The next prime minister

[Cav]

I wonder at what point ordinary people will twig they have been conned?

How about never? Tony Blair still hasn't been made accountable for everything discovered about him and Iraq.

There are no rules for those in charge. Lose a laptop on a train with loads of vital confidential data? No worries. Kill a person? No bother. Rip off the country? All in the day job.

[duke63]

People will twig when they are poorer and find its no longer as straight forward to travel/buy to and from EU countries.

[Cav]

That's the cost of being Great again

[Kwacky]

We've only got until July 2020 to sort out agreement on fisheries and financial services.

Still too many people think this deal is the end of it.

[duke63]

Government sources confirming tthat Operation Yellowhammer No Deal planning has been stood down...

So “Get Ready” ad campaign paused, and response centres stood down. Can’t get confirmation on Operation Brock, which was only fully activated this morning.

Anyone want to help me dig that ditch for Johnson?

How much money has Brexit wasted????????????????????????????

[Kwacky]

There's £100m spent just in the advertising for leaving on 31st October.

Then there's the £7bn we've agreed not to claim from the profit share of the European Bank.

[duke63]

Ex-Labour MP Chris Leslie, from the Independent Group for Change, says he does not support an election and would rather have a further EU referendum.

This would give people a "specific way" to "make a decision on Brexit", whereas a general election is "just going to complicate this question," he adds.

He claims the numbers to support a "confirmatory public vote" on the PM's deal are "nearly there" - and Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson, who dismissed this earlier, "doesn't know for sure".

[Kwacky]

The Tories are leading in the polls by a substantial mark so you can see why they want a vote.

I've not seen anything to suggest that there's a gap between leave and remain. The polls seem to show a 52/48 spilt for remain.

Revoking Article 50 is only just favourable. That said I really don't think they'll be a massive backlash if Brexit for cancelled.

[duke63]

It could be why Johnson is using any and every tactic to force Brexit through.

He knows its entirely possibly any referendum might reverse the result.

[Kwacky]

Civil Service say that £2bn has been spent on planning for a No Deal Brexit so far.

And the treasury has confirmed that the Brexit 50p coins will be melted down.

[Kwacky]

The Tories have presented their manifesto by comparing Corbyn to Stalin.

Talk about keeping it classy.

The less said about Rees-Mogg the better

[duke63]

Awful gutter politics already from the Tories.

[duke63]

I reckon they are running scared already.

[StMarks]

I reckon they are running scared already.

They do seem to be getting a lot of "negative" attention, one has to consider if it is all coincidence.?

Having pointed that out, they say that (almost) "all publicity can be good publicity" in politics, given the right spin or furnished to the appropriate audience.?

"Never count your money when you're sitting at the table"

[Kwacky]

They're probably coming up with crap to distract the public from the undisclosed report about Russian interference in the Leave campaign.

[duke63]

Crooks the lot of them. I wouldn’t trust the current Tory party with a £5 note.

Just been talking to someone who has lots of knowledge of Brum development and he reckons cancelling HS2 is a certainty with Johnson as PM as he hates Birmingham as it’s too working class and Labour for him. What a twat.

[Kwacky]

There's a long standing feud between Birmingham council and the government. At one point only Liverpool received less funding per person than Birmingham did.

[Kwacky]

Tom Watson has stood down.

[Monty]

Tom Watson has stood down.

**** get in!

[Kwacky]

Not far left enough for you?

I've noticed it's only the Corbyn cronies who are celebrating