry Goodman is still a Respectable Businessman and the horsemeat thing Never Happened.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Reynolds' nephew died there the other week, the guy who ran the POD and various Festivals. But his dad was quite the card. I remember a hilarious story about when they went to start renovating the courthouse in Longford which had been closed for a while during the exciting fun 80's. They Discovered that Albert's brother had knocked through the basement wall from his hotel next door, and extended his nightclub into the basement.

Then of course there was all the arson.

[Lang Spoon]

Mary Lou is hilarious. The closest she comes to anything remotely "left wing" is when they serve chicken wings at a sinn fein social. There is no chance that they will be in a coalition with FG. It would destroy them.

I’d almost laugh if they did try it. Except for the Peter Casey far right type wanks being as likely to fill the populist eejit vacuum as the plastic Trots.