March 31, 2019
On March 29th, the original date set for the UK to leave the EU, Theresa May wanted the consolation of a gestural vote on her withdrawal agreement but was defeated once again. Was she deterred? Pah.
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March 24, 2019
Sky News presenter Kay Burley claimed an independent Scotland would have to join the Euro and accused Ian Blackford of "mansplaining" when he corrected her. The Labour leader said “We are now in the midst of a full-scale national crisis,” but walked out of a meeting to discuss next steps because Chuka Umunna was there. And the PM is now surely in the last days of her premiership.
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March 17, 2019
Scottish Secretary David Mundell abstained on a government vote to rule out a no-deal Brexit in order to save his own job. Meanwhile, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond summed up Tory disdain for Scotland when he said in parliament, “Scotland gets its fair share, and precious little thanks we get for it”.
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March 10, 2019
In a photo opportunity at a mother and baby unit at St John's Hospital, Nicola Sturgeon held a baby who threw up on her. Around the same time, a poll showed that only 37% of Labour voters knew that Richard Leonard was the leader of the Scottish branch. Just in time for their spring conference.
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March 3, 2019
When the SNP tabled an amendment to rule out a no-deal Brexit, Scottish Secretary David Mundell voted against it, claiming no-deal was actually what the SNP wanted. In response, Nicola Sturgeon called him the "so-called" Scottish Secretary.
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February 24, 2019
In the same week as the resignations of 8 Labour and 3 Conservative MPs to form 'The Independent Group', the Scottish Liberal Democrats held their not terribly well-attended spring conference. A key moment for me was UK deputy party leader Jo Swinson saying Brexit is "destroying the country" but independence would be even worse. Meanwhile, Tory Scottish Secretary David Mundell claimed Brexit would strengthen devolution.
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February 17, 2019
As Andrew Neil announced he would step down as presenter of BBC's This Week, the BBC themselves released a lame statement regarding the failed Ukip candidate who appeared in the Question Time audience four times. And Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris, stripped off to make the point that “Brexit leaves Britain naked”.
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February 10, 2019
European Council President Donald Tusk said there would be “a special place in hell” for those who led the Brexit campaign with no idea of how it might work. Ross Thomson MP, accused of being uproariously drunk and "handsy" with young men in a Westminster bar, had to be escorted from the premises. And failed Ukip candidate Billy Mitchell makes his FOURTH appearance in the audience of BBC's Question Time.
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February 3, 2019
Labour's Alex Rowley offered his party's support for the SNP budget in return for additional funding for Scottish councils - and was promptly chastised by branch manager Richard Leonard. Eventually it was the Greens who secured an agreement and helped the budget pass as Willie Rennie, Murdo Fraser and James Kelly stood around like diddies.
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January 27, 2019
Tory MP/imbecile Mark Francois dragged up World War II in response to the German CEO of Airbus saying Brexiteers were "mad" to think his company would never leave the UK. Meanwhile, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested the Queen could suspend parliament if things didn't go his way, and former Brexit secretary David Davis landed a £60,000 job as "external adviser" with JCB for just 20 hours of work a year.
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