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Reports now on Twitter that the DUP have agreed to support Labour in a no confidence motion against the government. This is big if it's true.

Interesting that Donny tweeted this around the same time the news broke... Coincidence?

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/maria-butina-spy-russia-guilty_us_5c1268c1e4b0835fe3275320 Russian gun rights activist, deeply involved with the NRA and in Republican politics during 2016 election campaign, pleads guilty to conspiracy against the US. Obviously just fake news. Nothing to see here.

Yes, seems that way.

200-117 in her favour

Result imminent. As much as I despise the woman, I hope she wins to silence the ERG extremists.

Nope. I've read and re-read and re-read this again, and I haven't the faintest idea what you are actually trying to say here.

All fair points. But Lord D seemed to be looking for some kind of justification for re-running the vote before the previous one had been enacted. The fact that it was non-binding would appear to be a more than valid reason.

All of which completely ignores the fact that the 2016 referendum was non-binding and advisory.

Well, you're absolutely right in that respect. The majority of Labour voters voted remain, but are being led by someone who, despite having voted remain himself, would actually rather leave. Conversely, the Tory voters, who mostly voted leave, are being led by someone who voted to remain and, despite constantly declaring that leave means leave, seems to be surreptitiously trying to scupper Brexit completely. It really is a #mess.

But you repeatedly say you don't want a re-vote and that the 2016 result must be respected or it will cause further unrest. So how would Labour campaigning for it help the situation in your eyes?

I dunno. I seem to remember Cameron at least paying lip service to the actual questions asked before giving fashion advice to Corbyn (though that seems so long ago now, given everything that's happened since his disappearing act).

And what if they did have a plan? How would that detract from the utter shambles this government has become?

FWIW, I think PMQs is just a pointless pantomime. It doesn't matter what Corbyn gets up and asks May, she will never give a straight answer anyway, because she never once has. All she can do is spin every question round into some sort of attack on Labour, as if they are the ones responsible for the total catastrophe we currently find ourselves in. It's risible.

Ah, so you're saying the contest last time was flawed because people who would be directly affected by the result were not given the opportunity to cast a vote? I see.

Absolutely this. People seem to forget that it was only around 18 months ago we voted him our player of the year. If we can get him back to the form he showed playing for Puel then he would make a big difference to our overall defensive play.

Where were you looking exactly?

And yet as far as the BBC are concerned, the biggest story is the fact that the FCO are blaming the hack on the Russians, and not the revelations themselves. Hardly surprising. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46509956

Kudos to David Cameron for never deleting this tweet.

Very little to laugh about over Brexit at the moment, but this has brought some comic relief from the total f*cknuttery going on... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucJ6RPez06s

Yeah that was him. Just had a look at his record on Wiki, and he really didn't go on to great things. Biggest club he ever played for was Nice, where he got 2 goals in 14 appearances. After that, there's not a single club I've ever even heard of.

Who was the young Italian lad who scored shedloads for the reserve team a few years back but never got a chance in the first team?

I agree with your first and third points, but Davis in for Romeu? What have you been smoking? Romeu was our second best player yesterday (behind Lemina), and Davis has never shown any evidence of being able to play that role. It would be suicide to play him there against Arsenal.