General Discussion
Pics taken from over a kilometer away, so a little grainy.
So a Remain supporting House of Commons is attempting to overturn the result of the referendum, doesn't say much about democracy does it? However, these MPs have already passed the Withdrawal Act which stipulates we leave with or without a deal on March 29th next year. There will need to be major shenanigans in parliament for this to change.
More info here about the rail infrastructure works (with accompanying disruption in service) via this link. https://www.gwr.com/travel-updates/planned-engineering/SWupgrade
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