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Poker is Alive and Kicking in Canada

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The gambling industry in Canada is on the rise. In 2017 it grew 4.9 per cent, generating CA$17.3 billion in revenue from a mix of lotteries, casinos, charitable and online gaming according to a report by Fantini Gaming Research.

Factor in a surprisingly strong legacy in poker (unbeknownst to many players, it had a significant role in the online poker boom of the early 2000s) and it’s a more attractive destination for English-speaking players than many fans realise.

Ontario, the country’s most populous province, was the biggest growth area for overall gambling at 12 per cent with a 43 per cent market share. Quebec wasn’t far behind with $3.6 billion in earnings and British Columbia was hot on its heels in third place with revenue at $3.14 billion. Despite laws that some consider to make Canadian poker a legal grey area, there’s a lot of activity, both live and online.

Over the years Canada has produced and attracted its fair share of poker pros. The events of the USA’s Black Friday, when the United States Department of Justice issued an indictment against the three largest online poker websites in the country, had a significant effect in driving players over the border, but Canada had a healthy poker community regardless.

Big name players of poker in Canada include Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot, Mike Leah, and of course Daniel Negreanu. Some of the top live poker rooms in the country include Casino Regina in Saskatchewan; Winnipeg’s Club Regent in Manitoba; Casino Niagara at Niagara Falls, Ontario; Calgary’s Grey Eagle in Alberta and, in Quebec, the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake.

Meanwhile, cities such as Vancouver attract large communities focused on the online poker scene, with big names like Galfond or Ben Tollerene having set up shop there but largely eschewing the live rooms.

The legal ins and outs

The current gambling laws in Canada favour poker rooms operated by provincial governments. Groups such as the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation or the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, which is co-owned by the provincial governments of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, control the bulk of bricks and mortar gambling operations in Canada.

Sections 201 – 206 of the federal criminal code render all types of gambling and betting illegal throughout the country, with only pari-mutuel horse race betting exempt from the general prohibition. Section 207, introduced in 1985, allows all provincial and territorial governments to provide regulated gambling to Canadian citizens, however. That means that local authorities such as the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission and the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario oversee physical gambling operations and have created organisations like the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

Online Poker is less cut and dried

The application of Sections 201 – 206 and the accompanying 207 are less straightforward in their application to online casinos and poker, however.

In Canada, there’s usually a presumption against the extraterritorial application of the Criminal Code. Thompson Reuters notes, however, that “The question of whether the Criminal Code applies to online gambling offerings by foreign operators with operations established in jurisdictions where it is legal to do so, has not been definitively settled by the courts.” So, for example, an online casino could consider itself exempt from state control where there were considered to be no “real and substantial” connections to Canada and its citizens.

In practice, no charges have ever been brought against offshore poker operators offering services to Canadians. In fact, those companies are largely free to advertise their services across Canada, with the exception of Ontario where online gambling adverts have been banned since 2006.

In fact, the Quebec Superior Court recently ruled that the provincial government’s attempt to force internet service providers to block people from accessing online gaming websites was unconstitutional. The government had introduced Bill 74 in 2016 in an attempt to boost its provincially run Loto-Quebec, but after the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association took them to court to challenge the bill it was ruled that the law was only protecting the government’s monopoly, not customer’s rights. The ruling was hailed as both a huge win for the gambling industry and a victory for net neutrality.

Furthermore, the Kahnawake Gambling Commission was a popular choice for offshore gambling operators targeting the US market until 2016, when the Commission struck a deal with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement which saw those sites barred from operating in the US.

So, while there could be grounds for the government to target gambling websites, it’s generally thought that there’s little appetite among lawmakers to do so.

While online poker operations serving Canadians work in a slightly hazy legal environment, there’s nothing to stop Canadians from accessing sites run from outside of Canada. As Canadian lawyer Zak Muscovitch puts it, “What is illegal is to operate a common betting house. It is the proprietor of the casino that is the person breaking the law. There is no actual law that would prevent a consumer from using the site.”

In practice, then, poker players have little trouble accessing online poker rooms. Most major Western online casinos accept Canadian players and some provincial governments have gone so far as to open their own sites, notably from Quebec and British Columbia.

