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Coalition of chaos Magic money tree Strong and stable... ...if the Tories coin a soundbite, you can almost guarantee it can be used against them within weeks :lol:

"May buys DUP support with £1 billion 'bung" is the Times "£1bn for DUP is 'just the start" is the Telegraph's splash and their Scottish edition: "Fury at 'grubby' deal with DUP" The Guardian go for "May hands £1bn bonanza to DUP to cling on at No 10" Not to be outdone, the Mirror opts for...

Bung parliament May to nurse who hasn't had pay increase for 8 years "There's no magic money tree" Schools in Brighton and Hove have lost nearly £12 million of funding this year - my own kids school making teaching staff redundant Meanwhile the super rich get ever more wealthy, whilst the...

Quite some leader in yesterday's Times.... At a turning point in Britain's history the prime minister lacks the authority to lead. Her party will be held responsible for the consequences. Ever since its resurrection on tea towels and post-cards, "Keep Calm and Carry On" has served as a...

I suppose it's also possible that the Queen’s Speech is voted down, perhaps by a wing of the Tories along with the other parties if it is contentious to whichever group. Unlikely as it will probably be blander than bland to avoid that very scenario, but who knows? She has a lot of stakeholders...

Enough already with the "S&S" - it's anything but, as everyone can clearly see Interesting that Dominic Cummings, the former Vote Leave campaign director and former special adviser to Michael Gove, is using his Twitter account to highlight how the whole Department for Exiting the European Union...

People seem to get very confused by debt and GDP, me included, however this article will illuminate and assist... http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/334/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/ Now, according to the front page of the Daily Telegraph "austerity is over" we will see it rise quite fast but...

And well done Simon McCoy for saying what everyone is thinking when these Tory muppets trot out pre-prepared answers. It's just bollocks. Be yourself. The world of spin is over... BBC Presenter Laughs In Tory MP Alan Mak’s Face For Repeating ‘Strong And Stable’ Slogan Watch it here...

AND of course meanwhile the top 0.1% super-rich get ever more obscenely richer and richer. Including those tax dodging press barons who run the Mail and the Sun. The share of wealth owned by the top 0.1% is almost the same as the bottom 90%.

If these reports of the 1922 committee cheering May are right it's just further evidence of how deluded they are. May coming out after the election to give that frankly bonkers speech that made no reference to her disaster of an election campaign and just trying to spin it as if nothing had...

Ironic surely Although as other have said, she might as well be the one to absorb the heat for the time being - anyone taking the role is effectively committing career suicide This whole mess has been completely created by the Conservatives. The biggest national crisis since WW2, so only right...

The peerless David Squires trades football for politics in another brilliant cartoon.... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2017/jun/12/david-squires-on-theresa-mays-deal-with-the-dup "...harden my Brexit, rip up my human rights...oh yeah, HARDEN MY BREXIT!!!"...

By the by (and apologies if this has been posted before) we all like montages of football and music, how about this one by Newsnight of GE 2017 and music. Johnny Cash sounding better than ever...

Here's the nub (well OK, a nub).... Tory Right-wingers intend to assert themselves this evening when Mrs May addresses a private meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers. Several made clear in advance that their support depends on delivering the manifesto commitment to quit the European...

Possibly. Corbyn cannot form a government - he just has to claim he wants to in order to pile more pressure on. Given the Tories with a new leader would probably fancy their chances more second time round, it might suit them to have another election. Risky though given Labour's current...

Depends who is waiting in the wings

May still has to get through a meeting with the 1922 committee today - most of whom feel pretty bruised by her management style since she's been PM, and who have no faith in her abilities after her disastrous election campaign

I guess the risk it that emboldened Tory remainers - not happy with the Queen's speech contents - decide to rebel. Dunno how likely that it is. Be interesting to see what goes in as anything remotely contentious risks being rejected by a majority of MPs

Well true enough, but like Mrs May, I am not sure you have truly taken on board the full extent to which her Tory colleagues have lost all faith. Along with us, the great unwashed, who will never get that car crash of an election campaign out of our minds #notifbutwhen

Five years time? A tad optimistic methinks.