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Is it entirely shitty to ask; what would help?

In retrospect, my understanding of your point was probably somewhat clumsy and I inferred: 1) That the 'hive mind' of Dissensus could be extrapolated somewhat 2) that, regardless of 1), an opportunity was being missed through this refusal to recognise the referendum result Whether it was fair...

You probably do; which bit is causing you doubt?

Fair is doing quite a lot of heavy lifting there, but as I said on another thread there is *something* to it. We seem to have been slowly fed referenda as the answer to constitutional issues to the point that it seems like an act of bad faith to deny their legitimacy, but there is a reason why...

Remainiacs with a knowledge of politics in the last 20 years have few options. What's 'needed' is a High Liberalism disentangled from New Labour and the Orange Book Liberals - seems like a fantasy. Many look to the much-maligned European bureaucrats wistfully, and are willing to cheer the idea...

It feels like we're all somewhere between Sir Humphrey and the Georgian version of Blackadder now........

As much as Remainers, such as myself, can say perfectly rationally and with a straight face 'twas an advisory referendum' and the like - there is something nonetheless troubling about it, and one feels like a door is being opened that can never be closed. In Brexit, there are no virgins.

Boris Johnson is the first prime minister to have been found by a court to have misled a king or queen.

A lot of SIM cards will be going in the bin right about now. Cummings is probably going round Westminster ripping out payphones. Nick Clegg's probably getting a few phone calls In other news: Backstop's Back, Alright! We even have Andrew Bridgen saying it might be acceptable if NI get a vote...

JRM is the latest in a line of Brexiteers to find out that it's easy to bray from the sidelines, quite another to actually try to realise one's fantasies in reality.

Nothing new I guess, but Labour getting the vote out is crucial. I expect a lot of crazy promises from all sides in this campaign. Noone will be talking about magic money trees.

Understand though, it's a humiliation that many Brexiteers will take very, very, personally. And yeah, it will push them towards Farage. Which short-term may be necessary. Longer-term......eep.

Boris' Bro has deserted him now, just quit as a MP and Minister. All this is very fun, and yes he's diminished right now, but Boris is going to be a tough nugget to flush. The only way Labour can get the most seats, never mind win an majority......is via a successful Brexit Party campaign...

One more rebel? Yes, the Brexiteers *really* hate Bercow probably more than anyone else. Hammond is up there.

Bercow ruling that Benn's bill doesn't require the Queen's Consent is pretty big. A lot of Brexiteers are incandescent. The gloves, if they were not already, are off.

The thing that he knows is that Labour almost certainly doesn't have the support to get him out of No. 10. Certainly not on the morning of October 15/16 in time for the European Council meeting.

Tbf it was at least implied by 'The Thick of It' that the likes of Alistair Campbell were pretty similar in temperament. But yeah, gotta be a bit of a naked lunch moment for Boris - the truth is though, it's not that clear an election is going to change the numbers that much - especially when...

The problem is Dr David Nicol is a card-carrying 'Remoaner' so the fact that he had strong input into Yellowhammer feeds the narrative that it was a piece of internal propaganda that sought to make no-deal look as terrifying as possible. One screen, two movies!

While I don't disagree per se, I'm going to play devil's advocate a bit and offer the following published earlier this year: https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2019/01/22/robert-craig-could-the-government-advise-the-queen-to-refuse-royal-assent-to-a-backbench-bill/ tl;dr - Amending Standing Order...

Buzzfeed Political Editor is a former member of Guido's youth squad who it appears is trying to actually forge a career as a vaguely neutral journalist, but he does seem quite well connected. https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-extreme-measures