Future Growth

Expect Ontario to continue seeing growth in the next few years. Fantini Gaming Research analysts say that the main reason for the province’s growth is that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has started privatising casino operations. The OLG, which is a Crown corporation of the provincial government, owns and manages all gambling operations in the region and selects different private operations for its products. As it continues to step up its activities, there’s also a drive to modernise casinos and other gaming venues that’s likely to benefit the local poker scene.

While there are some slightly unclear aspects of Canadian law when it comes to online gambling, it’s clear that the country has a healthy poker scene both on- and offline, and it’s likely to continue to grow.

The Indomitable Gauls ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Triumph Against Caesar Macron

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Chief Vitalstatix is adamant that his horde of invincible Gaul Gilets Jaunes will not be defeated by the centurions who are subjugating the people unnecessarily with brutal methods of tear gas and beating.

The EU invaders led by Caesar Macron, do not know however that the Gauls have a secret to their successful rioting.

“We have our own druid, named Getafix. Yes, every morning before the riots proceed, in the back of the crowd, Getafix will be assembling the Gilets Jaunes all together in an orderly queue to receive their fix of his special recipe, a concoction so secret that Caesar Macron has sent his deadliest assassins and spies to try and steal. This magic potion is the secret of the Gilets Jaunes, and can never be revealed to anyone,” one Gilet Jaunes, Fulliautomatix, a local Parisian car mechanic revealed.

“Paf!” another centurion in riot gear flies up into the air, uppercutted by a furious Gaul. He briefly reaches the clouds before looking down and falling whilst flapping his truncheon trying to fly crashing through the Arc de Triomphe with an almighty splatting sound.

Caesar Macron has vowed to crush the Gauls and is developing his own secret potion in Brussels.

“I have asked our own druid, Jean-Claude Drunkalotix, for a solution to these invincible Gaul upstarts and he is concocting his own potion. The only problem is he is too drunk to do anything more because he keeps tasting it for flavour. Cognac, more cognac, and even more cognac! C’est impossible!”

On we go, how long will our Gallic heroes hold out to the increasingly brutal methods from the cohorts of centurions?

Best Horse Racing Events in The UK in 2019

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Whether you’re a horse racing enthusiast or just enjoy spending a day out at the racetrack betting on the action, the racing calendar brings with it a host of exciting events throughout the year. From the celebrities in the audience to the champagne flowing and pageantry, there’s plenty to enjoy at the races. These are the top horse racing events taking place in the UK in 2019.

Aintree Grand National

Taking place in April over the course of three days, the Aintree Grand National is considered to be one of the most difficult racecourses for jockeys to navigate. With 16 steeplechase fences to overcome and some so challenging that they’ve become infamous, such as Becher’s Brook and Foinavon, and over four and a half miles of track to get through, it’s incredibly tough. It’s also one of the most popular horse racing events of the season, with over 600 million people tuning in around the world to watch, so if you want to find out more you can always check this guide for the race to brush up on your knowledge.

Cheltenham Festival

Horse racing fans head to Cheltenham each year for this four-day event in March – it’s one of the key events of the season and has a varied agenda of activities. The most important race takes place on the first day though and that’s the Champion Hurdle. The prize money for this sits at £4.5 million and is second only to the Grand National.

Royal Ascot

The Royal Ascot event takes place annually in June and is one of the best-known events in the UK. The glamour, pageantry and excitement that Ascot brings to the world of horse racing is second to none and even the Queen attends each year. Ascot takes place over five days and has a total of 15 Group races, including at least one Group 1 race each day. Winners can take home over £3.5 million in prize money, amping up the stakes even more.

Epsom Derby

Dating back to 1870, the Epsom Derby has been an important racing event for a long time and takes place over two days. One of the main draws for attendees at this event is the fact that it’s not just jockeys who can head home with cash – £5,000 is awarded to the best-dressed woman too. The event is split into Derby Day and Ladies’ Day, with high-stake races taking place on both days along with parties on the Hyperion Lawn and music from top DJs, making this a really fun racing event to visit.

