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still_one

(92,409 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:13 PM Jan 2019

So if I understand what happened in parliment today, Parliment voted they don't want BREXIT without

deal with the EU, and they want May to go back to the EU and renegotiate a new deal.

At the same time the EU has made it clear they do NOT want to renegotiate.

As I see it, there is only one solution to their problem:

Build a Wall


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So if I understand what happened in parliment today, Parliment voted they don't want BREXIT without (Original Post) still_one Jan 2019 OP
Theresa May Survives a Critical Brexit Vote. elleng Jan 2019 #1
My lesson to the UK: "You can't have your cake and eat it, too, you bunch of dimwits." Goodheart Jan 2019 #10
Meanwhile, back in Moscow. . . matt819 Jan 2019 #2
It might be time for a new Prime Minister? FakeNoose Jan 2019 #3
It is time for a new minister ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #5
I don't think anyone else wants the job right now cemaphonic Jan 2019 #9
Seems like it is a competition between the us and UK to see which Glad will disable first The Genealogist Jan 2019 #4
both countries are in quite a state aren't they? still_one Jan 2019 #6
Sadly yes The Genealogist Jan 2019 #7
I agree still_one Jan 2019 #8

elleng

(131,129 posts)
1. Theresa May Survives a Critical Brexit Vote.
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:15 PM
Jan 2019

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a critical vote in Parliament on Tuesday that could have delayed Brexit, undermining her strategy for leaving the European Union and undercutting the country’s constitutional protocol.

Mrs. May’s latest political escape came when lawmakers failed, by a 321 to 298 vote, to approve an amendment giving Parliament the power to instruct her to seek a delay to avoid a disorderly, and possibly chaotic, exit that Britain faces on March 29 if there is no agreement.

The stakes were high not just for the Brexit process but for the future of Britain’s democracy under its unwritten constitution, under which the government initiates legislation and Parliament amends it and votes on it.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/europe/brexit-vote.html

Goodheart

(5,345 posts)
10. My lesson to the UK: "You can't have your cake and eat it, too, you bunch of dimwits."
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:29 PM
Jan 2019

If you want to leave, leave. Don't expect somebody you spurned to help you.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
2. Meanwhile, back in Moscow. . .
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:20 PM
Jan 2019

Putin is having great fun as he watches England's chaos and utter humiliation. Cameron might have had good intentions, but the Russians capitalized and influenced the vote. Britain - the country, its people, its business - has no fucking clue what's going to happen. People are talking about hoarding food. Businesses are moving their headquarters. Businesses large and small have little idea how it will affect their supply chain. Nothing may happen. Tariffs may price British products out of their markets. The reality, as here in the US, is uncertainty and chaos.

Well played, Russia. Talk about playing a long game.

FakeNoose

(32,770 posts)
3. It might be time for a new Prime Minister?
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:25 PM
Jan 2019

It would seem that Theresa May has played all her cards, and most of them turned up jokers.
I try not to comment too often on international politics, but ...

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. It is time for a new minister
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:33 PM
Jan 2019

It is also time to vote again on Brexit. This time, they need to be aware of Russian intervention.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
9. I don't think anyone else wants the job right now
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 06:21 PM
Jan 2019

Pretty much every path over the next two months is bound to draw a ton of anger and blame. Nobody wants to be holding the potato at the end of March.

Also, while May seems fairly inept, I doubt the ghost of Disraeli could salvage that mess. The pro-Brexit crowd was sold a chimera and are holding out for a deal with the EU that is just not on the table, probably not even in the same room.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
7. Sadly yes
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:39 PM
Jan 2019

Both have just enough useless deplorables ripe enough for the picking that vlad has had a pretty easy go of it.

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