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Yet Another Defeat For The Government
The amendment to the vote I mentioned yesterday has unexpectedly passed!
It’s not legally binding but it does mean that parliament has said “no deal is not an option - ever”
It’s not legally binding but it does mean that parliament has said “no deal is not an option - ever”
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Just listen to the total lack of respect for the voting public.
Just listen to the total lack of respect for the voting public.
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Allow me to put it another way, then: citing other people's work without declaring its origin is usually known as plagiarism.
Also, call him "atheist", since that's his name on this site. I'd refer you to a judgement of Ab Editor that not referring to users by their given names, especially when deliberately misspelled, is tantamount to harassment or abuse and as such is not tolerated here.
Also, call him "atheist", since that's his name on this site. I'd refer you to a judgement of Ab Editor that not referring to users by their given names, especially when deliberately misspelled, is tantamount to harassment or abuse and as such is not tolerated here.
It wasn’t the government that said that, it was parliament. We only got the vote tonight because Theresa May was faced with resignations from her cabinet. And when the first amendment was passed tonight against their will the PM cancelled the free vote in the amended motion.
“Kicking and screaming” would be an understatement.
“Kicking and screaming” would be an understatement.
And Jean Claude-Juncker said yesterday that he wouldn't approve any delay beyond May 23, when the elections start.
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The only deal that can possibly be voted on by March 20th is the one that's already been rejected twice. It would be extraordinary to bring back the same deal for a third time. Convention in the House of Commons is that no sitting Parliament should be asked to vote twice on the same issue*, let alone three or even four times.
*Yes, I am aware of the possible hypocrisy in this, given my support for a second referendum, but then there is a difference between Commons votes and referendums -- and besides, there have been three years and at least one General Election between that referendum and any future one. Not to mention that it wouldn't actually be the same question, because it would be one way or another shaped by the intervening few years.**
**Also I know that was a long footnote.
*Yes, I am aware of the possible hypocrisy in this, given my support for a second referendum, but then there is a difference between Commons votes and referendums -- and besides, there have been three years and at least one General Election between that referendum and any future one. Not to mention that it wouldn't actually be the same question, because it would be one way or another shaped by the intervening few years.**
**Also I know that was a long footnote.
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