Goodwood Festival

Held at Chichester in West Sussex in August of each year, Goodwood Festival is a highlight of the summer and is steeped in tradition. It has a long history of high-quality horse racing and takes place over five days, competing with Royal Ascot in the glamour stakes. Set to a beautiful backdrop of the Sussex countryside and with a total of £5.5 million in prize money, the calibre of Goodwood makes it a really exciting event that you won’t want to miss.

Duke of Edinburgh Auditions For New Dukes of Hazzard Film

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The Duke of Edinburgh, 97, going on 19, last night auditioned for the latest instalment of Hollywood film series, The Dukes of Hazzard Visit Windsor County.

Driving his Land Rover Dodge Charger through the winding narrow streets of Windsor, the Duke expertly flipped the vehicle three times in the air, somersaulted across a duck pond, then landed on a bus stop before crashing through a chicken shed and coming to a full stop smiling like a cat that just slurped a bucket full of cream.

The Duke is one of the best drivers in the country having been trained by SAS instructors, and is an expert in counter ops driving skills.

“I’ve seen him go into an ambush laughing, expertly spin the vehicle around barely touching the kerb at speed, then ramming the terrorists whilst simultaneously firing a Heckler & Koch through the windscreen,” the Duke’s protection officer revealed.

The Hollywood production team were thoroughly impressed by the Duke’s motoring skills, and want to hire him as Bo and Luke’s long lost uncle sixteen times removed, Eddie Duke.

Director Brad Mullin, was positive that the Duke of Edinburgh was right for the job.

“When he saw the actress playing Daisy, we saw this wild glint in his eye, because at the time she had just bent over to pick up her hairbrush. He whistled at her and shouted ‘Ere darling, watch what I can do!” and vroom his car work was goddamn amazing. I knew he was the man for the role right away.”

The new Dukes of Hazzard film will be set in the backstreets of Slough and Windsor. Bo and Luke plus the rest of the team receive a letter of distress from their long lost uncle Duke Edinburgh. They fly across the Atlantic and have the General Lee shipped over to help him out of his troubles. Boss Hogg, Rosco and Enos will also have prominent roles.

The film will be released in 2020 Warner Bros announced.

Experts: Corrupt Remainers Will Have to Stand Aside or Risk Revolution

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Remainers are people bereft of fair minded thought, they are bereft of sportsmanship, they are bereft of accepting a loss graciously, and they are inherently corrupt in their extremist behaviour regarding their opposition to the EU referendum result to leave the EU.

Corrupt behaviour fails at some level eventually as the tricks Remainers utilise to stifle democracy are at some point exhausted.

It is to this end we must feel supremely sorry for these people because their actions are so desperately wrong, and they are so deluded in their ineffectual techniques to destabilise the real will of the people of Britain and that is to leave the EU.

To try to awaken a Remainer from their hive-like programming and institutional allegiance to the EU is a dangerous feat in itself, but one must understand that these people have been programmed in soviet EU ideology from youth, and it is all they know. Much like awakening a sleeping dog, things can get dangerous, as you may get bitten by the vitriolic anger these deluded morons hold.

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Much of the lower tier of Remainers are simply blind followers who do not actually know anything about geopolitics, or the political construct of the EU let alone name a single MEP, or member of the EU Commission. The lower level followers of Remain are usually the brainwashed students you see waving their placards and EU flags outside parliament, they are only concerned with EU free travel, EU study grants, free EU stuff, mobile phone roaming charges and other trivial things.

The higher tier Remainers are only concerned about one thing, above their country’s sovereign status or even their own children, these people are only concerned about money. The EU for them constitutes either blank cheques, funding for their wasteful socialist pet projects, or quiet backhanders and pension funds. They would happily sell their own nation down the line or sell their own children off for medical experiments for money, and these psychopathic Remainers are the ones at the top of the pyramid in parliament and business causing the most trouble. To try to reason with them that they could make even more money under WTO rules, or become even richer when the UK does not send off millions per week into the EU black hole is pretty much an impossibility. These people are entrenched within the EU and their gravy train is more important than anything, least the nation’s sovereign status. These are the Lord and Lady Haw Haws of today.

