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The Independent Group (Ig) Now Have More Mps Than The Dup
Should May ditch the DUP and come to an agreement with IG?
May could get her Northern Ireland plan through without opposition of the DUP.
And IG could thwart ERG by stopping their No Deal strategy.
A win-win surely.
May could get her Northern Ireland plan through without opposition of the DUP.
And IG could thwart ERG by stopping their No Deal strategy.
A win-win surely.
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They may be bigger than the DUP but they are still a lot smaller than the ERG.
They were asked this at the press conference: their price would be another referendum on the deal: I believe there’s an amendment going through parliament from (?) Peter Kyle which will demand this. It will need more than just the IG to get this passed.
They were asked this at the press conference: their price would be another referendum on the deal: I believe there’s an amendment going through parliament from (?) Peter Kyle which will demand this. It will need more than just the IG to get this passed.
"May could get her Northern Ireland plan through without opposition of the DUP."
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the objections to the "Withdrawal Agreement". It is not simply the Irish issue which makes it so unacceptable. It is a deeply flawed arrangement and the thing that surprises me is that some 220-odd MPs supported it when it was voted upon in January. Mrs May seems to believe that if some modification to the "backstop" is negotiated then she's home and dry. I think not.
There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the objections to the "Withdrawal Agreement". It is not simply the Irish issue which makes it so unacceptable. It is a deeply flawed arrangement and the thing that surprises me is that some 220-odd MPs supported it when it was voted upon in January. Mrs May seems to believe that if some modification to the "backstop" is negotiated then she's home and dry. I think not.
The Backstop is the main stumbling block, the arrangement proposed by May (under the influence of the DUP) is not acceptable to the EU. May cannot change her backstop proposal without upsetting the DUP who are keeping her in power.
Ditch theDUP, replace with IG and propse something sensible that the British Government and the EU can agree on.
Ditch theDUP, replace with IG and propse something sensible that the British Government and the EU can agree on.
No point. The DUP is merely holding out for NI not to be in a different relationship to the EU and UK then the other UK countries, which should be supported by Westminster. The IG, on the other hand, want to thwart leaving the EU which should be rejected by Westminster. Better the little devil than the large demon.
That is why I despair. The backstop means a single customs area for the UK and EU and NI being in the EU single market. Aside from ridiculous arguments concerning sovereignty which frankly I don’t understand, this leaves N Ireland not to mention the UK in a highly preferential position in relation to the EU.
And yet it’s opposed by a party which refuses women in NI the same rights as their counterparts in the rest of the EU. Had the PM not disastrously tossed away Cameron’s majority in 2017 the purveyors of such nonsense would have deservedly been given short shrift.
And yet it’s opposed by a party which refuses women in NI the same rights as their counterparts in the rest of the EU. Had the PM not disastrously tossed away Cameron’s majority in 2017 the purveyors of such nonsense would have deservedly been given short shrift.
// There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the objections to the "Withdrawal Agreement". It is not simply the Irish issue which makes it so unacceptable. It is a deeply flawed arrangement ... //
Whilst I agree that the WA is flawed in so many ways, I am not sure that many MPs do. Perhaps they should pay more attention to the rest of the document. The current mood in Westminster seems to me though that if only the Backstop were temporary, then the deal would be voted through. Would that it weren't so. But that's what opposition from the Brexit wing has crystallised around, and if new legal guarantees that the Backstop will be temporary are made then that's the deal we get...
Whilst I agree that the WA is flawed in so many ways, I am not sure that many MPs do. Perhaps they should pay more attention to the rest of the document. The current mood in Westminster seems to me though that if only the Backstop were temporary, then the deal would be voted through. Would that it weren't so. But that's what opposition from the Brexit wing has crystallised around, and if new legal guarantees that the Backstop will be temporary are made then that's the deal we get...
Spicerack,
Because they are no longer Labour or Conservative members of Parliament, their salaries (and expenses) have to be be paid to a company (who then pay the MPs). The Limited Company have to file accounts and be audited.
The IPSA funding is obviously public money. Which should please the likes of Joan Ryan who had one of the highest expenses claims in the scandal, and who flipped her home several times.
Because they are no longer Labour or Conservative members of Parliament, their salaries (and expenses) have to be be paid to a company (who then pay the MPs). The Limited Company have to file accounts and be audited.
The IPSA funding is obviously public money. Which should please the likes of Joan Ryan who had one of the highest expenses claims in the scandal, and who flipped her home several times.
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