Cont: Brexit: Now What? 9 Below Zero

[ohms]

If the new scandal is Boris spending public money to ferry his spare girlfriend around and giving her access she shouldn't have I doubt it will even phase his supporters. His promiscuity and self serving dishonesty have been public knowledge for decades. The message for future politicians is that any behaviour however abhorent can be balanced by being slightly self depreciating, in a suitably patronising way, on HigNfY. It even worked for Rees-Mogg and when I look at him I almost believe David Icke.

What with the Thomas Cook failure and Labour's desperate attempts never to win another election, this story seems to have been lost by most of the media.

 

[Pixel42]

Supreme Court ruling tomorrow at 1030 apparently.

 

[ponderingturtle]

The difference being that the UK government is prepared to stand up to Johnson.

Yes and no, it seems there are people other than congress and especially the senate that can do things against Johnson while Trump would need to be impeached. Also the different ways parties and PM vs President are elected make it likely the Boris can have a much smaller percentage of people actually supporting him.

 

[Wudang]

On the attempt to remove Watson. Today Lansman (who put forward the motion to abolish Watson's role) tweeted

I'm completely supportive of Jeremy's leadership but I’m incredibly disappointed with the process by which today’s NEC statement on Brexit was produced. There was no meeting, no discussion, no consultation with the membership

To which Watson replied :

Irony is not dead.

 

[McHrozni]

Supreme Court ruling tomorrow at 1030 apparently.

I'll play the appropriate music. The beauty of the piece is that it is appropriate regardless of what the verdict reads.



McHrozni

 

[Andy_Ross]

On Channel 4 News Boris claimed that once out of the EU we can ban the sale of shark fin soup.
Shark finning was banned in the EU years ago, but the trade in shark fins cannot be banned due to WTO rules, not because of the EU.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

On Channel 4 News Boris claimed that once out of the EU we can ban the sale of shark fin soup.
Shark finning was banned in the EU years ago, but the trade in shark fins cannot be banned due to WTO rules, not because of the EU.

Boris made it his job to lie about the EU in his role as a "journalist" - and got fired for it.
Why would he stop lying now when it got him into Downing Street ?

 

[McHrozni]

Boris made it his job to lie about the EU in his role as a "journalist" - and got fired for it.
Why would he stop lying now when it got him into Downing Street ?

Because the last time he did it, he got fired for it.

It seems like a solid line of reasoning to me.

McHrozni

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Because the last time he did it, he got fired for it.

It seems like a solid line of reasoning to me.

McHrozni

Getting fired launched his political career.

 

[McHrozni]

Getting fired launched his political career.

I hope it does so again.

Into the Sun.

McHrozni

 

[KDLarsen]

Supreme court rules Boris Johnson's prorogation was 'unlawful'
Hale says the court is “bound to conclude that the decision to advise her Majest to prorogue parliament was unlawful”.

More to follow once the Supreme Court releases the full judgement along with its press summary.

 

[Klimax]

I hope it does so again.

Into the Sun.

McHrozni

NASA has SLS (SpaceSenate Launch System), so why not BLS (Boris Launch System)

 

[Lothian]

All 11 Supreme Court judges find against Boris. Which git wanted to sideline the ECJ?

 

[Wudang]

Via David Allen Green twitter : The prorogation was unlawful. Unanimous decisions. Waiting to see now if we get a declaration or a notice. I.e will CS hand this back to politicians to sort out or will they decide an acttion themselves?

https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1176431580803416064?s=20

 

[KDLarsen]

That means the prorogation had no effect. She says it is as if the royal commission had no effect.

Parliament has not been prorogued, she says.

She says it is for the Speaker to decide what happens next.

I'd imagine that the Speaker would move fairly swiftly to arrange for parliament to be seated.

Edit:
Summary of the judgement: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2019-0192-summary.pdf

Full judgement: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2019-0192-judgment.pdf

 

[McHrozni]

Suspension was ruled unlawful. Chopping block sales skyrocket (alledgedly).

McHrozni

 

[GlennB]

Anyone notice the "Boris the Spider" motif on her top?

Coincidence? I don't think so

 

[McHrozni]

This prorogation has been a phenomenal own goal. First it galvanized the opposition to do something (the law requiring PM to ask for an extension) and only after that happened, the prorogation was also declared null and void.

Not only BJ now has to deal with Parliament, the very reason he pushed for prorogation in the first place has been eviscerated by a timely legal action. He may face another trial for misconduct in publci office and has absolutely nothing to show for it.

Except for a legal precendens on how not to act as PM that will be taught in British constitutional law class until the end of time, or at least a couple of centuries.

It's a claim to (in)fame, so he has that going for him, which is nice.

McHrozni

 

[The Great Zaganza]

On top of that, European Leaders must ask themselves: what is the point of talking to him anymore?

 

[jimbob]

As an aside, anyone else noticed the similarity between Aaron Banks and Herbert Lom's Inspector Dreyfus?

Even down to the eye twitch