David Davis resigns

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:03 am

Shiiit about to hit the fan!

Japebe43 · Post by **Japebe43** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:05 am

What do it mean?

Damo · Post by **Damo** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:11 am

Brexit's coming home

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:11 am

It means the Minister for Brexit thinks the PM is doing her job very badly. So badly that he can't support her. It might mean that he's going to try a depose her. Watch this space!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:13 am

Who is David Davis ?

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:18 am

I don't know how to do it but I think we should have the man eating popcorn gif

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:21 am

Japebe43 · Post by **Japebe43** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:23 am

tim_noone wrote:Who is David Davis ?

I thought he was someone from the FA..

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:31 am

tim_noone wrote:Who is David Davis ?

He is one of the 'experts' of the leave campaign who assured us it would be easy and straight forward to negotiate our Brexit deal with the EU that would mean we could have our cake and eat it too.

So, when we get a leadership challenge because May's cabinet deal set up last Friday has already fallen apart, who will be the Brexiteer running for her job:
Boris - he doesn't want the poisoned chalice job until someone else has drunk ALL the poison and cleaned up afterwards.
Liam Fox - makes Boris look like a true intellectual and would make Jeremy Corbyn instantly electable.
erm ....
David Davis - man of principle, obviously. But even less popular within the Tory Party than Nicola Sturgeon would be.
Can't even think of anyone else who would even think of standing against Teresa - she's sh1t but she is their sh1t, if you know what I mean.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:31 am

Japebe43 wrote:I thought he was someone from the FA..

Yes I did/do

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:34 am

Steve Baker Brexit minister gone as well,rumours of more to follow.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:34 am

bfcmik wrote:He is one of the 'experts' of the leave campaign who assured us it would be easy and straight forward to negotiate our Brexit deal with the EU that would mean we could have our cake and eat it too.

So, when we get a leadership challenge because May's cabinet deal set up last Friday has already fallen apart, who will be the Brexiteer running for her job:
Boris - he doesn't want the poisoned chalice job until someone else has drunk ALL the poison and cleaned up afterwards.
Liam Fox - makes Boris look like a true intellectual and would make Jeremy Corbyn instantly electable.
erm ....
David Davis - man of principle, obviously. But even less popular within the Tory Party than Nicola Sturgeon would be.
Can't even think of anyone else who would even think of standing against Teresa - she's sh1t but she is their sh1t, if you know what I mean.

ahhh..enter the coloured chappie bald head. This his the moment then

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:35 am

bfcmik wrote:He is one of the 'experts' of the leave campaign who assured us it would be easy and straight forward to negotiate our Brexit deal with the EU that would mean we could have our cake and eat it too.

So, when we get a leadership challenge because May's cabinet deal set up last Friday has already fallen apart, who will be the Brexiteer running for her job:
Boris - he doesn't want the poisoned chalice job until someone else has drunk ALL the poison and cleaned up afterwards.
Liam Fox - makes Boris look like a true intellectual and would make Jeremy Corbyn instantly electable.
erm ....
David Davis - man of principle, obviously. But even less popular within the Tory Party than Nicola Sturgeon would be.
Can't even think of anyone else who would even think of standing against Teresa - she's sh1t but she is their sh1t, if you know what I mean.

Ruth Davidson would be fun.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:36 am

tim_noone wrote:ahhh..enter the coloured chappie bald head. This his the moment then

He's been waiting

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:38 am

tiger76 wrote:Steve Baker gone as well,rumours of more to follow.

Well there were apparently 7 who opposed the Chequer's agreement.
The vile Suella rumoured to have gone too.
Doubt Boris will resign, so that leaves Fox?, Leadsom? and (I can't think who the other would be).

