Petition to Revoke Article 50 - Page 64

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The latest update is that Labour will seek a general election as soon as the EU confirm an extension. The EU seems likely to go for the three months requested by the parliamentary (unsigned) letter that the man-child PM sent them but who knows ...

Chris

It’s an interesting question. Let’s assume for sake of argument a GE is called.  Boris has already said he’ll fight on the platform of “Let’s get Brexit done”

Now as unreliable as polls are, an increasingly number are showing support for another referendum; if this IS actually the mood in the UK, then the “Let’s get Brexit done” slogan could work against Boris.  Would Labour get a clear majority? Under Corbyn, very doubtful; again if that IS the mood, I would certainly predict a Labour / LibDem increase.  I’d say we are heading for a coalition government though ...,

If that IS the mood, that is .... but the British public are notoriously fickle and todays predictions and polls are worth virtually nothing a week from now when the political landscape has doubtless shifted once again ....

Hi Chris and Dario. Thanks for the update as seen by somebody from the UK. Interesting weeks ahead.

Matt

Hi,

Remember this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu6PIUT8M-A&fbclid=IwAR1W0KlwUOFxMSUStY-Ev2uWVrSlo4eLfaNhrJJf0O2x0X294NrqAG6qNH0&app=desktop

I think I now know whence arises the expression “as meaningless as a politicians promise”

I think now UK needs a General Election, whoever wins needs to publish to the populace the details of the Withdrawal Agreement and put it to the people saying “in 2016 you said ‘leave’.  This agreement is what ‘leave’ means to all of us. Is this what you imagined or indeed want?” .... oh, and release economic impacts as well ... if they can find some reliable unbiased ones that is.

Errrrr I got notification of two responses to this topic ..... when I check, I’m still the last poster, no other replies - anybody any ideas?

Bit of a senior moment from me. I deleted 2 posts. I failed to correctly transfer a graph from BBC website.

Some Democracy-in-Action from Mr Johnson delaying Brexit debates but wants the opposition to agree a general election for December 12th.

I reckon he is about to fail here too as he needs two thirds majority. We have the formality of the EU agreeing to an extension until 31st January which will happen tomorrow. It is likely that he won't get his general election this side of Christmas. The New Year probably will bring a vote of No Confidence and perhaps we'll have a general election in March. I reckon we'll have another Referendum on EU membership in late 2020.

Latest:- Mr Johnson says he will go on strike next week if he doesn't get what he wants. You wouldn't see the likes on the tv series Yes Minister. Watch Mr Corby though, he seems to be getting more and more accepted as a person who could lead the UK.

The man-child expects Corbyn to go for a GE once the EU agrees an extension that removes No Deal for the time being. I think he will - but maybe not by backing Johnson in a FTPA motion.

Chris

Following Tuesday night’s parliamentary vote, the Conservative Party has claimed repeatedly on both Facebook and Twitter that “Boris’s Brexit deal has passed Parliament”.

It hasn’t. 

If it had ‘passed Parliament’ it would now be law and Brexit would have happened.

The House of Commons passed the Withdrawal Agreement Bill’s “second reading”. But this is just one early stage in the process of passing a Bill. It is next due to move onto “committee stage”, where MPs have the chance to examine the Bill in detail and add amendments to it.

It’s not helpful for the governing party to misrepresent the way legislation is passed in the UK, which is already a complex process that can be hard to follow, and risks creating further unnecessary confusion among U.K. citizens.

Chris