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Denzil_DC

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9. If Jess Phillips didn't exist, Farage, the Tories and the media would have to club together

Fri Jun 7, 2019, 12:29 PM

Jun 2019

and invent her. (I did mention Forbes having to weather "the storm".) Phillips lives in a very fragile glass house herself, but she's a typical useful rent-a-gob.

In the grand scheme of things, if we could have looked forward 20 years ago and seen a situation where liking a Facebook post was a disqualifying transgression for any politician, I suspect we'd have been bewildered. The Tories in the EU are in league with anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers, and as for the Brexit party .... I look forward to all that receiving some serious attention sometime.

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Peterborough by-election: Labour beats Brexit Party to hold seat [View all] Denzil_DC Jun 2019 OP

So glad to see the Tories failed to take advantage of Fiona Onasanya's utter stupidity. Celerity Jun 2019 #1

I'm mainly relieved the Brexit Party didn't manage to capitalize on the situation. Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #2

+1 Celerity Jun 2019 #3

Some of the Brexit Party reactions on Twitter are fantastic: Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #4

Thank goodness. Anyone But Brexit! LeftishBrit Jun 2019 #5

Pretty much my own thoughts T_i_B Jun 2019 #6

In the flurry of opinion today, not many pundits have mentioned tactical voting. Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #7

Looks like Lisa Forbes is already in trouble over the usual Corbynite flaw T_i_B Jun 2019 #8

If Jess Phillips didn't exist, Farage, the Tories and the media would have to club together Denzil_DC Jun 2019 #9