UK Parliament live - must see

[malaise]

Defection takes out Boris' majority. He no longer has a working majority
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49570682

Bye Bye Boris! Fuck you!!

[Me.]

1. THis Was Brilliant

Praise for the Doctor

[malaise]

2. I'm watching until the vote

This is very interesting

[Me.]

21. Geez, I Didn't Realize

Sorry if this is a spoiler

[malaise]

22. This isn't a spoiler

Live coverage of Parliament

[Me.]

23. No...I Mean My Post

[malaise]

25. Your post is fine

[Me.]

26. ...

[cwydro]

4. Do you live in the UK?

No one I know that lives there wants it to happen.

[CatMor]

8. You're right ..

my daughter lives there and she does not want it to happen.

[malaise]

24. I have two Danish nephews who live in England

They sure don't want it

[cwydro]

10. My family lives in Wales, England, and Ireland.

None of them voted for it and none of them want it.

Why in the world do your friends think it’s a good thing? Do they have any idea of the ramifications from this?

[HipChick]

18. My family are there also

in UK, and none of them want it either..

[cwydro]

55. Looks like that poster left the building.

Without answering my question.

[stopdiggin]

27. yeah, like that Dorian thing in the Bahamas -- those people

are just so shrill. And annoying! They should obviously just suck it up.

[stopdiggin]

36. you "articulate" a lack of compassion, thought, and values

"Honestly I couldn't begin to articulate"

You are entitled to your opinion (which you won't bother to articulate) but you have noticed perhaps that you're the ONLY voice here crying "just get on with it?" Maybe you should stick to American football? Seems to be about your level.

[Spider Jerusalem]

31. Your friends are fuckwits then

[Hekate]

51. Name Removed was sure gone quick

[cwydro]

52. I hardly knew him!

Yeah, wasn’t surprised, but I must have missed the post that got him gone.

[malaise]

53. Hahahahha

[Hekate]

37. Brexit is another Putin Special, sorry to say, & would be catastrophic. It would hasten the ...

...dissolution of the EU, which is a Putin goal.

[dalton99a]

5. Positively Trumpian in his deflection, gaslighting and bullshit

[spanone]

6. K&R...

[ananda]

7. WTF is it with that hair?

Are he and MF45 twins separated at birth
and reunited by ideology????

!@#$%

[TruckFump]

11. If only we could do the same to MF45 via the House!!!!! EOM

[honest.abe]

12. So what happens next?

This sounds like Boris is finished.

[malaise]

13. He wants to be forced to call an election

Not sure why

[honest.abe]

14. Maybe he sees no other option at this point...

and hoping for a "hail mary".

[leftieNanner]

30. Yeah - David Cameron called that Brexit election

And look how successful that was for him!

Johnson needs to be voted out. I don't understand the British Parliamentary procedures well enough to understand how all of this works. Which means that I don't understand how this guy got to be PM in the first place.
Come on England! Do it!

A friend of mine is British and she lives in Italy. If Brexit happens, it will be a nightmare for her.

[mwooldri]

47. Boris can be voted out but would be difficult.

Although his constituency is in London, it did vote Leave. He also won more than 50% of the vote the last two elections.

It will probably take tactical voting and for Labour to step aside... to make this seat a clear Remain/Leave general election "referendum" with Tory vs Lib Dems.

Prime Minister is typically the leader of the political party that got most seats. Similar to how the US Speaker of the House is chosen.

[Me.]

44. Because Right Now

he's ahead in the polls and if he won would have the public behind him?

[asiliveandbreathe]

15. Also live, BJ is lying through his fluffy mane....must be contagious - even across the pond..

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/sep/03/commons-showdown-looms-in-battle-over-no-deal-brexit-live

Loving the live comments..

Can you just imagine any trade deal with the pos in the wh surrounding the Brits NHS..?? - the people of Great Britain, beware of the lies..BJ says the NHS is NOT on the table for a deal..pos liar..

BJ has NO mandate, NO morals, and NO majority..Corbyn..

[malaise]

16. I do love the Guardian

Of course he's lying - it's what he does

[Afromania]

17. he has a plan he cant tell them eh??? BJ is running the trump playbook play by play.

[demmiblue]

19. ...

Link to tweet

[avebury]

29. If Boris has lost the majority, how can he remain PM? nt

[mwooldri]

48. He heads the largest group.

It would take all the opposition together to get a bigger group and to do that there would have to be a vote of no confidence, and the leader of said larger group would then go to the Queen to request to form a government.

If Jeremy Corbyn was a unifying figure then it'd be easy. However that isn't going to happen; Lib Dems won't do it (they got burned with the last coalition). SNP likely not to do it.

Boris Johnson's Tories, along with DUP support, still have the largest group but not an overall majority.

[C_U_L8R]

32. Captivating.

I wish we could haul Trump before Congress.

[malaise]

34. Question time is a great idea but much is lost

when Prime Ministers lie (or refuse to answer questions) like this one.

[C_U_L8R]

39. The lying is breathtaking

At least it's out there for all to see.

[dawg day]

38. That would be horrifying -- to see Trump lumber in there -

and put on his grumpy face (the only face he has anymore).

[dawg day]

35. I like the very simple obvious way they show a change in allegiance--

"As the prime minister made his statement, he lost his majority, with a Tory MP crossing the floor of the house to join the Liberal Democrats."

Just walk across the floor to the other side?

[underpants]

40. Prime Minister for 40 days. Is that a record?

A real s Storm.

[malaise]

41. It would be the shortest ever - check this

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/shortestserving-prime-ministers-how-boris-johnson-compares-38462419.html
<snip>
Boris Johnson needs to continue as prime minister until November 20 to avoid becoming the shortest-serving PM in UK history.

On that date he will overtake George Canning, who clocked up 118 days as prime minister before his death in 1827, and who holds the record for the shortest time in office.

Mr Johnson is currently on 41 days.

[underpants]

42. I figured it had to be

Other than someone being MUUUUURDERED (in English accent). I was off by a day.

[malaise]

43. LOL

That's pretty good

[malaise]

54. MP (Don't have his name)

This no deal Brexit would drive us into the arms of DT (Don the Con - my words)

[avebury]

45. When is the vote? nt

[malaise]

46. Today or tomorrow

I do love the Speaker

[malaise]

49. Corbyn speaking now

[Initech]

50. Man I thought our government was fucked up!

We got nothing on the Brits!