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Nintex · « **Reply #6480 on:** July 23, 2019, 07:24:02 AM »

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1153625565208821761

https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1153624786964119557

"I say to all the doubters: Dude, we are going to energise the country, we are going to get #Brexit done"

"There may even be some people here who still wonder quite what they have done"

samir · « **Reply #6481 on:** July 23, 2019, 07:37:41 AM »

Heck yeah!! Prime Minister BJ

Ghoul · « **Reply #6482 on:** July 23, 2019, 07:54:51 AM »

Jeremy Hunt annihilated.

Nintex · « **Reply #6483 on:** July 23, 2019, 08:05:35 AM »

https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hunt/status/1153633471979565057

BisMarckie · « **Reply #6484 on:** July 23, 2019, 08:16:49 AM »

Buying options on the pound right now

SmokyDave · « **Reply #6485 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:28:31 PM »

Just seen Farage saying he’s up for a pact with Boris, and Trump reckons the pair of them could deliver a jolly old brexit.

Torn between winding up my colleagues and keeping my mouth shut tomorrow. I’ve been telling them for weeks that Boris is just warming Nige’s seat, but it’s getting a little too real now.

Kara · « **Reply #6486 on:** July 23, 2019, 06:30:58 PM »

Quote from: BisMarckie on July 23, 2019, 08:16:49 AM

Buying options on the pound right now

This about gave me a heart attack during Brexit and my resting blood pressure is so low that it set off alarms the last time I was in hospital.

Raist · « **Reply #6487 on:** July 24, 2019, 10:06:36 AM »

Johnson's gonna have to get cracking from Day 1, 4 ministers have already resigned

Nintex · « **Reply #6488 on:** July 24, 2019, 12:37:34 PM »

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1154041862052691971

team filler · « **Reply #6489 on:** July 24, 2019, 02:18:08 PM »

https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1154085930128564226

Occam · « **Reply #6490 on:** July 24, 2019, 02:25:43 PM »

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/its-not-funny-any-more-18699299

Kara · « **Reply #6491 on:** July 24, 2019, 02:30:23 PM »

filler reposting Mako content.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

It's just super normie Israeli stuff.

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Raist · « **Reply #6492 on:** July 24, 2019, 05:34:30 PM »

Just when you thought there was no more shit for the fan

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1154127542971969540

Nintex · « **Reply #6493 on:** July 24, 2019, 05:44:42 PM »

"To all the doubters, pessimists and doomsayers I say: "DUDE, we got enough diarrhea for ten fans!"

Brehvolution · « **Reply #6494 on:** July 25, 2019, 11:30:52 AM »

Nintex · « **Reply #6495 on:** July 25, 2019, 12:47:10 PM »

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1154351234196869125

Corbyn got wrecked. Yet, won't support a motion of no confidence from the libdems

Rufus · « **Reply #6496 on:** July 25, 2019, 01:14:56 PM »

Still wants the tories to hold the bag, I suppose.

Nintex · « **Reply #6497 on:** July 25, 2019, 06:11:12 PM »

team filler · « **Reply #6498 on:** July 25, 2019, 06:12:31 PM »

remember the sun baby from teletubbies? this is him now, feel old yet?

samir · « **Reply #6499 on:** July 26, 2019, 09:13:59 AM »

Chilled thot?

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6500 on:** July 26, 2019, 02:01:56 PM »

tot, you weirdo

Nintex · « **Reply #6501 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:04:53 PM »

Congratulations you put a grammar nazi into power

https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/1154782412557168643

nachobro · « **Reply #6502 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:36:11 PM »

double space after a period

also it's "full stop" you dope

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6503 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:42:36 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 26, 2019, 06:36:11 PM

double space after a period

YES! Why does everyone make fun of me for doing this?

Nintex · « **Reply #6504 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:48:01 PM »

At least this member of the league of evil has a weakness to exploit

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6505 on:** July 26, 2019, 06:48:09 PM »

"double-space after period"

lol okay grandpa

Kara · « **Reply #6506 on:** July 26, 2019, 07:05:05 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on July 26, 2019, 06:42:36 PM

Quote from: nachobro on July 26, 2019, 06:36:11 PM
double space after a period

YES! Why does everyone make fun of me for doing this?

Because you aren't a typist in the 1950s.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6507 on:** July 26, 2019, 08:07:54 PM »

Use imperial measurements !

Tripon · « **Reply #6508 on:** July 26, 2019, 08:30:18 PM »

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SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Tech guru John McAfee, creator of the eponymous antivirus computer software, has arrived in Britain from the Dominican Republic, where he was detained with his wife for entering the Caribbean nation with firearms on his yacht, his lawyer said on Friday.

