I can't blame the EU for being a) sick and tired of the UK and b) keen to pressure parliament to let this pass now they've got Johnson to bend over and take it more than May ever did.
More like it...About to get on a plane back but just on Juncker’s words on extension. EU source says: “It’s not in his gift to rule it out, he is just defending the deal and saying one shouldn't be needed...I am 100% certain EU27 would permit an extension if deal falls on Saturday.”
But suppose it goes like this which seems plausible.
Saturday vote on deal - deal is defeated
Johnson writes to the EU asking for an extension as Benn Act demands.
EU reject request.
So UK is going out with no deal in ten days or so... there is no way to do a referendum in that time. Is straight revoke even possible?
Me too.
I agree that UK is a long way away from revoking atm, but this kind of talk from the EU could rapidly make things even more polarising, pushing more people towards backing a referendum if the deal is rejected on Saturday (?)
An hour ago I would have said you were one hundred percent wrong (ok 90 maybe), now it's more like fifty-fifty.There will be a Brexit on October 31st. One way or the other.
It's all piling up these next few days.Campaigning anti-Brexit QC Jolyon Maugham has now lodged his petition at the court of session in Edinburgh, which essentially tries to ban parliament from debating the new Brexit deal, on the basis that it is illegal, and which he anticipates will be heard tomorrow.
Maugham believes that the deal contravenes s55 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which states that it is “unlawful for Her Majesty’s government to enter into arrangements under which Northern Ireland forms part of a separate customs territory to Great Britain”.
With the detail of Boris Johnson’s new deal still emerging, lawyers insist that s55 is “crystal clear” and that any form of differentiated deal for Northern Ireland will contravene it.
Great, they can't even scrutinise the details of (potentially) the most important deal in my lifetime before they vote on it. I know it's obviously bollocks anyway but that's absolutely ludicrous. Every now and again I step back and look at this situation and it is COMPLETELY FUCKING INSANE. I have this fantasy where someone stands up in the house of commons and just shouts "Wake up everyone, look what we're doing" and they all look at each other and come out of their trance and go "Oh yeah, he's right, let's revoke now" and they all vote for it even Jacob Cunt-Cunt.MPs will not see any official economic analysis of the impact of Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal before they vote on it on Saturday, Downing Street has confirmed, with such documents only being produced subsequently.
Well yes but the pertinent fact is that she was a remainer and the headbangers wanted one of their own in charge
I just don't understand how Labour MPs can be thinking about voting for this deal. Surely whatever their views on Brexit or however their constituency voted, they can see that passing the deal is probably going to end up putting a bunch of far-right goons in power at a time that's going to define the direction of the country for decades? How can anyone who even pays lip service to left-wing politics think that's a price worth paying?
Was just eye rolling a bit