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kecske: Feb 28, 2011; it's round, like always

Falcorum posted:

https://twitter.com/annaturley/status/1168980398166237185

im the barely contained gut above

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Squizzle: Apr 24, 2008

anna this took me one and one half minutes!!!

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:40

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Falcorum posted:

https://twitter.com/annaturley/status/1168980398166237185

The absolute lad

https://twitter.com/hughlaurie/status/1168983902716866561?s=19

I agree with house

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:40

Squizzle: Apr 24, 2008

it even keeps the too-warm lite it just doesnt lrt them bathe the whole thing in varying shades and intensities of ochre!!!!

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:42

Captain Splendid: Jan 7, 2009; Qu'en pense Caffarelli?

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:44

Lastgirl: Sep 7, 1997; Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

a comfy lad, that rees mug :kiddo:

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:44

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1168984936910598144

:yeshaha:

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:46

Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

frankenfreak posted:

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1168984936910598144

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:47

V. Illych L.: Apr 11, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

Weembles posted:

Well it worked so well in the US with Trump, didn't it?

When was the last time one of these attempts at 12 dimensional chess actually payed off?

boris can do some damage, but not actually that much if parliament decides to be mean to him. basically he's put himself in a position where his cunning plan to unilaterally shift about the election date after the fact has actually leaked and is being counteracted, which leaves them with the option of

believe you me, corbyn's been talking non-stop about a GE forever, he absolutely will call a vote of no confidence, but not before he's confident that johnson can't somehow wrangle a no-deal brexit out of it, i.e. not until an extension contingent upon a GE has been decided on.

johnson tried the mother of all whips today, and it just broke in his hand. he's a political corpse ruling with a minority in coalition, he literally needs MPs to just vote his way without major coercion in order to do anything, and he remains hostage to a gang of mad irishmen

the PM is not a president. constitutionally, all of johnson's power comes from his majority in the House, which is non-existent. if one can coalesce around any given matter (which is not unlikely on a whole host of things) they can just force his hand. there are some executive functions he still wields, but he does so at the mercy of a hostile House, which is not a position anyone wants to be in. every time a majority forms to tell him to do something, he suffers another major defeat and looks weak

V. Illych L. has issued a correction as of 21:51 on Sep 3, 2019

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:48

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

DIVISION!

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:51

V. Illych L.: Apr 11, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

...at least if he loses this vote lol

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:51

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Jazerus posted:

https://twitter.com/robdelaney/status/1168073942571081728

To be sure, researchers extracted DNA from the mummy�s big toe and compared it to genetic material from a modern relative, Rosemary Probst-Ryhiner.

Not only was it a match, showing that the woman must have been a Bischoff, but further archival research showed she was Anna Catharina Bischoff, who died in 1787, a direct maternal ancestor of Boris Johnson.

Aye you can see the family resemblance.

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:53

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Hexyflexy posted:

And Johnson (never loving call him Bojo) isn't smart, that bastard advisor of his is though. He needs stringing the gently caress up.

that ship has sailed, hes been bojo for decades

is this like the drumpf thing?

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:54

Dravs: Mar 8, 2011; You've done well, kiddo.

V. Illych L. posted:

the PM is not a president. constitutionally, all of johnson's power comes from his majority in the House, which is non-existent. if one can coalesce around any given matter (which is not unlikely on a whole host of things) they can just force his hand. there are some executive functions he still wields, but he does so at the mercy of a hostile House, which is not a position anyone wants to be in. every time a majority forms to tell him to do something, he suffers another major defeat and looks weak

This is key. For Americans, Boris currently holds an equivalent amount of power as Chuck Schumer does.

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:56

frankenfreak: Feb 16, 2007; I SCORED 85% ON A QUIZ ABOUT MONDAY NIGHT RAW AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY TEXT

#bastionboogerbrigade

https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/1168988840792657928

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:56

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

is this just a vote to have another vote tomorrow?

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:57

Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

brexit soon, fellow stalker

when?

