Brexit EU referendum polling stations.

[JoeP]

Another joke about to be retired:

Theresa May to resign as prime minister - BBC News

"It's nearly the end of May" is now the joke of the month. She's staying in office until 7 June simply to avoid this. And apparently holding on to cover the official state visit of President* Dump (3-5 June). (Trump 'oblivious' to Brexit chaos, focussed on Queen's banquet, report - Business Insider)

[Miisa]

Originally Posted by JoeP

This joke (if it is one) works (if it does) by contrasting multiple levels of question: Is using eggs and milk a form of violence upon chickens and cows? (the vegan perspective) Is using Molotov cocktails on humans a form of violence? (umm ... yes) Is using eggs and milkshakes on fascists a form of violence? (it kind of is) And do they deserve it? Is there a better way of expressing protest? If protest doesn't help and the fascists win would that result in violence upon everyone else?

There, now I have violently dissected the joke and killed it.

Good points; if you won't harm animals, or by your actions allow animals to be harmed, yet you are happy to harm humans, are you *really* vegan?

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Miisa

Good points; if you won't harm animals, or by your actions allow animals to be harmed, yet you are happy to harm humans, are you *really* vegan?

The fanatics are sorry but they are not taking questions at this time. Or ever.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by JoeP

And apparently holding on to cover the official state visit of President* Dump (3-5 June).

I just had a thought. Totally not because my Visio diagram just exploded to 30 sheets of paper because I moved one process icon.

Theresa May has announced she doesn't want the throne. In another parallel, maybe during the state visit she could pull the Mad President, the Unashamed, Breaker of Democracy, etc, close, give him a big kiss, and slip a knife into his heart?

[Dragar]

Originally Posted by Dragar

Sky News Breaking on Twitter: "Chairman of the 1922 backbench committee Sir Graham Brady says the threshold of 48 letters of no confidence in Theresa May's leadership of the Conservative Party has been reached triggering a ballot which will take place tonight between 6pm and 8pm"

Took a while, but here we go.

[JoeP]

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

'Brexit Party' supporters tell British-Asian Labour MEP to go home during acceptance speech | London Evening Standard

[JoeP]

Today in British politics - which doesn't need another thread, there is nothing else going on - the Tory party leadership battle has moved to its next stage. Following Theresa May's resignation (effective last Friday) given her inability to "deliver Brexit" (Brexit means Brexit, deliver means deliver), ten more vaguely-dislikable people have been accepted as candidates for the next person to be unable to deliver Brexit.

It's all too boring for words, but I suppose it's traditional to include a link.
Tory leadership campaigns: 1922 Committee confirms 10 candidates on ballot for first vote – live news | Politics | The Guardian

[The Man]

Because we live in the Darkest Timeline, I suppose it's too much to hope that the most embarrassing candidate doesn't end up the next Prime Minister, right?

Oh, god. It's probably only a matter of weeks until we're all forced to say PM B***s J*****n, isn't it?

I can't imagine why I'm thinking this, but if you're heavily invested in the stock market right now, this might be a good time to get out. I can't promise it's definitely the right time, but we're due for a recession in the next year or two anyway.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

In the interests of balance, today Sky News gave us a Brexit debate between David Henig, a former international trade negotiator, and Mark Francois, a sort of semi sentient turnip whose closest scrape with glory was losing a staring contest to Will Self.pic.twitter.com/UtFie5g4up

— Graham Lithgow (@grahamlithgow) June 26, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

*DING DING*
"There will be drinking water, whatever happens on October 31st," says @BorisJohnson pic.twitter.com/0UCXz50Kqv

— brexit_bus (@BusBrexit) June 28, 2019

[JoeP]

So he's saying we won't be making a trade deal with Flint, Michigan?

[Ari]

The Brexit busses have been hilarious, I mean who gets their political facts from the side of a... hold on, the Twitter alert system says our president has a factual statement he would like to get out to the nation about this war idea so many valid accounts have been tweeting him about...
Ok, nevermind.

I do like how these busses went from claiming the millions in pounds the UK will save and apply to healthcare, to “Well... you will still have drinking water...” I can’t wait, in a few more years it will just be tips on how to extend your single boiled potato ration and on the other side how everyone should feel grateful as EU taxes would have taken half of your potato!

[erimir]

I mean, that's a parody photoshop.

But it is still funny that the Brexiteers went from claiming they'd be spending millions and millions more on the NHS and things like that to "What's the big deal? We'll still have drinking water even if we can't get bananas and oranges."

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Take back control, yo.

"Craig Thorn, of America’s National Pork Producers Council, said Britain should drop its standards and stop testing pork for the parasitic worm trichinae."

How do people feel about lowering of Food standards?https://t.co/xs2NURWE1Z

— Liz Webster���������������������� (@abcpoppins) July 1, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

English Goodwill Ambassador to US Piers Morgan is a Serious Person in World Affairs who deserves respect. pic.twitter.com/Brk4BquTwm

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) July 3, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Tommy Robinson on InfoWars begging Trump for help.

Tommy Robinson begs Donald Trump to grant him political asylum in US | The Independent

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

It seems an MP's communications guy has resigned.

[specious_reasons]

This was posted in the middle of the night in the UK, so it'll probably be up for a few hours more. Good timing on the part of the communications person.

[SR71]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Another joke about to be retired:

Theresa May to resign as prime minister - BBC News

"It's nearly the end of May" is now the joke of the month. She's staying in office until 7 June simply to avoid this. And apparently holding on to cover the official state visit of President* Dump (3-5 June). (Trump 'oblivious' to Brexit chaos, focussed on Queen's banquet, report - Business Insider)

Wait what? We've moved on to Boris already? Is he (return to top of post)?

[JoeP]

Yes. We are now ruled (lol, not) by a complete Johnson.

[Stephen Maturin]

Say what you will about Johnson, but as demonstrated back in 2015 when he was mayor of London, the guy is basically Andres Segovia, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins and Robert Fripp all rolled into one when it comes to the guitar.

show spoiler

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

English street lunatic obtains first job, thanks to charitable gift of bath, shave, hot meal, and new suit from queen Elizabeth.

Refuses offer of haircut and skin-care. pic.twitter.com/YVkOUtFrVc

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) July 24, 2019

[Kyuss Apollo]

Gotta love British democracy. Two million people protest in the streets of London against Brexit. 160,000 Tories choose Boris fucking Johnson as Prime Minister.

— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) July 24, 2019

[JoeP]

Leave.EU may keep name after no-deal Brexit if ownership handed to EU citizen | Politics | The Guardian

Leave.EU will be allowed to keep its name after a no-deal Brexit, the European commission has announced – but only if it transfers ownership of the domain name to an EU citizen.

The new concession is that said EU citizen can still reside in the UK.

Will the last EU citizen to leave the UK please turn off the domain.