Treachery is thus the mainstay of the Remainers, and they do this wholeheartedly every day, their spittle furnishing the graves of those who have died for Britain’s freedom, they would happily shit out a turd onto the Cenotaph as long as they could keep their brown envelopes stuffed with EU cash delivered straight from Brussels. Remainers are no doubt treasonous scum, not even fit for any form of trial, but to simply be taken out into the streets where justice would be properly administered.

Without Brexit, without a clean cut, a No Deal clean Brexit, there will be great injustice and anger across the country. This will perhaps be the first and last revolution seen in Britain because its strength will be so fearsome. Remainers are already known, they are shamelessly parading themselves all over the place, and it will no doubt be a messy business, as the gutters fill with their screams of shame. No Deal is the last and only bargaining chip left and it will not be fucked with.

All losers have to stand aside at some time, they will have to do this either with dignity or by force, but Remainers will eventually have to step back, because at the end of the day, they will have no choice, as the revolt will ensure that justice is served, and that democracy is preserved over the corrupt Remainers and their little plots.

No one really wants to see the real or theoretical hanging fruit decorating the lamp posts of Westminster however it is perfectly possible that it could come to that point, especially within the volatile climate we are in where all parliamentary policies of democracy seem to have vanished, because it is then that other ways can be employed to get things done properly. If there is no democracy left in Britain, what is left? Direct action.

New Advert Showcasing Virtues of Toxic Feminism Hailed by Socialists

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A new advert which depicts toxic feminism as the cure for all the world’s ills has been hailed by all mainstream media news sites as well as socialists as a success.

This advert shows that toxic feminism is a beautiful thing because it depicts the death of all men from the earth. The advert promotes that all males should be aborted at birth leaving only females on the planet. It also suggests that all remaining men and boys be put into specialist concentration camps to be killed off by hard work breaking rocks, or simply shot in the head.

The advert, was commissioned by tampon company Crampax and shows a world where there are no men left alive. All the women are living wonderful calm lives knitting and sewing, some are gardening, and others are playing with their daughters. The camera then pans slowly under the ground and shows the bones of men underneath where the women stand. The camera then shows green grass and shrubs growing over the concentration camp barbed wire where the men were held once, and the abandoned abortion hospitals where male babies were aborted before cutting to the Crampax logo and pictures of smiling women.

Directed by Australian extreme feminist Nikita Snatch, for UK agency Endlösung, the advertisement has aired now in over 70 countries to much critical acclaim.

Since the denigration of all men is now normalised, toxic feminism is the defacto norm in all of Western world and is encouraged at all levels of society.

Shares in Crampax are up by 34% since airing the ad.

Endlösung spokeswoman, Kiehl Ullman, is pleased that the advert has received such a pleasing reception: “Predictive programming is something we excel at, and our toxic feminist credo is one that wishes to kill all men on the planet. Forget equality, we want complete superiority and death of all men. Our feminist agenda is supported at the highest levels, so there is no one that can say or do anything about it. Now fuck off, you disgusting toxic masculine piece of shit before I vomit into your face and stab you in the testicles.”

Why the British Parliament is Shunning Democracy and Embracing Feudalism

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The EU referendum held on June 23, 2016 was the largest democratic vote held in history in the British Isles, and was hailed for its adherence to Britain’s democratic values by parliament.

MPs in the Houses of Parliament, before the vote results were announced, guaranteed that the result would be binding and would be honoured in full. The reason for this assurance by the House, was probably because they thought that the Remain in EU contingent would win.

When the results were announced of the EU referendum, everything suddenly changed. Democracy seemed to fly out of the arena, and the result was denounced.

For the last two years since the EU referendum, all we have been seeing and hearing is MPs scrambling to disavow the referendum result to Leave. There have been numerous attempts by other entities at the High Court to bypass the result, and within parliament, characters like Dominic Grieve, and Ken Clark, as well as Tony Blair, Peter Mandelson, all vying to destroy the Leave vote.

So what happened to democracy? Did it ever exist in the UK anyway?

