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Well, Clown Prince Boris has ruled out his own bid for No.10, bowing to his Brexit running partner, Gove. Funny how both men, who have previously thought themselves 'not up to the job' have suddenly found themselves suddenly (and miraculously) 'the only man for the job'. He seems largely pushed forward by his wife, whose email considering Boris' suitability' was leaked in yesterday's press. Gove has been said to have performed a 'Double Brutus' - first on Cameron, then on Johnson. Which is more or less how I described Boris' behaviour on Cameron and Farage, in my LJ statement '"Et Tu, Boris?"' several says back. Politics is a such a cut throat old game, isn't it?

Not a fan of Gove; he is a Rupert Murdoch brown-noser, who in his previous role as Secretary for Education, made lash up after lash up of the curriculum. His policies have seen good schools ruined by his 'academy thinktank' and has seen highly commended teachers quit their jobs. He is famously co-authored the book with current Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (also up for leadship contest) co authored a book Direct Democracy: An Agenda for a New Model Party (2005), which is hellbent on private healthcare - both Hunt and Gove complicit in the coup de grace in ending the free NHS.

Theresa May is seen as a shining light in the Ministry of Bad Ideas. A choice of Tory futures...God help Us All.

Well, it's been relatively quiet on the post Brexit front, with people priming themselves for position. In the blue corner, Boris, Theresa May, Stephen Crabbe, Liam Fox and Jeremy Hunt are jostling each other - meanwhile, in the red corner, Corbyn is hanging on with his teeth, closely harranged for other party members up for his job. Former shadow minister and new possible contender Angela Eagle is keen as mustard, with possibilities of Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper in the wings. Not sure re Diane Abbott, but I am sure we will be informed as soon as the rest of the cabinet quit.

Least said about Farage and his embarressing rant at yesterday's EU meeting, the better.

Far happier news this afternoon - New Zealand have offered the UK its top trade negotiators to help seal new trades across the globe. An excellent start, something hopeful to cling onto in these dark times.

Saw this on FB - was amused, under cut for swearing and length of post. Wish I had had the guts to post it myself.

( Leadership Rally )

Cartoon courtesy of Gerald Scarfe

I awoke this morning to the sound of that unprincipled s**t Osbourne blythely saying that "It was not our responsibility" to have a plan for leaving the EU. Really? REALLY? Your party were the damned idiots who set these wheels in motion. You can't abstain responsibility - UNLESS YOU WANT TO HAND YOUR JOB OVER TO SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO IT. The day didn't get much better, as online news media kept tearing any notion of moving forwards to shreds. Now Corbyn is now said to 'be defiant' after no confidence vote. Have got a feeling he will stay until he is carted out.

Back to the Conservatives and it appears there are two strong contenders - Theresa and (God help us) Boris, with a couple of others making suitable rumblings in the background (namely Liam Fox and Jeremy Hunt, who have both had bumpy and difficult careers that have seen them resign from various posts). Gove and Osbourne are seemingly out of the running - a blessed relief for some. Gove is clearly not up to the job. As for Osbourne - please see the opening paragraph to this journal entry. Anyhoo - more on information on the leadership contest, click this BBC LINK

There is an interesting article about the Brexit aftermath from Owen Jones in The Guardian. He feels that we should not 'succumb to the brexit disaster' and that it is 'time to campaign to save our future'.

I think he has a point.

Sadly, even down to popular demand, there is absolutely no chance of a second referendum on the table. Truthfully, I didn't think it would ever truly be taken seriously - because it would be seen as a mockery to the democratic process. We have to just sup it up and move on. Dave has stopped sulking and emerged from his pillow fort, vowing to steer Britain through the next few months. He allegedly believes that we have undertaken the biggest democratic vote in history and that we should be proud of our democratic proccess.

Steps have been taken to stabilise British economy. Zero tolerance on abuse on immigrants and ethnic minorities (in reaction of course to the racist graffiti in the Polish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith this weekend.

BBC News Highlights.

New conservative Prime Minister by September 2nd, as recommended by The 1922 Committee

Downing Street has announced that there is a new unit established in cabinet - employing the brightest and best of the civil service to start intensive work on the British departure from the European Union.

Mervyn King (former Governer of the Bank of England) reckons there is no reason to be particularly worried.

Shares have fallen, but not as badly as expected.

EU - No talks with the UK until Article 50 is invoked, which will not happen at this stage.

No initial change in travel/goods movements or services.

Apparently, the the UK has capital/liquid reserves. There is 250 billion in the kitty to fund the banks and markets, more blah, blah about economic stress testing and seemingly we can withstand a scenario far worse than the one we are already undertaking.

There are questions abound re the Conseravtive party's future. Ditto Labour's as no less than 32 of Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet have resigned - deputy Labour Leader Tom Watson has already declared that Corbyn has no authority amongst MP and faces a leadership challenge. 57 Labour candidates have asked for his resignation.

Osborne is eager to keep the stability of the economy via an address to the markets early this morning - much good that this has done him. He is also to meet the G8 leaders and get on with his job. There has been no sign of Boris anywhere - I presumed he was practicing his rhetoric and trying to play down the idea that he has just stuffed the British economy. Alas, he was seen playing cricket with Earl Spencer over the weekend, Good job, Boris - out for a duck (!)

