As I'm sure many BCG members will be aware, several alcoholic drinks (notably beers and cocktails) have
attracted criticism from people who dislike the idea of drinks having rude, suggestive or otherwise non-politically-correct names.

Complainants will today be delighted to hear that Marks & Spencer have abandoned their porn star martini and renamed it "passion star martini".

The name was changed after a ruling by The Portman Group following, according to reports, a complaint from a member of Mumsnet who said the name suggested sexual activity.

What next? A complaint from that same source demanding that art galleries across the globe remove all examples of conceptual art?

It wouldn't surprise me.

So in a move to ensure the democratic will of the people parliament is to be closed and a Queen appointed by a god along with a serial liar appointed by 94000 irate pensioners will now be running the country. That is all.

If MPs hadn't proved themselves singularly unable and unwilling to sort the matter out over the past 3 years, and if MPs who are opposed to leaving with no-deal hadn't continually voted against the one deal that was on offer, then we wouldn't be in this position. And as they haven't been able to sort it out in 3 years, I don't know why anyone thinks that they would be able to do so within the 5 weeks of the proposed prorogation.

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Montesquieu

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 28th August 2019, 1:53 PM

...if MPs who are opposed to leaving with no-deal hadn't continually voted against the one deal that was on offer

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Actually it was the avidly pro-Brexit MPs that killed the deal. If it hadn't been for Rees-Mogg's swivel-eyed ERG and the "We don't believe in dinosaurs OR abortion" party, the thing would have sailed through - nothing us "Remoaners" could have done about it.

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ 28th August 2019, 2:27 PM

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Montesquieu

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The one principle they haven't lost is that of 'self-interest come first'.

We are truly doomed.

Quote: Teddy Paddalack @ 28th August 2019, 11:03 AM

So in a move to ensure the democratic will of the people parliament is to be closed and a Queen appointed by a god along with a serial liar appointed by 94000 irate pensioners will now be running the country. That is all.

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Well it's true isn't it? Too many people were trying to thwart the will of the people!

Is it the will of the people to have a Queen and a bunch of ageing elites rule over them ? That's sounds more like Feudalism than Democracy. Mind you give it 10 years and most of them will have died, that's when the revolution will rise up, well after some morning TV and a game of minecraft.

Yes

No, I don't remember keeping the Queen or the aging elite on the Referendum paper.

Boris and Donald: some people love them and some people hate them.

The only thing everybody appears to agree on is that their time in office has been, is and will almost certainly continue to be . . . interesting.

It's all about the entertainment, folks!

What's the point of having this silly old woman allegedly ruling the country if she always has to do what the PM says? Why bother asking her if she has to agree? What a waste of space she is. No guts to make a stance for the good of the country. Bastard Johnson is a dictator and she permits it. Vive la revolution!

Thinking back though.Can you name a PM you could admire and thought did the country any good?
I can't think of one.Except for perhaps Churchill whose personality was useful during the war.

Quote: Lazzard @ 28th August 2019, 2:39 PM

Actually it was the avidly pro-Brexit MPs that killed the deal. If it hadn't been for Rees-Mogg's swivel-eyed ERG and the "We don't believe in dinosaurs OR abortion" party, the thing would have sailed through - nothing us "Remoaners" could have done about it.

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432 MPs voted against the withdrawal agreement on 15 January 2019, I don't think even Jacob Rees-Mogg would claim that many members.

Quote: john tregorran @ 28th August 2019, 8:55 PM

Thinking back though.Can you name a PM you could admire and thought did the country any good?

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Yes. One.

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 28th August 2019, 10:09 PM

Yes. One.

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