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We had a close shave, chaps (Original Post) Soph0571 Sep 2019 OP
Like many others, I'm sure, Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #1
It is outrageous... Soph0571 Sep 2019 #4
Did you see Max Headroom ask a question? Soph0571 Sep 2019 #6
Which of the panoply of useless gits on display is he? n/t Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #7
sir desmond swayne Soph0571 Sep 2019 #9
Ah, I see. I'd no idea we had virtual MPs. Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #11
My partner just pointed out the vocal resemblance between Cox and Blackadder's General Melchett, Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #12
Your partner is a genius Soph0571 Sep 2019 #13
She's pretty cool, it's true. Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #14
i think the UK barbtries Sep 2019 #2
I don't see them stave off a catastrophe. The whole of brexit is F.U.B.A.R. in fubar's 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #3
Yeah - but I think it my not happen in the near term now and I will take this... n/t Soph0571 Sep 2019 #5
time will tell. barbtries Sep 2019 #16
Boom! calimary Sep 2019 #8
Congratulations! Soz :-( Soph0571 Sep 2019 #10
Lol. That is too funny tymorial Sep 2019 #15
Congratulations from America to our British Allies Sloumeau Sep 2019 #17
Well, we're far from out of the woods yet, Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #19
Lord North (Prime Minister during the American Revolution)... T_i_B Sep 2019 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2019 #18
As an Anglophile Yank, I also want to add my congratulations steve2470 Sep 2019 #21
Well done, UK wryter2000 Sep 2019 #22
Well, we have a long way to go! LeftishBrit Sep 2019 #23

Denzil_DC

(8,008 posts)
1. Like many others, I'm sure,
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 05:53 AM
Sep 2019

I'm watching the re-opening of Parliament live (the joys of being self-employed and working from home) - it may end up being the most-watched session for quite a while.

Attorney General Cox must be the most arrogant patrician twat I've ever had the misfortune to hear speak. Given the scurrilous smacktalk about the verdict and the judges that's been leaked from the sore-loser Cabinet yesterday and overnight, a little more contrition might be in order.

Johnson won't be taking PMQs today, but is scheduled to make a statement later - fresh off the red-eye from New York, so that's something to look forward to, I guess.

Denzil_DC

(8,008 posts)
11. Ah, I see. I'd no idea we had virtual MPs.
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 06:52 AM
Sep 2019

No, he passed me by in the blur of bullshit.

Denzil_DC

(8,008 posts)
12. My partner just pointed out the vocal resemblance between Cox and Blackadder's General Melchett,
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 06:54 AM
Sep 2019

and now I can't unhear it!

Denzil_DC

(8,008 posts)
14. She's pretty cool, it's true.
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 07:01 AM
Sep 2019

Just after I posted that, I heard a clear and strident Melchettesque "BEHHHH" from somebody else in the House among the babble. Maybe they've been cloned? Maybe they're reading this thread??

barbtries

(29,918 posts)
2. i think the UK
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 05:57 AM
Sep 2019

has responded better to their trump. they may be able to stave off a catastrophe. we're in it.

3Hotdogs

(13,485 posts)
3. I don't see them stave off a catastrophe. The whole of brexit is F.U.B.A.R. in fubar's
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 06:10 AM
Sep 2019

truest meaning.

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
17. Congratulations from America to our British Allies
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 07:28 AM
Sep 2019

Authoritarianism has been nipped in the bud once more. While our country only rebelled against one British leader who severely overreached, that was more than enough for us. Always glad to see whenever you folks also make quick work of wannabe tyrants.

Denzil_DC

(8,008 posts)
19. Well, we're far from out of the woods yet,
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 10:29 AM
Sep 2019

but thanks very much for your solidarity. Be assured that we're rooting for you, with your own leadership and constitutional problems.

T_i_B

(14,805 posts)
20. Lord North (Prime Minister during the American Revolution)...
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:09 PM
Sep 2019

...Was widely regarded as the worst Prime Minister of all time.

That was until Theresa May came along. And now we have Boris Johnson who is far, far worse!

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)

steve2470

(37,468 posts)
21. As an Anglophile Yank, I also want to add my congratulations
Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:30 PM
Sep 2019

I was very heartened to see your Supreme Court issue that unanimous judgment instead of a 6-5 verdict (if that's possible). I think it will now be possible to stop Brexit, or at the very minimum have one that is not quite as disastrous as a crash-out Brexit.

Congrats and keep the faith, from across the waves

Steve

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