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:40 am

mkmel wrote:I don't know how to do it but I think we should have the man eating popcorn gif

His name is Stephen Colbert. If you've never heard of him you've been missing out. His greatest work will forever be The Colbert Report.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:44 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:He's been waiting

That's the fella....Man at C&A

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:45 am

David Davis in 2016 wrote: There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:47 am

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:51 am

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Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:55 am

I'm off to bed to have Strong and Stable™ dreams.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:02 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:I'm off to bed to have Strong and Stable™ dreams.

Residing in Blackburn by any chance?

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:17 am

What a fiasco but at least it's OUR fiasco.

Europe won't be pi$$ing themselves laughing at our so-called government at all. Not one bit.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:46 am

The left are wetting themselves with excitement on twitter and somehow think this is the end of Brexit.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:01 am

ClaretMoffitt wrote:The left are wetting themselves with excitement on twitter and somehow think this is the end of Brexit.

"the left"

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:28 am

A guy probably more out of his depth than anyone else.
Might improve things.

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:29 am

Zero ***** Given.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:33 am

clarethrough · Post by **clarethrough** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:40 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:He's been waiting

looks like he's got the balls.......or his pants are too tight

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:05 am

I so hope a leadership contest gets triggered by all this. May has to be the most uninspiring, weak Conservative PM in my short lifetime.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:19 am

Yup, but its hard to rule a country who want something that is impossible and half of them refuse to accept it as impossible.

Socrates · Post by **Socrates** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:25 am

ClaretMoffitt wrote:The left are wetting themselves with excitement on twitter and somehow think this is the end of Brexit.

Your use of “the left” here is almost as cringeworthy as somebody using “coloured” further up the thread.

ClaretPope · Post by **ClaretPope** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:26 am

Famously noted for brilliant imaginings: "The day after Brexit happens the chief executives of Volkswagen, BMW, Audi etc. will all be queuing up saying we've got to have access to the 16bn market". It's suggested that in 2018 he has only spent four hours in face to face negotiation with Barnier. Chaos reigns.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:29 am

He's on the radio now.

Reckons his version of Brexit would be better from a sovereignty point of view but crucially, worse from an economic point of view.

Still, at least one of them is finally being honest.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:31 am

Weird

“I like @theresa_may. I think she is a good prime minister”. and goes on that he thinks its best for the govt for him to go so he can be replaced by a minister who supports Theresa Mays strategy.

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:33 am

Another fantastic week of Monty Python's Flying Brexit to look forward to

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:51 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:Yup, but its hard to rule a country who want something that is impossible and half of them refuse to accept it as impossible.

Even taking that you are right that it's impossible (i disagree, obviously)

Do you not find it even slightly worrying that we are bound to an organisation that has control over our money, laws and border (everything that makes a country a country) and have no way of ever getting out? You may like the direction the EU goes in now, but will you in 10 years? in 20? What if they become more authoritarian, even totalitarian? It's not good to be so helplessly bound to a foreign power.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:55 am

But they don't have control over our money, laws, or borders. As have been explained ad nauseum.

What's the point discussing any of this with you when you ignore the basic, most fundamental facts of the discussion?
Trying to have a fact based discussion with you people is like trying to scientifically prove that a fertilised egg isn't a person to a devout Christian who doesn't respect science.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:56 am

Not great for Brexit but this man sticks to his principles which I like. Far too many people make a career out of toeing the line ( or corporate brown nosing) without ever being true to themselves.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:00 am

I suspect Theresa May is probably an extremely hard working woman. She photographs terribly...now that shouldn't matter except it does when every time you appear in newsprint you have strange facial expression or awkward curtsy. However, she's been surrounded by the most unlikeable, untrustworthy, incompetent Cabinet.

The odious Liam Fox the slimy toe rag will see his chance for leadership. David Davis is a giant flaky puff ball and was never going to last the distance re negotiating Brexit deal. So that leaves Boris and Lord Snooty to chance their luck.

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:02 am

"The review you had on "Shark Sandwich", which was merely a two word review, just said "Sh1t Sandwich"."

Replace "Shark Sandwich" with "Brexit" and Spinal Tap pretty much nail it!!

