Posts by Rich Lock
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Bookies are apparently giving 11/10 odds on another election before the end of the year. I'm just sayin'....
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to BenWilson,
I wish I had your optimism.
Eh, still high from last night. Normal service will be resumed soon.
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to BenWilson,
I don't think we'll all be laughing if she decides that in order to be taken seriously she starts throwing Britain's military weight around
Where, and what for?
The British army is far too weak to take any sort of unilateral action without being part of an alliance, which effectively means the US. And, yes, while the queef-in-chief may decide to invade NK, I think if Theresa told him she was coming along, she would be ousted by lunchtime. There's zero public appetite for any more military misadventures after two lost wars (and no-one is really doing a very good job of pretending otherwise) in Afghanistan and Iraq. Any hint of anything like that will harden up severe opposition from all sides, including within her own party. I suspect you wouldn't just get one million peaceful marchers on the streets - you'd get severe public disorder.
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to martinb,
And that said it feels like the Rebel Alliance has failed. Luke got shot down just before releasing the missiles and the death star is almost operational. A tiny bit more co-ordination and tactical voting and you suspect that there could have been jub-jub ewok parties tonight.
Wrong part of the timeline, I think. We're either at the end of 'Rogue One' ('what is they've sent us?' 'hope'), or halfway through Ep4 with Obi-Wan Corbyn 'losing' his duel with Darth May ('you cannot win, Darth').
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On a more serious note, The Guardian is reporting that:
"The Democratic Unionists will only support a Conservative government if Northern Ireland is not granted any unique special status that would keep the region halfway inside the EU, the party’s leader at Westminster has confirmed.
Nigel Dodds, who was re-elected in his North Belfast seat, said the DUP would insist there would be no post-Brexit deal that could decouple Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
It will be one of the DUP’s key preconditions in negotiations with the Tories to help them form a new administration."
So all those fears of a hard border with the south, and the potential return of the associated instability, are looking increasingly likely.
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Owen Jones has put it down to Media Groupthink - he admits wobbling in support, based on having a foot inside the Westminster Bubble.
I am drawing far more delight than I really should from people dredging up confident predictions from pundits a few months ago. The mouth-feel of this one in particular - it's like there's a party on my tongue, and everyone's invitied.
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to Russell Brown,
A nation divided by age ...
Hard not to see this as another twitch in the death throes of the MSM, as well. The papers have been relentlessly against Corbyn for months, The Guardian and the BBC have not exaclty been fair and impartial either. However, my online feeds have been full of pithy take-downs of the Tories, and 'get out and vote' exhortations. I mostly dismissed these as living the the liberal bubble. But, maybe...?
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Hard News: Interesting Britain!, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I think they don't really want the votes of renegade expatriates.
Every single expat was barred from voting in the EU referendum. You know, the one's with the most to lose.....