We asked a constitutional expert about the value of democracy in Britain.

“Democracy in Britain has only existed if the voter makes the decision that the establishment wants it to make. If the people do not follow their orders when they are herded to make a decision at the polls, then there is an upset, and the process must be repeated until the voters vote the way they are meant to vote. This is how it has been for years, and is not democracy, even though it is called that.”

We are now seeing a similar pattern with the EU referendum, where MPs in parliament are calling for a so-called ‘peoples vote’ because the one that happened on 23 June, 2016 was not to their liking and was not a peoples vote.

Who are the ‘people’ in this new ‘peoples vote’? The newly proposed ‘peoples vote’ is populated solely by establishment elites, and not the people, it is populated and led by banking corporations like Goldman Sachs and financier George Soros. It is populated by extremist Remainers from the left and right, like Blair, Clark, Grieve, Hammond. These names are certainly nothing to do with the people, and it is populated by the likes of the EU Commission, an unelected elite troupe of overpaid eurocrats who have such large expense account bills funded by EU taxpayers, that they dare not have the numbers published. This element of elitist individuals and banking corporations are certainly not of the ‘people’, in fact, they fucking hate the ‘people’.

To see the braindead NPCs congregating in the streets chanting to anti-Brexit scripts given to them by their elite masters, is a sad sight to behold, but it tells us another thing about the state of Britain’s democracy today, that there is no democracy, and we are actually living in a feudal system where the illusion of ‘democracy’ is touted in front of the audience, but like a mirage it is an unattainable thing that no one can actually grasp.

We have seen how ‘democracy’ works in parliament with the Speaker of the House, John Bercow, who simply supersedes the law, to bypass any aspirations of a Brexit happening. This is certainly not democracy, and anyone who says it is is either lying or extremely deluded.

We are not living in a democracy where at every turn one is confronted by images and terrifying stories of Project Fear. The sky will fall if there is a Brexit, and the ground will open up spurting lava into your face. No deal…Aaargh! There will be thunderous clouds, no food or water and your dog will suddenly drop dead. Much like the Y2K saga, so is the No Deal Project Fear a joke. Fear is what the feudal lords used in the past to control the serfs, and it is what they are doing today. Feudalism is alive and well in Britain today, and there is no democracy, and has not been for some time.

Parliamentarians debating and voting on a subject does not make democracy. It just means that 600 odd people made a decision impacting on the lives of 66.02 million people in the UK. The most recent actions of 400 odd parliamentarians, creating and implementing amendments to supersede the 17.4 million people who voted to leave the EU in a democratic vote is just another example of feudalism at work.

Britain’s monarchy are now nothing more than tourist attractions to point at, the real monarchs are the feudal lords who preside over the House of Commons and Lords.

There is no democracy in the UK, we have been living under a feudal system and it has become more apparent since the EU referendum vote to Leave the EU.

Procter & Gamble’s Gamble With Gillette Toxic Masculinity Ad

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What the latest Gillette advertisement portrays is that being male is toxic, and being a new-man is not about being masculine but feminine.

This mixed message has brought on a torrent of anger from men on social media, who already feel marginalised and hunted. The advert also holds racist undertones portraying white men as inherently evil, while the black men in the advert are the ones who are portrayed with dignity.

After enduring decades of adverts within the advertising industry where men are portrayed as infantile idiots, lesser than even animals, the Gillette brand is taking a large risk by their new advert by adding to the misandric malaise.

The advert was directed by Viva La Vulva Kim Gehrig from the UK-based agency Somesuch, and from the reaction online, has seriously damaged the Gillette brand.

How to severely damage a well known brand in one fell swoop 101. Consensus? Probably not recoverable. The loss of sales of the brand may prove something about the advert to the board of directors who okayed the ad.

Millions of men now are boycotting products from Procter & Gamble as well as Gillette.

Being masculine is not about leering at women or beating people up for no reason as is portrayed in the advert. This is an utterly skewed and biased viewpoint of a masculine male, obviously concocted by someone with an agenda of emasculation and denigration of manhood. This form of misandry is now all too prevalent especially within the advertising industry, but it is also a reflection of the destructive social change that is being engineered to effectively destroy the masculine male role model from all media within the Western world.

