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58 minutes ago, MickyD said:

I've got to the point where I'm thinking, even if they invited the Labour Party to come up with an acceptable deal, if May was delivering it to parliament, the Opposition would vote against it. It makes for pretty shit governance if it doesn't matter what one side wants, the others won't. 

Hang on - this is what normally happens. It's just the Tories fucked up the last election and didn't get the landslide they thought they would.

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14 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

One MP already said he will change his vote from against to for.

Very important debate and some hugely important subtleties, which alas some opposition members will clearly not consider.

TM sounding like a dalek adding to the atmosphere!

Which is probably why one of the Labour Shadow Cabinet MPs was on lunchtime news stating that nothing had significantly changed enough to make anyone at all alter their vote. A bit of psychology perhaps?

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Just now, bwfcfan5 said:

Hopefully two new leaders....

Probably

who?

Probably a red-blooded Brexiteer v some wishy washy remainer type?

Certainly a Brexit GE

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3 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

Probably

who?

Probably a red-blooded Brexiteer v some wishy washy remainer type?

Certainly a Brexit GE

May goes before. Corbyn after. Hopefully. In best case scenario.

I like Starmer. On the Tory side...Raab? Seems most credible option there. No doubt Gove will stick his hat in. And Boris. 

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Any delay, may result in an opportunity for the EU to change its stance.

This unilateral opt out, via the Vienna convention keeps cropping up.

Seem to be pushing it; Cox can't advocate it (without sufficient reason) but it's there.

Additional agreement to sort out alternative arrangements to the backstop may also help the likes of the dup.

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1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Any delay, may result in an opportunity for the EU to change its stance.

This unilateral opt out, via the Vienna convention keeps cropping up.

Seem to be pushing it; Cox can't advocate it (without sufficient reason) but it's there.

Additional agreement to sort out alternative arrangements to the backstop may also help the likes of the dup.

The DUP have said they are voting against....

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8 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said:

May goes before. Corbyn after. Hopefully. In best case scenario.

I like Starmer. On the Tory side...Raab? Seems most credible option there. No doubt Gove will stick his hat in. And Boris. 

Surely Corbyn can’t stand, as he is the living embodiment of a lie?

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12 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Which is probably why one of the Labour Shadow Cabinet MPs was on lunchtime news stating that nothing had significantly changed enough to make anyone at all alter their vote. A bit of psychology perhaps?

Repeated questions, as there have been for months, from labour MPs that the political declaration doesn't give certainty.

Despite being told and knowing full well that trade agreement cannot be arranged until we're out.

Pure spoiling. 

TM has expressed a new way of going about achieving a trade deal, using more cross party agreement. 

If that's what labour want; to have more input then get behind it and then crack on with the bit that will have the true economic impact later.

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1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

We'll see what the debate brings. That's why these points are being made, to give them opportunity.

No doubt Cox will be discussing things behind the scenes too.

Cox out!

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22 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

We'll see what the debate brings. That's why these points are being made, to give them opportunity.

No doubt Cox will be discussing things behind the scenes too.

Never rule anything out but given they’ve published a written statement explaining why they are voting against an hour ago they will look pretty silly if they change their minds.

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Jrm just confirmed that erg not decided yet which way they'll go. A meeting at 5.00pm

Minded to go no, based on their own legal advice, but as some have already said they'll back the deal, it's clear even they have differences of opinion.

Interestingly, the EU have apparently just said that all members not in the eurozone will have to relinquish their own currency and join by 2020.

Yet more issues.

Going to be a closer call than last time, but defeat still likely.

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4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

Interestingly, the EU have apparently just said that all members not in the eurozone will have to relinquish their own currency and join by 2020.

 

The EU said that about 5 years ago - no way could countries just drop their own currency in a period of less than two years  -  anyway Denmark won't have to, and if the UK was to remain they wouldn't have to either as they both have an opt out clause.

 

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5 minutes ago, Sweep said:

The EU said that about 5 years ago - no way could countries just drop their own currency in a period of less than two years  -  anyway Denmark won't have to, and if the UK was to remain they wouldn't have to either as they both have an opt out clause.

 

I've taken a quote from an MP being interviewed- he phrased it as a new announcement. Perhaps they've changed tack.

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8 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I've taken a quote from an MP being interviewed- he phrased it as a new announcement. Perhaps they've changed tack.

Hate to tell you this....it’s a bare faced lie. We have an opt out and were never being forced in. Mcvey tried tweeting this shit earlier in the week and was called out on it and deleted it. No apology though...*shocked*

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An MP makes a statement, one that I hadn't heard before. 

A fucknugget follows the line of a few conspiracy idiots and decides troops will be on the streets, medicines will run low etc. This after previous tripe that the country would plummet into recession immediately after a referendum.

Gullible?

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19 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

An MP makes a statement, one that I hadn't heard before. 

A fucknugget follows the line of a few conspiracy idiots and decides troops will be on the streets, medicines will run low etc. This after previous tripe that the country would plummet into recession immediately after a referendum.

Gullible?

Dismissing a huge range of incredibly credible warnings as ‘conspiracy idiots’ yet believing every word a tiny band of elite rich white MPs say is probably not the way to go.

One thing this has taught me is to listen to all views and weigh them against real evidence. The warnings of implications of no deal come from government no deal planning and scenario papers. The government. Are you really saying those are ‘conspiracy’? The huge GDP reductions bigger than the last recession the supply chain issues, travel issues etc...I don’t think it’s credible to dismiss government planning and evidence based predictions out of hand like that.

 

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