Rayvin

Nosferatu in drag as a description for May has made my morning.

Its interesting that that 'right' in the US got hit with this and the left did here. People don't care who gets into power as long as the centrist establishment loses. I genuinely think Sanders would have won if the democrats hadn't conspired to take him out.

Where are you thinking of moving to? And is it for citizenship reasons?

Given that Trump is now shot, I suppose I can at lest resume hating the establishment without feeling conflicted about it. Hopefully we get a more credible candidate next time.

Yeah I don't see him coming back from this. And as much as I enjoy watching anti-establishment candidates succeed, this guy as President would be a fucking disaster. If Hillary loses it now she must be even more useless than I thought.

The state has just decided that foreign experts will now no longer have their views accepted as contributions towards forming government policy on Brexit: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/07/lse-brexit-non-uk-experts-foreign-academics What the fuck is going on man, this is a clear move to 'other' everyone who isn't British. This is exactly the sort of bullshit that most of us were worried the Tories would start doing, the bigoted fucking pricks.

That, to be fair, is a very strong argument. The only counter to which appears to be the paragraph which indicates that there is potential for FDI to go back up due to the weak pound. But that said, it also explains why this is unlikely. It does make you think that Gemmill has the right approach mind. The people who voted for this deserve it.

FFS That was a bad day though...

Was she a rebel?

I'm struggling to keep track of this argument, are we saying that there will be indirect benefits to Sterling falling off a cliff (i.e. less air travel and therefore global warming reductions), or are we just saying it won't matter in the long run because the UK will prosper in the face of adversity as we're still a key market for other countries? Or both? I'm amazed that people are still selling Sterling at this point tbf, surely it's bottomed out by now...?

What about the other appointments. A number of them look solid to me..

Yes, and we will react then with a proportionate amount of hysteria

Not entirely sure they're buying into the craic here, Gemmill.

The Russians aren't going to fire on US airplanes, they know what that would mean. Unless you're thinking they'll issue them to the Syrians?

Nick Brown being made chief whip is encouraging (for me). Always thought he did an ok job locally. He sent an email around to local labour members in the run up positioning himself firmly on the fence in the whole coup debacle, but he wasn't an out and out Corbynite.

Looks like they got him at the end though?

I can see why you'd be concerned. I'm going to reserve judgment until we see how things pan out though. That's a helpful metaphor I guess. Still though, we're in a new age of politics now. Brave new world and all that...

I don't know enough about her. Genuinely. I do sort of recall this stuff about private schools, and I'm very aware that everyone thinks she's some kind of lunatic, but I know nothing of any substance behind that. So ultimately, yes I can imagine it...?

That, however, is worrying.

Ah ok, well at least unelectability is going to be a consistent theme then. I'll wait and see how she does I guess. FWIW, if it all goes tits up then I'll hold my hands up and say it hasn't worked. At least it looks as though Corbyn isn't going to have to contend with anymore front bench backstabbing though, which I suspect is more damaging than the odd gaffe.

Actually suspect he stands a better chance of not reshuffling again by appointing loyalists. That said, someone is going to have to help me out here - what is it about Dianne Abbot that everyone considers makes her unsuitable for front bench politics? In a world where BoJo is Foreign Secretary and UKIP ministers are punching each other the fuck out, this is? I'm genuinely curious on this one.

Fucking hell... you have to laugh at this point, we're a country in the process of gouging its eyes out.