EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

Did that Lib Dem forget they were in coalition with the Tory party!? Seems like a poorly thought out resignation.

She also lived through Tim Farron's leadership, doing a lot of mental and verbal gymnastics to justify it.

Grandson of Churchill to be deselected?

Genuinely didn't know the guy, but he voted against same-sex marriage and abortion rights for NI, so yeah...

Pretty dumb of libdems tbh as that was very recent. Unless it's a "conscience issue" (yey...)

Philip Lee, you mean? The voting record seems to indicate he was absent for that vote?

Listening to him speak, I'm pretty sure JRM's goal here is to land a gig presenting 'Just a Minute'.

Seeing them in action (JRM in particular), it's truly amazing how the Tories, and therefore the government, have been captured by these nuts.

People are generally very resistant to the idea that they have been duped, so they tend to double down.

Polling has long established that the electorate tends to trust the Tories more to fix economic problems even when they are aware that the Tories caused them, which is not rational but it is what it is. Besides, you're also describing the conditions in which fascism tends to flourish, something Cummings (low-rent Bannon in a v-neck) seems to relish.

Really well put @itsbruce.

I’m convinced political leanings are more Circumstances x Personality-trait-weighting than the Logic & Reason (often engineered in the presentation the political beliefs).

This is how they become government.

BJ's buddies in Lords to table 90 amendments to block this whole thing. How? Wtf?

Democracy, innit.

JRM lazing on the front benches, rightly being told off by Caroline Lucas for slouching.

finally she contributed something to this debate

Results surely imminent in the next couple of minutes.

Hopefully this will embed here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gRXsOEkaA4

Just to be clear this is not the actual "block no deal" bill, just the motion to take control of the order paper for the next few days, which will enable them to pass the bill tomorrow

328 to 301 - passes.

328 - 301. Nice

Boris announcing an election motion...

Sounds like Corbyn is not taking the bait. Will only go for an election once the bill is passed.

Boris looks like he's going to throw up.

Has a cyclist just ridden into the river behind the Scotland Editor on BBC news?

That footage of Johnson JRM and Gove trio sniggering after losing the vote needs to be widely circulated. Never seen a more embarrassing Tory front bench.

Just rewatched that. It certainly looked like it!

I'm trying to find the footage of Johnson after Cobyn said no election until no deal bill. He looked furious.

read comments on twitter accounts of the tory rebels... https://twitter.com/SamGyimah/status/1168815558437085187

Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary, has signalled that the Tory rebels will not have the whip removed immediately. In an interview with BBC, she said that she hoped that the MPs who voted against the government would “reconsider overnight” and decide to vote with the government to defeat the bill tomorrow. Asked if they would lose the whip immediately, she said they wouldn’t. They would get a second chance, she said.

Odd. Is he that weak or has he got something up his sleeve I wonder?

Tomorrow will be another interesting day. Exhausting too.