Maybe now is the time to dump the blade altogether and embrace the bushy masculine beard eh..either that, or use a rival brand.

 

Here’s an ad (below) from rival shaving company Barbasol from four years ago. It seems to have the exact opposite message that anti-male Gillette have adopted in 2019.

 

 

Update (17 January 2019)

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Socialist Venezuelan President Maduro to Give Citizens Free Used Toilet Paper

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Socialist president Nicolas Maduro has offered the struggling people of Venezuela a lifeline by offering them free used toilet paper.

“In this week’s ration I will be offering each citizen as many as three used toilet rolls each. Yes, you heard that correctly. Three used toilet paper rolls each. Who says that socialism does not pay?”

Millions of Venezuelans are so poor that eating the bark off trees is now the norm, and in one province, many are so hungry that they have resorted to self cannibalism. One man cooked his own arms and legs but is now in a quandary because he cannot move and just sits in a rocking chair outside his home with his mouth moving in extreme hunger.

Pedro Alcazar, 47, cooked and ate his own arms and legs because he had not eaten for five months.

“I just chop chop here and there and made some tacos. The only problem now I cannot move, and I rely on friends or family. I voted for socialism so I got what I deserve. Still, I heard in the news, our great president will give us free used toilet paper. This is a great relief. I am proud of my country even though I cannot wipe my own ass anymore.”

The used toilet paper will be delivered to citizens on Wednesday, and even though one side of the paper has been used already, citizens will be able to use the other side to wipe. The shit on the toilet paper will have at least been dried by then, although there are no guarantees.

As in every socialist country, Venezuela will do its nanny state duty and print millions of leaflets along with the toilet paper delivery advising their socialist citizens how to wipe their asses effectively using the used toilet paper.

One man was so happy he shit his pants on hearing the news.

“I just heard the news on the radio. I immediately shit my pants because I was so happy,” Pedro Almodavar, 59, told the state radio channel.

American socialist, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sporting a $7,000 suit, who also wants to bring the Venezuelan socialist model to the United States, gushed with joy about the used toilet paper offer. She even made a new dance video rolling around in a pile of used toilet roll, which has become a Twitter viral hit.

“I think it is beautiful. Karl Marx would have done the same thing, as would Lenin or Stalin. My heroes are all people who favour their citizens, and socialism is a beautiful ode to poverty, a road to misery for all, not just the few. I will fly out to Venezuela myself on Thursday so I can hand out some used toilet paper to the people. Viva Venezuela, and viva socialism.”

Goodbye Mrs May and Please Don’t Come Back

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The definition of madness some people say is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.

Here is Theresa May presenting the same crock of shit over and over again, pleading with people to eat the turd up.

One day she will present the same piece of shit in a defiant manner, on another day she will present the same piece of shit in a threatening manner, on another day she will present the same piece of shit in a pleasant manner, on another day she will present the same piece of shit in a fearful manner, on another day she will present the same piece of shit in a blackmailing manner…on and on, the days pass but nobody eats up that shit…the only thing that keeps going on and on, day in day out is Mrs May, presenting the same old piece of shit.

Well, the time has come, after much delay to keep her job, procrastination, and jiggery pokery, she must present her piece of shit to parliament. There is no avoiding the inevitable now Mrs May, you will present your piece of shit, and you will fail, because no one wants your piece of shit, and we keep telling you day in day out, we do not like your piece of shit, we do not want it, we will never accept it, but you don’t get it do you?

Your piece of shit Brexit deal will be the end of you because the sad fact is, you have turned into the deal itself, thus you are yourself, undeniably, inexorably the piece of …..

Goodbye…we do not want to hear your irritating wavering voice ever again, we certainly do not want to see your ‘dancing’ ever again, and we do not want to see your Brexit In Name Only piece of shit ever again either.

Begone…into the wind, flushed from the devil’s very own puckered anus into the splattered bowl of political suicide..a forgotten memory to lounge amongst the fatbergs and festering rats of Westminster in the cold dank sewer where you belong…the House of Lords awaits..