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:03 am

david throwing a tantrum because he hasn't got his own way only proves he's the perfect figurehead for the brexit mob.

quoonbeatz · Post by **quoonbeatz** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:05 am

ClaretMoffitt wrote:Do you not find it even slightly worrying that we are bound to an organisation that has control over our money, laws and border (everything that makes a country a country) and have no way of ever getting out?

thought you were better than to fall for project fear, tbh.

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:05 am

LoveCurryPies wrote:I suspect Theresa May is probably an extremely hard working woman. She photographs terribly...now that shouldn't matter except it does when every time you appear in newsprint you have strange facial expression or awkward curtsy. However, she's been surrounded by the most unlikeable, untrustworthy, incompetent Cabinet.

The odious Liam Fox the slimy toe rag will see his chance for leadership. David Davis is a giant flaky puff ball and was never going to last the distance re negotiating Brexit deal. So that leaves Boris and Lord Snooty to chance their luck.

"Hard-working" is no use when it's accompanied by "incompetent".

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:06 am

Andrea Loathsome. Put her in charge.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:08 am

LoveCurryPies wrote:I suspect Theresa May is probably an extremely hard working woman. She photographs terribly...now that shouldn't matter except it does when every time you appear in newsprint you have strange facial expression or awkward curtsy. However, she's been surrounded by the most unlikeable, untrustworthy, incompetent Cabinet.

The odious Liam Fox the slimy toe rag will see his chance for leadership. David Davis is a giant flaky puff ball and was never going to last the distance re negotiating Brexit deal. So that leaves Boris and Lord Snooty to chance their luck.

She probably is hard working, as incompetent as she is you don't become leader of a major UK political party by being lazy (this isn't America). And she's probably a really decent person too, if i story about her i once heard (and largely forgot) on James O'Brien's show on LBC is to be believed.

It's a shame that you can't lead a major party in this country just as a decent person and without having to surround yourself with complete c*nts.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:09 am

Imploding Turtle wrote:But they don't have control over our money, laws, or borders. As have been explained ad nauseum.

What's the point discussing any of this with you when you ignore the basic, most fundamental facts of the discussion?
Trying to have a fact based discussion with you people is like trying to scientifically prove that a fertilised egg isn't a person to a devout Christian who doesn't respect science.

Highest power in our legal system (European court) You say yourself that leaving the EU will ruin us, not even to mention the membership fees (control our money) mandatory to permit permanent entry for all EU citizens to our country (control our borders). Undeniable.

Trying to have a fact based discussion with you people is like trying to scientifically prove that a fertilised egg isn't a person to a devout Christian who doesn't respect science

Ironic.

You also totally evaded my point.

How is it healthy or a good thing to be so helplessly bound to an organisation that many do not like or trust the direction it is going in.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:19 am

Do you not find it even slightly worrying that we are bound to an organisation that has control over our money, laws and border (everything that makes a country a country) and have no way of ever getting out? You may like the direction the EU goes in now, but will you in 10 years? in 20? What if they become more authoritarian, even totalitarian? It's not good to be so helplessly bound to a foreign power.

What IT said

You've never understood this. I don't get why you haven't as you seem a sound, bright lad.

Until we have a honest debate on this with crap like that shoved out of the way this will go on and on and on.

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:20 am

The sensible thing to do now would be to call a General Election. Labour could then have as part of their Manifesto to scrap Brexit or at least to agree to another referendum ASAP. Of course if the Tories manage to hang on to power that put a spanner in the works!!!

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:23 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:What IT said

You've never understood this. I don't get why you haven't as you seem a sound, bright lad.

Until we have a honest debate on this with crap like that shoved out of the way this will go on and on and on.

Just tell me,

Do you honestly believe that is in our national long-term interest to be totally bound to an organisation like the EU with no means of escape without (supposed) total financial ruin? Do you not think that having that kind of power over member states is a tad disconcerting?