Interesting Links for 21-01-2019

[andrewducker]

?Please, listen to us?: What it?s like being female at America?s biggest economic conference

(tags: economics harassment women usa conference )

Ministers agree to consider Lib Dem plans for new referendum

(tags: libdem europe uk referendum )

UK immigration law is fucking awful (elderly relative edition)

(tags: immigration UK OhForFucksSake )

It is worth drilling down this quote thread of people describing their jobs in quotes

(tags: jobs funny )

Labour admits any deal would need Irish backstop

(tags: politics UK europe labour )

Theresa May considering altering Good Friday Agreement in most ridiculous political move of my lifetime

(tags: UK NorthernIreland Conservatives OhForFucksSake )

I finally found the perfect word to describe the behaviour of Labour and Conservatives towards Brexit

(tags: UK europe politics germany language )

Comments

[doug]

"Theresa May considering altering Good Friday Agreement in most ridiculous political move of my lifetime" so far.

[andrewducker]

Well yes, when we invade Ireland the week after Brexit I'll look pretty stupid.

[doug]

😱

Oh dear no.

[nojay]

The Lib Dems giving any sort of cover to PM May's suicidal "no-deal" charge is one of the most stupid moves I've seen during this thousand-day debacle and that's saying something. I would have thought that there would have been at least some institutional memories of the calamitous Tory/Lib-Dem pact to clue them in but noooo...

Corbyn at least recognises a snake when he sees one and quite rightly won't go within arm's reach of the Tories no matter what they say. Good for him.

[calimac]

First it says "Ministers agree to consider Lib Dem plans for new referendum." Then it says "Downing Street again ruled out Theresa May ever backing a second referendum." I have to presume that none of this means anything at all.

[andrewducker]

None of it, as far as I can tell, means anything at all.

Because everyone near the levers of power wants the impossible and isn't willing to listen to reason.