And the sun sets on another difficult day, yet there is a sense that SOME form of structure is being put into place. However, there are many people who feel that we are on the brink of absolute collapse more catastrophic than it first appears. What else can we do, but to wait and see how this pans out :-/

Well, it has been just over 24 hours since the massive Brexit shock and the country is still reeling. Even if this is meant to be a weekend, it is worrying that there is a clear ABSENCE of leadership at the moment. Dave's licking his wounds, knowing that he has gone down in history as the Worst Prime Minister in a Hundred Years. Boris is uncharacteristically playing everything in minor key, with a very confusing message in regards to our position in Europe. Boris - can we still truly be called European after all this? You might be right but this is not the time and place to argue semantics. Plus, Farage is furious because he's suddenly found out that he's persona non grata and therefore not invited to the Cross Party Committee that is supposedly leading Britain out of the EU. Quite extrodinary, given the man's place within the campaign. IMO, they are using him as the figurehead of mass xenophobia, an 'everyman's' slightly more acceptable version of Nick Griffin. Theoretically, if Farage has been the signifier of crass racism within the campaign, then it looks like the Brexit camp are forcing him* to fall on his very jaded sword.

"Et tu, Boris?" cried both Cameron and Farage (but for very different reasons).

Regardless of my own political position (currently fence-sitting, albeit with splinters in my bum), there is one thing for sure. Sources from various accountancy factions have maintained that most of the key business corporations (although in turmoil) HAD planned for this and contingency measures WERE in place for in/out/shake it all about - best and worst case scenarios. The banks had planned for this, too - expecting problems from the stock market/sterling/shares and planned accordingly. The only people who seem to be a bit in freefall, are the general public and to some extent, the Government <---- which disturbs me. If we were really so neck and neck in this race, why are the political factions so reticent and confused at the moment? Why isn't there any PROPER spokesmen (Cameron, I am looking at YOU - you haven't gone JUST yet) trying to calm the troubled waters?

Where are the grown ups in this situation?

* note - I have never have been nor will ever be a supporter of Nigel Farage, or his politics.

I have deactivated my Facebook account for the next seven days, with the possible intention of not going back on it. I have had enough of notifications of hatred from both sides. It flashes up on my pc, my laptop and my phone; it happens when I study, when I eat, when I am out and about and when I sleep. Maybe I am too thin-skinned, but I have had enough of listening to squabbles - petty or otherwise.

I can't bear all of this terrible in-fighting. And fence-sitters gain no friends, alas :-/

Well, that's an understatement really. The news has rocked the EU to its roots. Facebook has absolutely exploded as so has other social media platforms. Real vitriolic stuff from both sides, family and friends divided, posts sickening enough for me to pull the plug on it for a long time. The Pound has dived, the Market's tanked and many a hue and cry over splilt milk. Scotland are considering their own second referendum only twenty months after the last one and top Northern Ireland politicians are reconsidering their boundry lines - so much the fear for this troublesome poll. Not totally unsurprisingly, David Cameron resigned at 8:20 this morning - looking like the most reviled and kicked PM since Maggie T. was ousted from No. 10 in 1990.

Shellshocked, I DO wonder now just what is going to happen to a) the rest of the EU, as others are rumoured to leave (Dutch for one); b) the UK, especially as it is not as United as it once was. 72% of people voted - this is a massive turn out, which proves to me one thing - people do not have the confidence that ministers from any faction are listening to them. The higher brow newspapers are insinuating that only the thick and the old have voted to leave - which I think is a condescending and pretty derogatory tone. Some of the medium brow and tabloids are victorious, but (they ask) at what cost?

I was a conchy abstainer. One of the 25,000 who deliberately marked their card to show objection to the crass comments and lies. I never seriously considered that we WOULD wake up as a Brexit nation - I really thought that Cameron et al had steamrollered most people to vote remain. Why didn't I vote in the conventional way? Because I didn't like how these arguments were becoming polarized. 'Brexit' had a point, but could not promise what the outcome could be - plus there were ugly bouts of xenophobia abound. The 'Remain' Campaign did not convince enough influential people, nay put many off with their steamrollering approach to appeal to the public, wheeling every VIP except the Dalai Lama to remain. I hasten to add that 'Brexit' too were very heavy-handed with their delivery, seemingly promising everything, but I suspect delivering us a pup.

It has been done now and now it is time to stop flapping and start to charter this ship through exceptionally choppy waters. Things need to stablise here, but the rumbles are getting louder and I wouldn't be surprised that there were now bouts of civil unrest as a result. Since the Jo Cox murder, I worry about crazies taking matters into their own hands. I myself have heard several yells of 'White Power!' (or variations on a theme) from cars passing my door and I am in a relatively quiet borough of rural Cornwall.

Deeply worrying times.

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God, Not Gove!!
All Quiet on the Brexit Front
Leadership Rally
Corbyn - No Confidence
Stand Together
Careers Corroded - Cameron and Corbyn in the House of Commons
"Et Tu, Boris?"
Deactivation
Brexit Shock
Press to Reset the World?
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Entries tagged with brexit

God, Not Gove!!

All Quiet on the Brexit Front

Leadership Rally

Corbyn - No Confidence

Stand Together

Careers Corroded - Cameron and Corbyn in the House of Commons

"Et Tu, Boris?"

Deactivation

Brexit Shock

Press to Reset the World?

Paxman In Brussels: Who Really Rules Us?