Did Brexit mean we became the US of AUK?
Is Trump a prime president for us? WTAF is going on in this thread.
Time for a protest march
Really good overview of the year of fuck ups by this government
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forensic abstention is my favorite kind
Not sure if thatās a comment on your choice not to vote, or sarcasm about Labour abstaining 
In the fullness of time minister, eventuallyā¦
I does look like no-deal is the most likely outcome, with both sides calling on the other to compromise, whilst being unwilling to countenance any compromise on their part.
And given that a deal has to be concluded by no later than the end of this month, if it is to be ratified by all parties before the end of the year, there doesnāt appear to be enough time left to get even a ābare-bonesā deal done.
What I find particularly remarkable, is how little coverage there is, or sense of urgency, in the media.
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Johnsonās hoping that a sicknoteās going to get him an extension. āBut Miss, weāve had a bad case of the 'fluā
Von der Leyen: āThis note is signed by Dominic Cummings. Fuck offā
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Spat my coffee with that, one.
Hmmm, 
Hmmm.
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The really sobering thing is that thatās about 10% of it.
Nothing about the exams scandals, the PPE fuck ups, the double counting tests, the cronyism and corruption that has prevented the UK mounting any kind of response, the missed cobra meetings, the failure of the tracing app. And thatās only the tup of the iceberg.
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I dont think James OāBrien had all day, or the memory card in the camera had the capacity.
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Just heard a Boris announcement.
"Canada style deal wouldnāt work because of the EU. Weāre now going for a simple Australia style deal. "
Iām going to invest in Marmite as we try and sell it to the Aussies. Itāll rock.
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Not signed, more sort of brandedā¦
Better than Norway, (or maybe just Norway), Canada plus plus, Canada plus, just Canada, Australia (=no deal plus) - maybe a North Korea triple plus type deal should be the next logical step.
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Need to teach them how to toast bread first. 
@SBYM in the kitchen
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ā¦ and how many attemts at toast did it take him to get to that success? 
Edit: should be, ālevel of successā. 
Even the discussion today appears to Johnson telling the UK to prepare for a no-deal Brexit as a way of sabre-rattling to get the EU to negotiate, rather than actually, you know, preparing for a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile the EU really is in fact preparing for no deal. It is fairly clear they have no expectation of any change in the negotiations.
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Well this is an exciting way to end the week
Strange comment he made about the EU not willing to offer the same terms as Canada, as if that deal was not the product of line-by-line wrangling that took a decade to work through. There are loads of highly specific quotas that were needed to reach agreement. I think Canada and the EU spent more time working at solving the āhalloumi problemā than the UK has spent on the Irish border.
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Professional PR machine meets professional bureaucrats.
A match made in hell.
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Halloumi is great in bell peppers on the BBQ. I can understand the urgency in getting this absolutely right.
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