Wednesday 4th September 2019

[refitman]

PTO

No, shan't.

Bugger.

[PorFavor]

If this is Bernard Jenkin being brief . . .

[PorFavor]

Voting now on the General Election motion.

[PorFavor]

Ayes: 298

Noes: 56

Doesn't meet the threshold under the Fixed Term Parliament Act.

[Lost Soul]

So Noes and abstains beat ayes...

shame that didn't apply to the ref'

[tinyclanger2]

By the ref I guess you mean the massive majority vote, biggest democratic vote ever in iUK history etc that Johnson keeps regurgitating on about

[tinyclanger2]

PF - sorry about free reign with the English language
Sometimes I stop seething just long enough not to give a damn
(But not very often and not for very long)

[adam]

Kinnock amendment- it doesn't seem clear what it means and I wonder if the Government's mischief was mainly in just trying to sow more discord in the Labour party and amongst potential Labour voters. If it came to the situation that the existing WA was passed then Johnson would lose a confidence vote, the Brexit party would actively stand against the Conservatives in the following GE and it would become almost impossible, in FPTP, for the tories to win. Labour could say we've met the terms of the referendum, tear up the PD and negotiate something much closer. I think in principle that such a deal is a dumb deal but in reality it might be a silver lining.

[Lost Soul]

By the ref I guess you mean the massive majority vote, biggest democratic vote ever in iUK history etc that Johnson keeps regurgitating on about

Yes - the massive mandate...the people have decided...bollix

[tinyclanger2]

How long do we have before Boris gets bored now and runs off again?

[adam]

How long do we have before Boris gets bored now and runs off again?

He stuck out two terms as Mayor.

[Lost Soul]

If he shouts and chucks plates we can record it on our phones

[tinyclanger2]

Damn

[AnatolyKasparov]

So not even half of MPs voted for a GE, never mind the two thirds required under the FTPA.

Another triumph for BoJo.

[tinyclanger2]

After all this doesn’t backing an election before 31 oct seem ill advised?

[tinyclanger2]

Having read Rentoul (apologies) is Corbyn really confident he can win an election?
Would this not be unlikely if the vote, as anticipated, will be around Brexit and not much else?

[HindleA]

What else is there(apparently)?Certainly doesn't consume much of my thought, in itself.