Commons debate of the Brexit deal kicks off in a bit and lasts until 2:30pm, when it goes off to the Lords. You can follow here. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/72…
I'm going to tweet along to the Commons bit because fuck it, what else is there to do. Just to eat and drink and be merry and relaxed, and why would anyone want to do something like that.
Not bothered by Labour voting for the deal. It can't be stopped. It's better than no-deal, which is the only alternative. In that scenario, abstain or voting for are the only options and both have pluses and minuses.
What I really do want to see from Labour tomorrow is a full-throated attack on how we got to this point, a detailed criticism of the deal and a proof that they're prepared to link these issues to what we will face in the new year.
I want to see a party that has found its voice on this issue, which understands that it can criticise how Brexit is being delivered without getting bogged down in whether it should be delivered.
Next few days will be rather trying. The Brexit government will claim an extraordinary achievement, rather than a sloppy act of vandalism. The Brexit headbangers will claim to object on deeply-held moral principle, rather than cynicism or incomprehension.
Johnson on one hand. Farage on the other. Twin poles of self-serving reactionary British political idiocy. ERG lot presumably splitting between one and the other. The gut shrinks with shame at the notion that they are in any way pertinent to the country's future.
But honestly, I am massively relieved. Having a deal, even one with parameters as poverty-stricken as this one, is a good thing.
I've made this point before, now making it again. The way that otherwise innocuous family-friendly mobile games are pushing the gambling trigger in people's brains is quite disturbing.
I'm used to basic video game rewards: you secure points and you use those points to upgrade in whatever way you see fit. Work for reward.
But most mobile games I've played recently won't allow that. You're forced into a lucky dip process, usually through crates with variable rewards.