General Discussion
The majority of MPs do not want No Deal.
May now has a guaranteed minimum of 117 Tory MPs who will vote against her Remain deal, plus the DUP. Corbyn has denounced her sham deal and will carry Labour MPs with him. We are now closer to a no-deal exit than ever before, it is enshrined in law that we leave on March 29th, that's just over 100 days away. May's strategy of trying to bounce MPs into accepting her deal at the last moment will ...
Depends. A week is a long time in politics as someone once said. I'll give you a different scenario. She leaves the vote in the HoC on the proposed deal until the last possible moment that she can. Now that the No Deal hardline Brexiteers have shown their hand and in the process have now lost their influence, so now the Remain and Soft Brexit MPs have gained leverage. In other words, May can ...
If she survives tonight's vote the DUP will withdraw support, and she'll go down in January when she tries to get her Remain deal through parliament.
Info here about the UK trading on WTO terms in the event of a No Deal brexit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45112872
Theresa May to face leadership challenge https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46535739
1. between Tiverton Parkway and Taunton and 2. between Ivybridge and Totnes See Cllr Prowse about 28 mins into this video of last week's town council meeting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjriICyO82M
What folk forget is that the results of referendoums in the UK are not legaly binding and Parliament is sovereign so they our elected representatives can ignore the result and do what they like. Now i for one realised this and had many discussions with friends and forecast exactly what we have now as far as i am concerned this has just been a paper chase and the chances of leaving are less than ...
Just been looking at the video of last week's town council meeting click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjriICyO82M presentation concerning the carnival is made at the beginning of the meeting ending with an appeal direct to the camera at around 11 mins in.
@majorp - Yes I agree all governments depend on businesses. The problem for the UK and the EU is how to protect businesses and at the same time have the UK leave the EU and at the same time have no hard border on the island of Ireland. That dilemma is what Theresa May is trying to resolve. It would be exactly the same dilemma whoever was the prime minister or whichever party was in power. ...