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Boris Johnson loses Parliamentary majority, faces Brexit showdown
Britain's Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to leave the European Union. Here's what we know:
● Johnson has lost his majority in Parliament, with the defection of Conservative Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats.
● The opposition, including members of Johnson's party, is seeking to pass legislation to delay Brexit.
● Johnson has said that if his foes succeed he will call early elections.
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
#54: George Canning, 119 days (1827)
#55: Boris Johnson, 40 days (Incumbent) (2019)
See also: Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no-deal vote
How Brexit Blew Up Britain's Constitution
(Score: 5, Insightful) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Wednesday September 04 2019, @09:47AM (4 children)
1 - Politicians and their friends in business stand to get rich(er) by betting against the pound and selling the country to US lobbyists.
2 - Wealthy politicians, bankers, hedge fund managers etc get to avoid all those EU financial transparency laws that come in soon and would otherwise expose all their dirty money.
3 - All our bananas will be bendy again.
4 - New passports! Blue ones!
5 - Rupert Murdoch gets to stick two fingers up to the EU, who recognise him for the crooked, weasly little shit that he is.
6 - White folk get free reign to abuse, beat and brutalise muslims, immigrants, East Europeans, people who look like they might be Muslims, people wot talk funny, west europeans, people who sympathise with people who look like they might be muslims, lesbians who won't do sexy stuff on busses for the sexual gratification of passing incel dickheads, and anybody who the Sun/ Telegraph label a "Traitor/Quisling" respectively.
On a side note, why won't Rupert Murdoch just hurry up and die?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @10:15AM
Typical propaganda. List all the bad points and then finish with a sweetener.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @06:00PM
1) Maybe. Or maybe Sterling's independence will make it a net more valuable commodity - in fact, this has been a substantial point in its favour since the Euro has had such long, extended teething pains. (And promises to have more, thanks to limited fiscal integration.)
2) Meh. The US is already bullying large parts of the rest of the world for that. Leaving the EU doesn't change that for a moment. Not that the UK was exactly the last of the great tax havens, either.
3) Right. Sure. Whatever.
4) Yes, of course, nobody really cares anyway.
5) Doesn't matter to the government, at least half of whom would cheerfully see him sodomised by the Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells.
6) Oh, right, because that's how the UK works ... oh, wait ...
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday September 04 2019, @09:12PM
Hang on, hang on!
Are you trying to tell me that Rupert Murdoch doesn't have my best interests at heart?
I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you. Well, not that shocked.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 05 2019, @10:34AM
2 - Wealthy politicians, bankers, hedge fund managers etc get to avoid all those EU financial transparency laws that come in soon and would otherwise expose all their dirty money.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49578400 [bbc.co.uk]