PM Boris forms a government
02-09-2019, 14:52
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
The good news is it looks like we are heading for a Brexit election. Party time.
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02-09-2019, 15:01
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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The good news is it looks like we are heading for a Brexit election. Party time.
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Be careful what you wish for, almost 50% of the UK are party poopers
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02-09-2019, 15:28
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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Are you suggesting we - the UK - start to invest in our own manufacturing, farming, and services? it's about time someone mentioned it
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Yes, we should - but it would take decades of investment and infrastructure build.
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02-09-2019, 15:34
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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The good news is it looks like we are heading for a Brexit election. Party time.
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Very likely as l expect Boris Johnson to put down a dissolution motion and then use the prerogative power to move the date to after October the 31st.
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02-09-2019, 16:07
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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Be careful what you wish for, almost 50% of the UK are party poopers
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An election is an election. Can't say fairer than having the opportunity to vote for or against no deal.
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02-09-2019, 16:13
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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Originally Posted by jfman
The good news is it looks like we are heading for a Brexit election. Party time.
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A huge amount would then depend on what Nigel Farage does. If he’s holding hands with Boris under the table - highly likely, given the sudden enthusiasm for an election - then the Tories will be the only out-and-out Brexit party in any seat that matters. The continuity remain vote will be split two or three ways, depending on where in the country you are.
National polling for the Tories is still a little too low for my liking (around the 35% mark) but local variation may count for a lot and I suspect they are holding on to some useful private polls in central office, otherwise they wouldn’t be so gung ho right now.
However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We still have an attempted opposition coup and the ritual slaughter of the Tory Left to look forward to before anything else happens this week.
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02-09-2019, 16:21
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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Typical.
I'll ignore the report that doesn't support my argument, and hold up the one that does as gospel...................
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If that's what you want to do, I can't stop you. I can suggest that you critically evaluate which is most likely to be accurate - the views of one self-interested party or impartial analysis of the entire sector.
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02-09-2019, 17:52
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
Statement at 6pm. Here we go.
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02-09-2019, 17:54
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
According to Sky’s Beth Rigby, Boris Johnson won’t be announcing a general election tonight in his statement at 6pm.
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02-09-2019, 18:02
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
Apparently he'll announce that if Parliament does anything on Wednesday then there will be an election October 14th.
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02-09-2019, 18:03
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
This from Robert Peston.
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BorisJohnson will say If MPs vote tomorrow for another delay, then Wednesday there will be vote on general election. MPs gone, no 14 days, no legislation on extension. Election on 14 October. Government source: “who does country want to sort it out on 18 Oct at EU?”
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An election on 14 October would be on a Monday. Elections are normally held on Thursday, but there is no rule saying that has to be the case and there have been general elections on non-Thursdays in the past. The last one not on a Thursday was in 1931.
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02-09-2019, 18:21
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
The Oct 31st deadline was set by the EU. MPs cannot overturn that.
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02-09-2019, 18:48
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
Well, that was enthralling - he didn’t even mention the pup’s name...
And he forgot to ruffle his hair before he came out.
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02-09-2019, 18:48
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
Floating the date is meant to to reassure Corbyn that Boris won’t disssolve Parliament until November, I.e. after Brexit. 14 October is symbolic - it retains the same amount of time as the prorogation wold have allowed for Brexit debate prior to 31 October, and it underscores the sense of urgency by not being on a Thursday, as is almost always the case.
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02-09-2019, 18:55
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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The Oct 31st deadline was set by the EU. MPs cannot overturn that.
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Looks like the EU will, though. Mind you, that won't prevent Boris from retaining that deadline.
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