tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post4232294104774377479..comments2024-03-29T11:36:35.692+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Richmond Park: A victory for the RemoanersCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71570858562363916302016-12-05T14:53:23.408+00:002016-12-05T14:53:23.408+00:00Stuff like this is exactly why May cannot afford t...Stuff like this is exactly why May cannot afford to call an early election - it would be, in effect, a re-run of the referendum, and anything, anything at all, might happen.<br /><br />She needs to get on with getting out, and soon.<br /><br />"Don't give your enemy time to get prepared" is a good military maxim.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-41335768719653581742016-12-05T14:52:32.721+00:002016-12-05T14:52:32.721+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83615166548938719272016-12-05T08:26:18.889+00:002016-12-05T08:26:18.889+00:00One point of interest with the Supreme court. If t...One point of interest with the Supreme court. If they rule that parliament has to vote, then Brexiters should fund a court case to say we were never in the EU. That was done under a prerogative power, later ratified. <br /><br />The supreme court has a problem. Say you need a vote, and that means we were never in the EU in the first place. Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59117418574951276722016-12-04T23:24:03.118+00:002016-12-04T23:24:03.118+00:00One of the consequences of the vote in Richmond --...One of the consequences of the vote in Richmond -- apart from the spectacle of little Cleggie and Tim Farron jumping up and down on BBC sofas -- is that it is likely to embolden Remain-supporting judges of the Supreme Court to put a further block on Brexit.<br /><br />What would follow from that is unlikely to be pleasant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7696665625864853642016-12-04T08:42:06.929+00:002016-12-04T08:42:06.929+00:00If you wished to play with the numbers in the same...If you wished to play with the numbers in the same way that journalists tend to, you could easily claim that, in fact, the "Remain" vote collapsed in Richmond... <br /><br />Referendum, 69 or 70% for remain.<br />By-election, 49 or 50%...<br /><br />Pogo<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-24161741560142916072016-12-03T15:21:14.382+00:002016-12-03T15:21:14.382+00:00David - sorry.David - sorry.E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-30798316925684220922016-12-03T07:27:38.563+00:002016-12-03T07:27:38.563+00:00Just for a moment, Blues, I thought you meant Davi...Just for a moment, Blues, I thought you meant David Cameron!<br /><br />Loved the car crash clip! I'm surprised it lasted that long, as every four minutes, there's a rather unpleasant roar from a few feet up in the sky.Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59718702934707554102016-12-02T21:39:37.620+00:002016-12-02T21:39:37.620+00:00That was a shocker. I had it on when it happened. ...That was a shocker. I had it on when it happened. <br />She might as well have said "its my first day."Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79740055806572645862016-12-02T21:30:35.740+00:002016-12-02T21:30:35.740+00:00An absolute massacre, Dave. An absolute massacre, Dave. E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-75531686021950948132016-12-02T20:59:40.502+00:002016-12-02T20:59:40.502+00:00Wonder just how many libdim feminazi voters will b...Wonder just how many libdim feminazi voters will be feeling "remorse" today after listening to the tail end of a car crash interview between the newly elected MP & Julia HB on LBC ?<br /><br /> david morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-2853160126497198972016-12-02T20:29:49.902+00:002016-12-02T20:29:49.902+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48121441706009633872016-12-02T18:08:08.443+00:002016-12-02T18:08:08.443+00:00http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/728805/If-MPs-vot...http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/728805/If-MPs-voted-on-Brexit-the-same-as-their-constituents-Article-50-WOULD-be-triggered<br /><br />Chris Hanretty, a politics lecturer at the University of East Anglia, used statistic analysis to work out how the results for local authorities transfer onto constituencies.<br /><br />He revealed 401 out of 632 MPs represent constituencies which voted for Brexit in the referendum.<br /><br />===============<br /><br />Are there going to be any more turkeys like Goldsmith? I doubt it. Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13476182718308186762016-12-02T18:06:38.362+00:002016-12-02T18:06:38.362+00:00
i wonder what the Momentum party will do.