The attorney general's office "asked him where he wanted to go, and he decided on London," said lawyer Candido Simon, who McAfee hired to represent him in the Dominican Republic.

McAfee, born in 1945 at a U.S. military base on British territory, has both nationalities. After Dominican authorities ensured the United States had no active legal cases or extradition requests for McAfee, they allowed him to choose where he would be sent, Simon said.

McAfee, who is seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination for U.S. president in 2020, recently told Reuters in an interview he could help Cuba defeat the U.S. trade embargo by launching a cryptocurrency.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dominican-republic-sends-mcafee-britain-182730668.html

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6509 on:** July 26, 2019, 08:34:13 PM »

Quote from: Kara on July 26, 2019, 07:05:05 PM

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on July 26, 2019, 06:42:36 PM
Quote from: nachobro on July 26, 2019, 06:36:11 PM
double space after a period

YES! Why does everyone make fun of me for doing this?

Because you aren't a typist in the 1950s.

I LARP as one.

Nintex · « **Reply #6510 on:** July 27, 2019, 05:09:14 AM »

https://twitter.com/labourwhips/status/1155009109164527616

2 tories1 cup

team filler · « **Reply #6511 on:** July 27, 2019, 11:51:23 AM »

autisty

Nintex · « **Reply #6512 on:** July 27, 2019, 12:37:50 PM »

Boris Johnson: Paints people on a bus on empty wine crates (allegedly)
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Grammar Nazi esq. MP
Dominic Raab: Obsessed with his cup size

Anything on the other members of The Cabinet(TM)?

Raist · « **Reply #6513 on:** July 27, 2019, 03:33:00 PM »

How about Priti Patel, who was sacked a couple for holding unauthorized meetings with Israel while secretary of international development.
And now got the 3rd top job, Home Secretary. Being rather infamous for having expressed rather positive opinions about death penalty in the past, as it happens.

Nintex · « **Reply #6514 on:** July 29, 2019, 10:16:21 AM »

Boris is going to spend 100 million pounds on a Brexit no-deal preparation marketing blitz which will be the biggest UK government ad campaign since WW2 bonds.

Dominic Raab has already confirmed that no-deal Brexit is pretty much what the bois are gunning for now unless the EU comes to the table to NeGoTiAtE

Nintex · « **Reply #6515 on:** July 29, 2019, 01:13:47 PM »

Surprising to see Boris doing so many things in such a short time. Did no one bother to tell May what sort of powers the Prime Minister has?

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #6516 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:27:26 AM »

He has done nothing?

Only thing he will accomplish is crashing out with no deal and then trying to keep the UK from disbanding.

team filler · « **Reply #6517 on:** July 30, 2019, 11:48:39 AM »

https://twitter.com/swilkinsonbc/status/1156161385698615296

Raist · « **Reply #6518 on:** July 30, 2019, 01:17:53 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49151870

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Boris Johnson is visiting Wales for the first time as PM as he tries to rally farmers' support for his Brexit plans.

A Welsh farmer called on Mr Johnson to stop "playing Russian roulette" with the lamb industry over the threat of a no-deal Brexit.

But Mr Johnson said: "We're not aiming for a no-deal Brexit, we don't think that's where we'll end up."

"This is very much up to our friends and partners across the channel," he said.

Nintex · « **Reply #6519 on:** July 30, 2019, 01:40:14 PM »

Boris had an interesting week so far.

He visited Manchester and got stuff thrown at him from the crowds and he visited Scotland and got boo'ed by the public.
Dominic Raab made a complete fool out of himself in a TV interview.

And it's only Tuesday.

https://twitter.com/elliotwagland/status/1156211206966915073

Raist · « **Reply #6520 on:** July 30, 2019, 02:57:58 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 30, 2019, 01:40:14 PM

Boris had an interesting week so far.

He visited Manchester and got stuff thrown at him from the crowds and he visited Scotland and got boo'ed by the public.
Dominic Raab made a complete fool out of himself in a TV interview.

