Sooky Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Theresa May needs to deal with a coalition of Scottish Tories/Clarke-Soubrites/hard Brexit Tories/DUP - and she can't piss a single one off.Well, this'll end well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Jezza to be PM of a minority government by the end of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Just now, jmothecat said: Jezza to be PM of a minority government by the end of the weekend. Given your track record, don't you feel totally embarrassed making posts like this? PS a similar yes or yes response will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Sky news reporting a labour insider attacking Corbyn for missing an open goal on the election.They're still at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 9 minutes ago, williemillersmoustache said: Details of a formal coalition now being negotiated. This government has hours not days or weeks left before it falls. Fucking hell. It's bad enough trying to sell a deal of any kind as impartial but a formal coalition is going to cause an absolute shitfest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Sky news reporting a labour insider attacking Corbyn for missing an open goal on the election.They're still at it. Missing an open goal? In what sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Sky news reporting a labour insider attacking Corbyn for missing an open goal on the election.They're still at it. Chris Leslie I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, pandarilla said: Missing an open goal? In what sense? The chance to wipe out the Scottish branch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 The chance to wipe out the Scottish branch? So just get dugdale and co to f**k? That would've probably got them more votes up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 So says Peston..."Theresa May is trying to persuade the ten DUP MPs to enter into a formal coalition agreement with the Tories, as opposed to a less formal "confidence and supply" arrangement, ministers tell me.The prime minister has sent a team of officials, led by her chief whip, Gavin Williamson, to Belfast to negotiate the details of an alliance with the DUP."A coalition would be much better than a looser alliance", one senior minister said. "We don't want the DUP demanding money for this or that project they fancy every time we need them to support us in a vote. That would be deeply unstable"."Don't under-estimate the importance of doing the DUP deal" another of Mrs May's colleagues told me. "Without it, I don't see how we govern with any confidence".Or to put it another way, the deal with the DUP represents life or death both for the new government and for Mrs May as PM.Mrs May's hope is that in any coalition, the DUP would be satisfied with ministerial jobs at just below cabinet rank. It is not clear whether the DUP would insist on being represented in the cabinet.Sources close to the prime minister say that she understands the concerns of liberal Tories like Ruth Davidson about the possible price of a deal with the DUP, and she will not offer them any promises to reduce the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender or intersexual community, or to reduce womens' rights to abortion.Promises likely to be made by Mr Williamson and the prime minister are likely to concentrate on the Northern Ireland implications of Brexit. In particular, they will pledge to try to ensure that customs and immigration checks will not be introduce between Northern Ireland and the Republic, and that there will be no new restrictions on free movement between Northern Ireland and the British mainland. There are concerns that the rest of the EU may insist on customs checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic.Mrs May is also expected to offer to invest in Northern Ireland infrastructure.She is working today on finalising her cabinet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 50 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: That is possible and is incredibly naive. In an independent Scotland we have a real possibility of a progressive, tolerant caring society that doesn't stray to far from a centre left position. Stick with the UK then there's always the likelihood that at various points in the future we will be subjected to the sort of hard right-wing policies that the vast majority of Scots have never subscribed to. I agree. Which makes me wonder what the hell those former SNP now Tory voters are actually looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Given your track record, don't you feel totally embarrassed making posts like this? PS a similar yes or yes response will do. I voted and campaigned for his party, I'm happy to be wrong.I still don't think Corbyn can win an election for Labour but I definitely underestimated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 A formal coalition, what would be the likely price for that?Nick Timothy has resigned. Firmly thrown under the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Theresa May openly risking the Good Friday Agreement again just shows what an opportunistic coward she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 It's funny you chose now to come back. Imagine being politically motivated by your football team. Sheesh. Sorry Fidey, but Salmond getting punted was just too irresistible.The Tories being propped up by the DUP has got the Nationalist Left absolutely spitting feathers. It would be funny if it wasn't so serious given Brexit implications at present. Does have anything to do with my Football team btw, it never has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 7 minutes ago, mjw said: Sky news reporting a labour insider attacking Corbyn for missing an open goal on the election. They're still at it. In the last 24 hours I have witnessed various folk associated with the Labour Party eating humble pie, and they have done it quite gracefully. There are some bitter c***s in their ranks who will never find it in themselves to recognise what Corbyn has done; they will be marginalised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Nick Timothy resigns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, pandarilla said: Missing an open goal? In what sense? The Conservatives were an utter shambles. Corbyn managed a result on par with Gordon Brown's disaster in 2010. I think it very was an open goal for Labour on the national level, and Corbyn fluffed it. To hear some folk (including Corbyn himself) suggest that he won is almost funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Sorry Fidey, but Salmond getting punted was just too irresistible.The Tories being propped up by the DUP has got the Nationalist Left absolutely spitting feathers. It would be funny if it wasn't so serious given Brexit implications at present. Does have anything to do with my Football team btw, it never has. It should have any person that isn't a cretinous bigot spitting feathers tbh. Unless you find their anti-LGBT, women hating platform acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Surely there will be some Tories in parliament who will reject a formal coalition with the DUP even if it's for reasons of long term self interest. A formal coalition will benefit May's short term ambitions but nothing beyond this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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