======...<br />i wonder what the Momentum party will do.<br /><br />==============<br /><br />Try and have it both ways, pissing off both sides.Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27060317831270415292016-12-02T17:48:38.799+00:002016-12-02T17:48:38.799+00:00Not sure whether this by-election result means muc...Not sure whether this by-election result means much but it confirms Zac as one of the dimmest politicians for a long time. Now instead of having some influence with which to put forward his niche views he will have to go back to publishing a magazine for all six of his gang.<br /><br />As for Brexit the government is in danger of pissing everyone off. By talking about leaving while not actually leaving. The UPC thing has been a turning point for me and I now believe that May has no intention of leaving the EU except perhaps in name.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53335642899248105872016-12-02T16:17:20.403+00:002016-12-02T16:17:20.403+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.rockbdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547543966061858539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42618727459821474492016-12-02T15:26:16.814+00:002016-12-02T15:26:16.814+00:00What it says is very little indeed. It's a by...What it says is very little indeed. It's a by-election in what used to be IIRC a (fairly) safe LibDem seat with the sitting member espousing a cause which a majority of his constituents didn't like.<br /><br />However, fewer electors in Richmond voted Remain (if the LibDem vote can be viewed as a proxy) this time than in the referendum. As you write, the sole result here is that the LibDems may be re-energised: not to win seats but to spout more and louder lies about Brexit and what losing the referendum and what those voting for Brexit <i>really</i> meant. The BBC and the London Evening Standard will repeat those lies <i>ad infinitum</i>.Umbongonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32771542501959501302016-12-02T15:16:03.923+00:002016-12-02T15:16:03.923+00:00The girl they elected looks a bit bonkers to me. ...The girl they elected looks a bit bonkers to me. Is that really the best candidate the Libs could find?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42825568174323303022016-12-02T13:26:00.240+00:002016-12-02T13:26:00.240+00:00It was interesting to hear the spin put on the res...It was interesting to hear the spin put on the result on the Today programme this morning. Tim Farron was comparing the LimpDems to the SNP saying that even though they have so few MPs like the SNP did years back, they can still have a lot of influence and inferring they could make a huge comeback.<br /><br />Jacob-Rees Mogg gave him a bit of a reality check by pouring cold water on that idea.Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-23485906475499838012016-12-02T13:17:35.516+00:002016-12-02T13:17:35.516+00:00In that constituency, 70% voted remain on 23 june ...In that constituency, 70% voted remain on 23 june and did not get their way and are mightily p-od.<br />If you can make the election about brexit, and are on the remain side, in a place like that (i.e. London) you win.<br /><br />In most of the rest of the country, they got their way and are thinking about other more important things like house prices and productivity and the local bypass plan - things that staying or leaving the EU have close to no impact on.<br /><br />We need a pro-eu party and good luck to them as even if brexit does well, it will never do as well as the brexiters said it would.<br /><br />imo you are providing more pointers to the thought that in the uk left/right has become less important than remainer/exiter and will remain that way for the next few years.<br /><br />if you like brexit you have a choice of Cons/UKIP<br />if you like remain you have a choice of LibDems/SNP<br /><br /><br />i wonder what the Momentum party will do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66124682998076439712016-12-02T13:07:13.682+00:002016-12-02T13:07:13.682+00:00Don't dispute that at all. I agree with you an...Don't dispute that at all. I agree with you and I do think it very clearly points to that. <br /><br />An awful lot of supposedly pro-Brexit Tory MPs came out for Remain in the referendum. They should be advised that an Independent { former Tory }or a strong Kipper candidate could cause them sleepless nights if they have been less than enthusiastic about leaving the EU.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71081094303465197382016-12-02T12:32:20.717+00:002016-12-02T12:32:20.717+00:00What is says is that remainer MPs in a leave const...What is says is that remainer MPs in a leave constituency are vulnerable.<br /><br />It says leave MPs in a remain constituency are vulnerable. <br /><br />Lord Blaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783119146180259097noreply@blogger.com