And it's only Tuesday.

https://twitter.com/elliotwagland/status/1156211206966915073

It has been revealed that Boris Johnson's director of communications used to be the Daily Mirror "Chicken" - a costumed character who mocked Conservative politicians on the campaign trail.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49165504

https://twitter.com/George_Osborne/status/1156098263264714752

Kara · « **Reply #6521 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:19:52 PM »

So that's what they meant when they said taking back control during the Brexit campaign.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-northern-ireland-direct-rule-dominic-raab-boris-johnson-a9024801.html

OnlyRegret · « **Reply #6522 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:33:56 PM »

political compass is so passé
any of you tried https://8values.github.io/

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #6523 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:43:08 PM »

Quote from: Kara on July 30, 2019, 07:19:52 PM

So that's what they meant when they said taking back control during the Brexit campaign.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-no-deal-northern-ireland-direct-rule-dominic-raab-boris-johnson-a9024801.html

Brexit really is going to end up tearing the UK apart, isn't it?

Raist · « **Reply #6524 on:** July 31, 2019, 03:31:24 AM »

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New investment in the UK car industry has suffered a "precipitous" decline.

It comes at a time when businesses in the sector have been spending heavily on preparations for a no-deal Brexit, according to the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The government says it is liaising with companies to help them prepare.

The SMMT says investment fell to just £90m in the first six months of the year from £347m last year.

By contrast, firms' spending on contingency plans for a possible no-deal Brexit has now reached a minimum of £330m.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49170387

Raist · « **Reply #6525 on:** July 31, 2019, 09:32:43 AM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-49178524

RIP Brit bees.

Raist · « **Reply #6526 on:** July 31, 2019, 01:08:50 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49182154

Nintex · « **Reply #6527 on:** July 31, 2019, 01:27:02 PM »

Boris has an official vlog

https://twitter.com/10DowningStreet/status/1156590629637545987

nachobro · « **Reply #6528 on:** July 31, 2019, 01:46:23 PM »

Probably a million reasons this wouldn't work but why not just have England leave the EU and the rest of the UK can stay in? Seems like that'd satisfy the Ireland issues and Scotland doesn't seem to want to leave.

Rufus · « **Reply #6529 on:** July 31, 2019, 01:58:13 PM »

Scotland might want another referendum.

Wales? Dunno. (Don't seem as divided from England as the others. Just my gut feeling, though.)

Northern Ireland? Phew. Hard border is a no-go for the Irish and consequently the EU. Johnson is going full steam ahead on no-deal, counting on the EU to fold on the backstop and negotiate a deal similar to Norway's. Will they? Dunno.

VomKriege · « **Reply #6530 on:** July 31, 2019, 06:01:34 PM »

Quote from: nachobro on July 31, 2019, 01:46:23 PM

Probably a million reasons this wouldn't work but why not just have England leave the EU and the rest of the UK can stay in? Seems like that'd satisfy the Ireland issues and Scotland doesn't seem to want to leave.

The Brits terminology is pretty confusing but I'm pretty certain Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not "real" countries as of now even if they have their own sports team on the international stage because reasons. It would be a nightmare to enforce and I don't think anyone is eager to open the can of worms of individual regions exiting the EU.

I'm no EU scholar but I'm fairly certain that despite my previous point there's some special status for some exceptional territories, notably islands (a quick search comes up with an "ultraperipheral region" that apply to the Azores, Canaries, etc...) and IIRC the EU was opened to the idea of keeping the border open between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (in effect turning NI into a special region out of the EU but with preferential access to the common market) if the UK enforced its customs between Northern Ireland and the main island of Great Britain. But as we all know the UK government has decided so far to not decide anything. They don't want the hard border between the RoI and NI, but they don't want it between NI and the rest of GB either.

Raist · « **Reply #6531 on:** August 01, 2019, 03:15:22 AM »

Quote from: VomKriege on July 31, 2019, 06:01:34 PM

Quote from: nachobro on July 31, 2019, 01:46:23 PM
Probably a million reasons this wouldn't work but why not just have England leave the EU and the rest of the UK can stay in? Seems like that'd satisfy the Ireland issues and Scotland doesn't seem to want to leave.

The Brits terminology is pretty confusing but I'm pretty certain Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not "real" countries as of now even if they have their own sports team on the international stage because reasons. It would be a nightmare to enforce and I don't think anyone is eager to open the can of worms of individual regions exiting the EU.

It's a mess - they aren't recognized internationally as countries as the only true sovereign unit is the UK, but in many ways, they are - e.g. the fact that they have their own governments. Westminster only has exclusive power in very limited things, such as international relations and defense.

It's quite funny, because ironically the UK is kinda like the EU.

Raist · « **Reply #6532 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:03:05 AM »

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-plans-no-deal-brexit-ad-campaign-in-europe/

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Boris Johnson's government is planning a Europe-wide media blitz to convince EU governments and citizens that the U.K. is serious about leaving, deal or no deal, on October 31.

Well that doesn't seem like a waste of time and money at all.