Suspension of democracy ruled unlawful by Supreme Court | Parliament NOT prorogued | Election November?

Photo of the Durham protest turnout. Not bad considering it was very short notice on a weekday.

I miss living in Durham

Would have gone along if I could have

Lagamorph wrote:

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Not sure what this is meant to achieve. He hasn't broken a law by proroguing Parliament, it's just that the running of the UK is dependent on those in power playing by unwritten arrangements. It allows any strawberry floater determined enough to break those arrangements to do so. Can you imagine what the headlines would have been like if a Labour government had pulled any of the gooseberry fool of the past three years?

The courts are unlikely where the people will be saved in having their democracy curtailed. It'll come in the form of protest and disruption to normal life that comes from strike action.

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There's a small hope that most people see today as being the unacceptable gooseberry fool that it is, which would massively backfire on Johnson specifically. The anger might honestly result in this becoming no deal vs full revocation.

EDIT - Removed Katie Hopkins tweet.

Lex-Man wrote:

Karl_ wrote:

Green Gecko wrote:Wait, what. Karl - this isn't a forum game is it?

I'm afraid not pal. Are You A Fascist? would be an interesting spin though.

There is a game called Secret Hitler which I've always wanted to try. Although living through a game, somewhat takes the shine off it.

It's very, very good. I own it. Not properly enjoying playing it in real life though.

That banana split is rancid.

Apologies if that is too strong, but we drove her out of the town the other year so feelings are strong and not only mine about her spouting gooseberry fool like her racist rhetoric.

Qikz wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Karl_ wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Qikz wrote:I severely feel the only way we can solve this is if the entire country worth of protesters completely downs tools and brings the economy to a standstill, but due to how our lives work it simply isn't possible.

People need to be marching every single day as in hong kong or they're never going to listen. strawberry float the tory party for allowing this and everyone on the other side of parliamentary lines sitting back and allowing this to happen as well.

Unfortunately, we probably don't have the strong, well-organised labour movement necessary to hold a meaningful general strike. I feel many people have forgotten that unions aren't just about standing up to your boss, they are also the best way to stand up to the government.

I hope that there will be strikes, it's not impossible that the unions we have left pull together and take action, but we seem to be lacking that element of militancy now and I'm a bit pessimistic.

I don't see any other way that we can stop this.

We can’t stop it.

The country is split between those supporting Johnson, those opposed and those too apathetic to care.

Those opposed are a sizeable number but most will not strike or protest.

And Johnson is the type of banana split who’d set the army on any mass protest.

The problem is they're going to destroy our livelihoods if we sit and do nothing. We need to do something, we just have to.

It's probably going to take the destruction of livelihoods and the terrible realization that everything is going wrong to drive people to protest in the numbers and places that really matter. Though the right-wing press will try and sew apathy and blame the EU.

Please don't post Katie Hopkins tweets, that loathesone banana split doesn't need any more attention being paid to her. I don't want or need to see her in my online sanctuary.

Preezy wrote:Please don't post Katie Hopkins tweets, that loathesone banana split doesn't need any more attention being paid to her. I don't want or need to see her in my online sanctuary.

It was a tweet quoting her (my Twitter app of choice displays quoted tweets less prominently) but yeah, removed anyway.

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Karl_ wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Qikz wrote:I severely feel the only way we can solve this is if the entire country worth of protesters completely downs tools and brings the economy to a standstill, but due to how our lives work it simply isn't possible.

People need to be marching every single day as in hong kong or they're never going to listen. strawberry float the tory party for allowing this and everyone on the other side of parliamentary lines sitting back and allowing this to happen as well.

Unfortunately, we probably don't have the strong, well-organised labour movement necessary to hold a meaningful general strike. I feel many people have forgotten that unions aren't just about standing up to your boss, they are also the best way to stand up to the government.

I hope that there will be strikes, it's not impossible that the unions we have left pull together and take action, but we seem to be lacking that element of militancy now and I'm a bit pessimistic.

I don't see any other way that we can stop this.

We can’t stop it.

The country is split between those supporting Johnson, those opposed and those too apathetic to care.

Those opposed are a sizeable number but most will not strike or protest.

And Johnson is the type of banana split who’d set the army on any mass protest.

The problem is they're going to destroy our livelihoods if we sit and do nothing. We need to do something, we just have to.

It's probably going to take the destruction of livelihoods and the terrible realization that everything is going wrong to drive people to protest in the numbers and places that really matter. Though the right-wing press will try and sew apathy and blame the EU.

Innocent people are going to die if we no deal. There will not be enough inculin or antibiotics and as someone who lost their mum beginning of the year in spite of those drugs I don't want to sit back and do nothing

Qikz wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Moggy wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Karl_ wrote:

Qikz wrote:

Qikz wrote:I severely feel the only way we can solve this is if the entire country worth of protesters completely downs tools and brings the economy to a standstill, but due to how our lives work it simply isn't possible.

People need to be marching every single day as in hong kong or they're never going to listen. strawberry float the tory party for allowing this and everyone on the other side of parliamentary lines sitting back and allowing this to happen as well.

Unfortunately, we probably don't have the strong, well-organised labour movement necessary to hold a meaningful general strike. I feel many people have forgotten that unions aren't just about standing up to your boss, they are also the best way to stand up to the government.

I hope that there will be strikes, it's not impossible that the unions we have left pull together and take action, but we seem to be lacking that element of militancy now and I'm a bit pessimistic.

I don't see any other way that we can stop this.

We can’t stop it.

The country is split between those supporting Johnson, those opposed and those too apathetic to care.

Those opposed are a sizeable number but most will not strike or protest.

And Johnson is the type of banana split who’d set the army on any mass protest.

The problem is they're going to destroy our livelihoods if we sit and do nothing. We need to do something, we just have to.

It's probably going to take the destruction of livelihoods and the terrible realization that everything is going wrong to drive people to protest in the numbers and places that really matter. Though the right-wing press will try and sew apathy and blame the EU.

Innocent people are going to die if we no deal. There will not be enough inculin or antibiotics and as someone who lost their mum beginning of the year in spite of those drugs I don't want to sit back and do nothing

Then get out and protest.

Are there any media voices trying to spin a positive on this? What angle is there to possibly take?

Clarkman wrote:Are there any media voices trying to spin a positive on this? What angle is there to possibly take?

twitter.com/bbcnews/status/1166826381310869504

If Remainers are the rebel alliance, are they admitting that Johnson is the evil emperor?

Petition is now over a million signatures

Protests are making big news, I'm hoping for some better indication in advance of more planned so I can organise getting to one

Well the obvious positive spin on this is "we need people like Bojo to get the job done NOW" i.e. suspend democratic representation here because leaving the undemocratic unelected foreign government is more important than, like, the entire fundamental system of politics in the country since 1801.

Couldn't go today, but hopefully (for many reasons), they're still going on tomorrow, going to grab a couple of friends and go down to parliament square.

No idea if Birmingham had any protests, if I were well enough I would have gone if there had been and I'd heard about it.

I've signed the petition.

I stayed up in case Britain melted but I need to stay on fixed sleep so I will resolve this tomorrow. Thanks guys

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:

Photo of the Durham protest turnout. Not bad considering it was very short notice on a weekday.

Legit thought the guy in the back on the left had brought a stack of pizzas but it is, in fact, a sign.

Green Gecko wrote:I will resolve this tomorrow

Not sure what this means but I'm hopeful. Godspeed Comrade Gecko.

Nah I was just riffing on my prowess as a forum overlord