NOW

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:57

Squizzle: Apr 24, 2008

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:57

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; What is going wrong with that one (face is longer than it should be)

Squizzle posted:

This

This is Brexit

We found it, friends

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:58

Uncle Wemus: Mar 4, 2004

I think brexit is going really well you guys

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

Taciturn Tactician: Jan 27, 2011; The secret to good health is a balanced diet and unstable healing radiation; Lipstick Apathy

V. Illych L. posted:

the PM is not a president. constitutionally, all of johnson's power comes from his majority in the House, which is non-existent. if one can coalesce around any given matter (which is not unlikely on a whole host of things) they can just force his hand. there are some executive functions he still wields, but he does so at the mercy of a hostile House, which is not a position anyone wants to be in. every time a majority forms to tell him to do something, he suffers another major defeat and looks weak

Okay, but like, is that the limit of his supposed powers or the limit of his actual powers if he's willing to do something as unspeakably beastly as just telling the queen to authorise something without asking Parliament first?

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

Lastgirl: Sep 7, 1997; Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

Squizzle posted:

anna this took me one and one half minutes!!!

thanks, that looks much better

still in awe at this naplad

absolute snoozer

:tootzzz:

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

Hexyflexy: Sep 2, 2011; asymptotically approaching one

Hentai Jihadist posted:

is this just a vote to have another vote tomorrow?

Yeh, they'll need to make law tomorrow.

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

AnoHito: May 8, 2014

Dravs posted:

This is key. For Americans, Boris currently holds an equivalent amount of power as Chuck Schumer does.

Does this means if he asks to disband parliament again, the queen has to say no?

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

Dravs: Mar 8, 2011; You've done well, kiddo.

lmao, they are literally threatening the grandson of Winston Churchill with deselection. I don't think this is going to go the way they thought it would.

# ? Sep 3, 2019 21:59

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

If i was a rich fuk i'd lay like that all day and eat grapes

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:00

Private Speech: Mar 30, 2011; I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

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EAT. SHIT.

Dravs posted:

lmao, they are literally threatening the grandson of Winston Churchill with deselection. I don't think this is going to go the way they thought it would.

along with the longest-serving tory MP in the house

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:01

Raffles: Dec 7, 2004

I 'm the feeling that a lot of these guys lack self awareness

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:02

PostNouveau: Sep 3, 2011; VY till I die; Grimey Drawer

Wow, Prime Minister Corbyn

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:02

brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1168992259406278663

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:02

Communist Thoughts: Jan 7, 2008; Our war against free speech cannot end until we silence this bronze beast!

Hexyflexy posted:

Yeh, they'll need to make law tomorrow.

christ why do i ever let the news trick me into thinking parliament ever does anything

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:02

Cao Ni Ma: May 25, 2010

So have any of the rags posted a picture of Boris with CRUSH THE SABOTEURS yet

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:06

Dravs: Mar 8, 2011; You've done well, kiddo.

AnoHito posted:

Does this means if he asks to disband parliament again, the queen has to say no?

He can't ask to Prorogue parliament twice no, however this has nothing with him not having a majority. It's literally a function that suspends parliament before a queens speech and happens every time there is one, he is just using obscure law around when and how he can use it to try and suspend parliament in the dodgiest way possible.

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:06

Lawman 0: Aug 17, 2010

Cao Ni Ma posted:

So have any of the rags posted a picture of Boris with CRUSH THE SABOTEURS yet

https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1168992766032011264

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:06

Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1168992766032011264

e: i will kill you

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:06

brugroffil: Nov 30, 2015

Rees-Mogging myself to death

--J. R-Mogg, "The Mogg Dogg"

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:07

V. Illych L.: Apr 11, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT LUMBER

Taciturn Tactician posted:

Okay, but like, is that the limit of his supposed powers or the limit of his actual powers if he's willing to do something as unspeakably beastly as just telling the queen to authorise something without asking Parliament first?

if the commons say "jump" the PM says "precisely how do you define the act of 'jumping', exactly, i'd quite like to try and wiggle out of this". which is to say, parliament can say "no gently caress you alexander, we're not proroguing poo poo go back and tell the queen you've changed your mind" and he'd be bound by law to do it

normally this isn't a problem, because the PM by definition commands a majority in the House. the entire position's purpose to execute the will of the House. for the last thirty-forty or so years, however, more and more power has been gathered in the executive under the assumption that the PM can always command a majority.

the thing is, if johnson acts up now, parliament can simply strip the PM of the powers he's trying to exercise and change the decision. it takes some doing, but there's a real threat of things like that happening. basically this is all uncharted territory, though, and british parliamentarism is stretched to its absolute breaking point

# ? Sep 3, 2019 22:07