[GreenT]

12 min ago
And the debate is on!

The debate on whether to hold an early election has just started. Well, sort of. The lawmakers are now debating whether to debate the early election motion.

It will be a long day, but we will get there eventually. The Speaker of the House John Bercow has urged the lawmakers to not waste time, so they have enough time to get to the vote today.

 

[GreenT]

 

[IWantedaJag]

Not yet since Parliament hasn't voted on it. As I write, not even the debate has started...

Thanks for playing.

From the Daily Telegraph just now:

Government's General Election Bill moves to committee stage
The second reading has passed to committee stage where amendments are tabled and voted on. Speaker John Bercow made the decision after overwhelming shouts of 'aye' in the Commons. He said: "Under the order of the House of today we shall.. move to committee of the whole House. I have collected the voices, as the Speaker is required to do, and it is clear that there is an overwhelming majority in support of the second reading."

 

[IWantedaJag]

Aaannnnd he doesn't...

483 to 20 in favor of December 12th election.

Slice of crow pie GT?

 

[IWantedaJag]

What's that I hear? Crickets?

 

[GreenT]

You are even more stupid than I thought. When I said he didn't have the votes yesterday, he didn't. When I said Parliament hadn't voted earlier today, they had not.

So now you want to take a victory lap because I was right?

You must be some kind of special idiot...

 

[IWantedaJag]

And yet another backtrack.. "I said this but I meant that..."

 

[IWantedaJag]

You're not Jeremy Corbyn in disguise are you?

 

[IWantedaJag]

Matt in today's DT

 

[IWantedaJag]

Brexit: l'Allemagne craint de voir sa contribution nette au budget européen doubler

Avec le Brexit, Bruxelles cherche à combler un trou budgétaire de 12 milliards d'euros. La Commission prévoit pour cela de faire passer le budget de l'UE à 1,11% du RNB et de supprimer la clause du rabais budgétaire. Ce qui fait hurler les cinq pays qui en bénéficient, dont l'Allemagne.

www.bfmtv.com

Avec le Brexit, Bruxelles cherche à combler un trou budgétaire de 12 milliards d'euros. La Commission prévoit pour cela de faire passer le budget de l'UE à 1,11% du RNB et de supprimer la clause du rabais budgétaire. Ce qui fait hurler les cinq pays qui en bénéficient, dont l'Allemagne.

L’Allemagne a fait les comptes, et ils ne sont pas vraiment rassurants. Selon les estimations du gouvernement d’Angela Merkel dévoilées dans le Financial Times et relayées par Les Échos, Berlin verra sa contribution nette au budget européen (différence entre ce qui est donné et ce qui est reçu) plus que doubler dans les prochaines années, passant de 13 milliards d’euros en 2020 à 33 milliards d’euros en 2027, dernière année du prochain budget de l’UE.

Roughly translated - the Huns are pissed because their net contribution to the EU annual budget is set to more than double from 13 billion euros to 33 billion euros, or about 3000 euros a head.

Oh dear. How sad. never mind.

 

[IWantedaJag]

From today's Private Eye

 

[420 SE]

Awwww... the Rugby World Cub stays in the Southern Hemisphere....

Well done SA.

 

[GreenT]

Ditto. 32 - 12. Well played.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1190587056080269312

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1190594173189144576

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1190599871457300482

 

[IWantedaJag]

No surprises the then.

Now tell me. Where did Argentina and the US end up?

Oh. Both eliminated in the group stages by ENGLAND and the Frogs.

 

[GreenT]

Triggered.

 

[IWantedaJag]

Beaten

 

[lupoelsker]

Tesla, Tesla, Tesla. BIG, good news on MANY fronts.
I thought 32-12 was a Brexit vote. 32 Stay and 12 Leave. Just do Something.

 

[IWantedaJag]

Sadly it seems Brexit has been postponed until after Chrimbo. 12/32/19 perhaps.

 

[IWantedaJag]

Anyway, seems it was a tough game with all the scores being penalties until SA ran in two tries in the second half. SA won fair (?) and square and are to be commended for that. England, to their credit, beat both Australia and NZ to get to the final, no mean feat.

 

[IWantedaJag]

PS England also smashed both the US and Argentina in the group rounds.