UK General Discussion: 2019 and onwards, The End of May

[The Mikado]

I think they should leave on No Deal. That’s what the people voted for.

Welcome to Atlas, Mr. Farage. It's an honor to have such a distinguished person in our midst.

[The Mikado]

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1113405505496584192

[The Mikado]

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1113405505496584192

That poll says more about little the average citizen in Great Britain thinks or cares about NI, rather than actual support for reunification.

I didn't say otherwise. 36% not care and 9% not sure adds up to a whopping 45% plurality for shrugging.

It can't be heartening to the DUP to  place so much identity on a union to a power which doesn't remotely care about you.

[The Mikado]

So...six days Parliament is in session between now and the deadline. What is even left to try at this point?

[The Mikado]

Mordaunt's name is so...it's a movie villain name, and literally was the villain of an Alexander Dumas book. It hints at both "death" and "daunting" over the course of two syllables.

[The Mikado]

Yes. He used to be popular, but is no longer popular. It's strange that people struggle with this concept.

If they picked him, wouldn't that at the very least take the wind out of the sails of Farage's vanity party?

[The Mikado]

He actually had his best ever constituency result in 2017 I think.

It is rumoured Corbyn has approached him about a Shadow Cabinet return on at least one occasion, allegedly he turned it down but not before seriously thinking about it.

The return of Ed Miliband to power would somehow be the most entertaining thing to come out of this mess.

Chaos.


_{With Ed Miliband.}

[The Mikado]

We had these Lib Dem numbers in 2010- and we had the alliance at 50% in 1981- a time when both leaders were deeply unpopular, political unrest etc (ofc things aren’t as bad as ‘81) so it’s not a huge shock- other than having neither of the two main parties at top.

Presumably this will make both Cons and Lab even more gunshy than they already were about early elections and help the next Tory leader limp through until the end of term, right?