FlyTheNest

Morning all.

Morning!

Good post on Libs and cooperation last night Adam.

Roger the reporting of the poll on shutting down parliament appears to have been somewhat misleading. Hopefully not quite so many folk are that deluded!

From the guardian's long read - ‘Loud, obsessive, tribal’: the radicalisation of remain



The world had been marching forward, and things were getting better incrementally. After six years of austerity, after six years of health service cuts and damaging reforms, after six years of welfare cuts and the demonisation of people receiving benefits, after six years of local authority cuts and the closure of services and on and on and on, after six years of this, after the country voted for more of it just the year before...

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And there is this tucked away in the guardian online as well too - Phil McDuff, guardian columnist and Green Party member

If Caroline Lucas truly wants to stop a no-deal Brexit, she must work with Corbyn

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Morning all.

From the above.



Nobody even gave the idea of no-deal any consideration in 2016 - "easiest deal in history" and all that.

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Good morning, everyone.
love,
cJA

I wonder what certain people who are getting so excited about a quick trade deal with the USA do not understand about "America First"?

The fact that it's Bolton over here promoting that should make people very wary...

"So, Prime Minister, what's our foreign policy on x,y,z now?"
"Hang on, I'll just ask the Americans..."

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Yes, that polling in the Borisograph seems to have been distinctly slanted. Its presentation by the paper still more so.

Should we really be surprised?

the radicalisation of language used in journalist's workMillions of people's lives - employment, education, homes, retirement and family ties are upended because of Brexit. Millions of people losing their EU citizenship is an unalterable, massive loss.
The UK is still in the EU.
But the author has a story he wants to tell and he'll be god damned if facts interfere with it. The article isn't satire, it's obnoxious. It's the author's right to write obnoxious articles. I hope for his own sake one day soon, he'll realise on his own obnoxious, insensitive journalism is boring and finds himself more dignified employment.
'Straightforward, honest, sociable": the authentic journalist

Not surprised, no. Wary, yes.

Yes indeed, that famously unifying and fair minded figure John Bolton - not an "America Firster" in any way at all

Lots of leave supporting MPs and others downplaying the risks of leaving without a withdrawal agreement. Worth having a look at this -

Road Haulage Association Guidance Notes - No Deal (Latest edition - 6th August 2019)

There's a lot there, but one good general summary point

(my emphasis)

There is also, from the Health and Safety Exectutive talking about arrangements for the Chemicals industry in the event of leaving without a withdrawal agreement...



I'm not sure what 'in the longer term' means here, but the idea that there will be come kind of smooth transition with an interim processing system sounds like made up nonsense.

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That long read from the Graun contains an *extremely* revealing quote from Andrew Adonis.

The England and middle class quotation? What stands out for you?

Have I misunderstood something? Is the article satire?

From another that was quoted in that article...and have their motives misunderstood.

https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/sta ... 4328784896

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Thanks for the link. I don't like that article at all. It seems to be causing people trouble.

It feels like a throwback to a less politicised era not that long ago when this kind of gentle pisstake was de rigeur.

Now it just reads as nonsense or offence.

Yes, that's the one.

To put it simply, these are people who aren't used to not getting their way.

Was this intended as satire? I didn't grow up in the UK. Sometimes I misunderstand.

I don't think most people can be looking on current events with any satisfaction. Government website pages are frightful. Information regarding citizen responsibilities for Brexit are alarming. Policies change and information is incomplete.

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA

It certainly was a long read. A bloody long read. I thought it would never end.

Tried to help a homeless girl who was sitting outside the entrance to Sainsbury's in Leeds. I wasn't going in there I'd just got off the bus after 50 minutes and was trying to find a dark place to have a piss.

Anyway she told me she'd been sexually abused by her stepfather so I wandered into Sainsbury's to use the cash machine and came out offering her a tenner.

Which she refused to accept and called me a pervert.

Now I don't know how many of you have tried to persuade a teenage girl that you have their best interests at heart while drunk but I singularly failed and had to walk away which made me feel really sad.

I hope life treats her better than it evidently has done up until this point, but I suspect that's wishful thinking.

Anyway goodbye. You've all been lovely but I seem to keep saying the same shit over and over again. Well besides the bizarre random stoned shit. That's just fun.

I wish you all well and thank you for your patience and tolerance.

Cheers.

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