Is Brexit actually going to happen?

[Smokeandsteam]

Meanwhile, I note the architect of Labour's disastrous policy of not having a policy has now unilaterally changed it:

Labour is the party of remain, says Keir Starmer

And there was me thinking conference made policy and that current policy makes very clear that Labour is not 'the party of remain'.....

 

[Cid]

Are they just bricking it that they might see a brexit-Tory majority coalition? I mean I know intentions are bollocks etc, but does seem they’re retreating from vonc quite fast.

 

[SpackleFrog]

If a VoNC succeeds they could revoke A50 the next day in theory.

i think they'd probably want to start calling a VoNC as soon as there's any official confirmation of BJ intention to begin proceedings to prorogue parliament

Maybe before, I mean if he suspends Parliament then they can't do it.

 

[SpackleFrog]

Doesn't look like they'll go for it straightaway though No-deal Brexit opponents agree strategy

 

[SpackleFrog]

Someone I've got on ignore. But I'll still pay my $3 to the server fund on Halloween.

I can't believe you've got me on ignore. Is it because you keep losing your bets to me?

 

[Cid]

Doesn't look like they'll go for it straightaway though No-deal Brexit opponents agree strategy

Yes, see brogdale’s post 35 minutes ago.

 

[Supine]

 

[Cid]

The opposition is all over the place.

 

[Pickman's model]

The opposition is all over the place.

they are strong throughout the country?

 

[Cid]

they are strong throughout the country?

Yep. Exactly.

 

[gosub]

Doesn't look like they'll go for it straightaway though No-deal Brexit opponents agree strategy

Less than a day after a nominated post holder on the EUropean side opened negotiations for a trade deal.

 

[Wilf]

If a VoNC succeeds they could revoke A50 the next day in theory.




Maybe before, I mean if he suspends Parliament then they can't do it.

John Bercow comes centre stage again in all of these maneuvres (just how he likes it of course).

 

[killer b]

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This is amazing. Where is it from?

 

[gosub]

John Bercow comes centre stage again in all of these maneuvres (just how he likes it of course).

Given the historic reasons why a Speaker is dragged to the chair -I believe his behaviour possibly warrants a Knighthood.....Its quite a a heavy sword, and the Queen is not as sprightly as she was.

 

[gosub]

This is amazing. Where is it from?

Is it? Fuck them, and the cat they roped in to help them. Which one is it? Larry or Palmerston?

 

[killer b]

Is it? Fuck them, and the cat they roped in to help them.

I think you might misunderstand the source of my amazement.

 

[Wilf]

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Working Title: Bellenders Dissemble.

 

[DotCommunist]

lol, theres more

 

[gosub]

lol, theres more

Not going to win many games of tennis with that racket

 

[killer b]

amazing.

 

[Teaboy]

It is my understanding (and I accept I could well be wrong) that it is not within the power of the Prime Minister to prorogue parliament. What they can do do is request it but it is the monarch who has the final say. I also believe that it has been made very clear to government that the Queen really does not want to be dragged into this mess.

 

[killer b]

They need to photoshop the queen's face into that avengers poster too, missed a trick there.

 

[butchersapron]

Maybe Stephen Fry too. Just to make sure.

 

[andysays]

schrodinger's teuchter - schrodinger got so fed up he locked teuchter in a lead box: but is teuchter still incarcerated in there?

If teuchter goes on one of his thread derailing series of pointless questions, but no one responds to him, does he make a sound?

 

[Wilf]

Maybe Stephen Fry too. Just to make sure.

Gary Lineker's twitter feed swings it for me.

 

[brogdale]

Corbyn seeking to lead the "one-Nation" tories now...

Dear colleague,

I am writing to you after convening a meeting earlier today with the leaders of other opposition parties on how we can work together, across Parliament to prevent a damaging No Deal exit from the European Union. At that meeting, we agreed to make efforts to put party politics aside to find a way through the present crisis.

We know there is a majority in parliament against No Deal. As MPs we’ve voted against No Deal on a number of occasions and we did so in the largest number on 27 March of this year.

As you were one of 116 Conservative or independent MPs who voted against No Deal that day and are not on the government frontbench, I am writing to you to offer to work together, in a collegiate, cross party spirit, to find a practical way to prevent No Deal.

This is an urgent task. The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to suspend parliament to force through a No Deal crash out. This action would be, according to legal advice I’ve received from Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti, “the gravest abuse of power and attack upon UK constitutional principle in living memory”.

My view is that holding a general election after an extension is achieved is the simplest and most democratic way to prevent No Deal and to let the people of this country decide our future. Indeed, it is the best route to a referendum or leaving the EU with a deal.

I understand not all colleagues may agree.

So I would like to invite you to join a dialogue with myself, as leader of the Labour Party, and other opposition parties, to find a way for the clear will of parliament against No Deal to express itself. Please respond by email.

Yours sincerely,

Jeremy Corbyn

 

[Cid]

So... what mechanism are they looking at to achieve this? It seems they’re suggesting a vonc after parliament has got an extension over the head of the government.

 

[Flavour]

Any tory mp who votes with corbyn and co. in a VoNC is 100% throwing their career away and they know it. He'll need the DUP.

 

[Teaboy]

Any tory mp who votes with corbyn and co. in a VoNC is 100% throwing their career away and they know it. He'll need the DUP.

Well several of them have already crossed the house presumably in the knowledge that was a very real risk. Depends how much they really care about no deal.

 

[Flavour]

Depends how much they really care about no deal.

Not as much as they care about being career politicians.