I fear that's the case and the way to combat that is to have an "anti no-deal coalition" which promises to give the UK electorate a second referendum to choose between some kind of deal and remaining.
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I fear that's the case and the way to combat that is to have an "anti no-deal coalition" which promises to give the UK electorate a second referendum to choose between some kind of deal and remaining.
True, but the court also ruled that the withdrawal would have to be
What they could do would be to petition for an extension while a second referendum is held, but that brings in the headache that is the new European Commission that won't have a UK commissioner. It would be quite a mess if a second referendum resulted in a Remain win, and the UK then having to slot a commissioner back in to an already formed European Commission.
Edit: Not to mention the massive headache that is the "ghost" MEP's, who have been unable to take up their seats while the UK remains in the EU. After they were elected 3 months ago, they've been forbidden from holding a paid job, and I can't imagine most of them will be particularly pleased to be told that the whole thing is off again, and some compensation would probably have to be paid.
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As KDLarsen says, it needs to be unequivocal and unconditional.
Having legislation that says "we will revoke A50 in order to hold a referendum that may reinstate A50" doesn't really fit the bill.
If it is the best way to avoid the damage of Brexit to the EU (which would be considerable, but not nearly as bad as the damage to the UK) then I don't think there would be a problem. Especially as the UK can revoke A50 - it can't get an extension without agreement from the EU27
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Everyone feeling better now austerity is officially over?
You mean another Labour caused world wide financial crisis?
Oh, but of course!
This will be just the inevitable fallout from the crash over a decade ago.
These things take time to work through the system.
Or maybe it will be blamed on Labour not backing Brexit to the full. For not Believing in Britain!
This will be just the inevitable fallout from the crash over a decade ago.
These things take time to work through the system.
Or maybe it will be blamed on Labour not backing Brexit to the full. For not Believing in Britain!
Even by John Crace's standards this is brutal
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...riss-speech-at-police-academy-was-classic-dom
"What followed was a full-on breakdown. Both physical and mental. The narcissistic wound exposed as an infected open sore. Most leaders at least turn up with a speech they have prepared. However deathless the prose. Johnson prefers to wing it. The arrogant stream of pure unconsciousness. The bumbling worked for £25K after-dinner speeches when everyone was a bit pissed. It would work here. Classic Dom."
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...riss-speech-at-police-academy-was-classic-dom
"What followed was a full-on breakdown. Both physical and mental. The narcissistic wound exposed as an infected open sore. Most leaders at least turn up with a speech they have prepared. However deathless the prose. Johnson prefers to wing it. The arrogant stream of pure unconsciousness. The bumbling worked for £25K after-dinner speeches when everyone was a bit pissed. It would work here. Classic Dom."
The problem is that the crowd were chuckling along with the Boris persona, dear old funny Boris, what a lovable toff bumbling along.
It was better when he was attempting his act to utter silence, that was truly excruciating for him but once the ice was broken with that first chuckle, he was away and running
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I hadn't heard about them before. I guess there is an important question about what will happen if sanity prevails and the UK stays in the EU, after all. Would the everything revert to the previous model, and the 27 new seats abolished, or would they be retained and chamber expanded to 778?
Sadly look at how the press portrayed your right to defend yourself. They pushed untrue stories for a decade, so much so Cameron pledged that if he won the election they would sort it out. He got in, and found out the current law already let you defend yourself in every way it was claimed you weren't able to do so by the likes of the Express and Telegraph.
Fake news really is a real issue.
Fake news really is a real issue.