Oh damn, still in this dream.

The prorogation of Parliament means that the only option now left with time to be effective is actually a no-confidence vote. And that's not going to happen if Jezza is going to lead the united opposition to a hard Brexit; it will only happen if someone like Ken Clarke or Harriet Harman can lead a cross-party government of national unity. Jezza ain't the man to do that.

But, at a guess, Seamus will never allow him to see that fact.

Now it becomes obvious how Dominic has played his hand, and he is relying, perfectly properly IMHO, that Seamus will constrain Jezza, and any cross-party co-operation in opposition to Boris's version of Brexit will necessarily fail.

But maybe, just maybe, Dominic will be wrong. Jezza was always a Bennite Brexiter. I guess he didn't consider that when cut adrift from the EU that we would merely end up a twitching carcase for the vulture capitalists to pick-over. I'm sure Seamus can prevent anyone with such an opinion actually speaking to Jezza.

Gods, we are so stuffed. So very stuffed.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/07/labour-prefers-election-to-unity-government-to-stop-hard-brexit

Which only goes to show that old socialists have absolutely no grasp whatsoever of the realities of our present situation. They aren’t going to get a chance. It has to be said McDonnell and Corbyn as advised by Milne, etc. are actually either totally fucking clueless, or they are actively attempting to assist a hard Brexit. Which means they are happy to repudiate the GFA too.

it is rapidly becoming apparent that our only hope is the Remain coalition of LibDems/Greens/SNP. Labour is an ideological wasteland full of delusional or mendacious wankers, or folk who can only think along old-fashioned tribal lines which are no longer relevant in the modern age.

So when Boris loses a vote of no confidence and calls a general election for Thursday, November 7th, seven days after we crash out of the EU without a deal, McDonnell thinks it will be a simpler matter to fix things post hoc rather than prevent things altogether.

This is where I start to giggle uncontrollably. Nurse, I need more medication.