Europe, Referendum & Brexit (formerly Europe..IN or OUT??)

^I'll second that mate

I just don't the arseholes in the HOC atm. They are, to put it simply incapable of reaching a consensus in a way out of a impasse.

Therefore, I would suggest that they simply resign and we have a General Election and start all over again. I would stress that ALL candidates should NOT include ANY OF THE CURRENT Incumbents of the House but ordinary folks off the street who seem to have a better grasp of the whole damn thing than what the MPs do

(02-04-2019 07:53 )SOCATOA Wrote:  I wish to nominate Jacob Rees Mogg for the most odious cunt in Britain award

Seconded.

How he thinks it helps his case to tweet a speech in the German Bundestag of the leader of the AfD party god only knows. It's often said that you are defined by the company you keep so as the the AfD are anti immigration, anti muslim and racist then Rees-Mogg seems to be nailing his colours to that mast.

(01-04-2019 21:08 )GreenMachine Wrote:  Another colossal waste of time, no majority yet again reached. To quote the Chuckle Brothers "To me, to you"

It wasn't a waste of time. Quite the opposite. The indicative votes showed that there are 3 Brexit options which the government could get passed immediately if they wanted to, because with government support those 3 options would all have a majority in the House of Commons.

I think part of the failure of the indicative votes so far is that they have been based on a simple up/down vote, a preference based voting system could be used to build a consensus and move forward.

https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analy...-on-brexit

"The outdated yes/no nature of the indicative votes was never going to achieve a consensus, because the process isn't designed to find consensus. That's despite there clearly being routes which MPs prefer or want to reject entirely. But once again, we find ourselves in a position where no single option appears to command a majority and parliament's Brexit paralysis continues."

"That culture stems from the divisive voting system used to elect MPs themselves - one where only one person can win each seat, and all the other votes are cast aside. On a national scale, Westminster's blinkered system leads to results that are distorted and a Commons that leaves millions unrepresented."

(02-04-2019 07:53 )SOCATOA Wrote:  I wish to nominate Jacob Rees Mogg for the most odious cunt in Britain award

Fair bit of competition for that award

^^ More Gammon than in Greggs

seems to be a outbreak of Odius Cuntus in westminister n the last few months

Statement by the PM: She wants to sit down with the opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and try to find some solution-he will probably want a softer Brexit but I can't see them agreeing anytime soon. That said there will then be more 'indictative' votes which will be agreed by the Government(so IF and it's a big IF) there is a majority vote at last(don't hold your breath on that one) THEN they will go with that. It also looks like we will have to ask for an interderminate extension to Article 50...basically we continue this rigmarole maybe until June-OR everything is sorted out before 23rd May and the European Elections. There is a summit of the EU next week. It will be interesting to know what Messrs Barnier, Tusk and Juncker are thinking right now.

(02-04-2019 15:32 )HannahsPet Wrote:  ^^ More Gammon than in Greggs

seems to be a outbreak of Odius Cuntus in westminister n the last few months

What are the common symptoms???

In response to Mrs May having a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn

Jacob Rees Mogg has stated
'People did not vote for a Corbyn-May coalition government - they voted for a Conservative government, which became a confidence and supply with the DUP'.