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1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

Perfect example of an ERG type who thinks that a hard brexit means that we can be pirates and smugglers again like in his children's books. Charles Moore of the Spectator. And who has probably already moved the family treasure offshore.

 

And there you go.

There's a problem . . . someone solves it.  That's all the reassurance the Daily Mail readers need. 

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Looking at the timescale again...once another two weeks have passed and her non-negotiated 'deal' is bombed out again, as the EU can't change the backstop,we are then only 6 weeks away from March 29th. It was said that there is no way to get sufficient legislation passed which would cover all the bases of the legality of leaving in that time..Meanwhile the Commons has already voted down asking for an extension of Article 50, so....whats next?

No doubt they will give her another two weeks to go back to Brussels again with some half baked scheme on the backstop once more, probably involving asking for a border based on technological checks, which the EU will again laugh at...by then the clock is a at 4 weeks..how can a No Deal be avoided now?

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Looking at the timescale again...once another two weeks have passed and her non-negotiated 'deal' is bombed out again, as the EU can't change the backstop,we are then only 6 weeks away from March 29th. It was said that there is no way to get sufficient legislation passed which would cover all the bases of the legality of leaving in that time..Meanwhile the Commons has already voted down asking for an extension of Article 50, so....whats next?
No doubt they will give her another two weeks to go back to Brussels again with some half baked scheme on the backstop once more, probably involving asking for a border based on technological checks, which the EU will again laugh at...by then the clock is a at 4 weeks..how can a No Deal be avoided now?
By an extension of A50 and another referendum
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20 minutes ago, Jedi said:

Looking at the timescale again...once another two weeks have passed and her non-negotiated 'deal' is bombed out again, as the EU can't change the backstop,we are then only 6 weeks away from March 29th. It was said that there is no way to get sufficient legislation passed which would cover all the bases of the legality of leaving in that time..Meanwhile the Commons has already voted down asking for an extension of Article 50, so....whats next?

No doubt they will give her another two weeks to go back to Brussels again with some half baked scheme on the backstop once more, probably involving asking for a border based on technological checks, which the EU will again laugh at...by then the clock is a at 4 weeks..how can a No Deal be avoided now?

 

Was talking to a friend of a friend in the pub last night who works in political media and she is convinced that a fudged version of May's deal will get through parliament in a few weeks.

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36 minutes ago, Donathan said:

Was talking to a friend of a friend in the pub last night who works in political media and she is convinced that a fudged version of May's deal will get through parliament in a few weeks.

Was wondering about this possibility as well. Although expecting it be voted down due to it probably being little different from the first time, it might well be that faced with the fudged deal or No deal, that she actually gets the numbers in either two weeks or a month.

Cant see any chance of an extension of Article 50 now...2 amendments were proposed to do that on Tuesday, with the Cooper one being rejected, that was the end of that road I reckon. Whether the EU want that or not, arithmetic isn't there in the Commons. 2nd Ref has sailed now...wasn't even selected as an amendment, no chance of that passing parliament. So, its either accept her botched deal or no deal, but probably another month of agony to reach that stage.

Of course that only starts another year and half of transition mayhem as they scrabble around trying to put a trade deal together.

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47 minutes ago, Donathan said:

 

Was talking to a friend of a friend in the pub last night who works in political media and she is convinced that a fudged version of May's deal will get through parliament in a few weeks.

What fudged version?  The main point of contention by far is the backstop, a few word changes or clarifications will not change it and the DUP certainly won’t back it.

 

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Just now, Granny Danger said:

What fudged version?  The main point of contention by far is the backstop, a few word changes or clarifications will not change it and the DUP certainly won’t back it.

 

 

She is saying that the belief within inner circles is that about half of the 120ish Tory rebels and about 100 of the more centrist Labour MPs will end up backing May.

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1 minute ago, Donathan said:

 

She is saying that the belief within inner circles is that about half of the 120ish Tory rebels and about 100 of the more centrist Labour MPs will end up backing May.

She’s talking pish.

 

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What I'm enjoying most about watching thus country going down the pan is the FB split.

Remainers say Brexit is all about tax evasion and that is why they're taking us out.

Leave voters are full of the MPs don't want us out and are delaying on purpose. They will try everything to keep us in.

 

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1 hour ago, Jedi said:

No doubt they will give her another two weeks to go back to Brussels again with some half baked scheme on the backstop once more, probably involving asking for a border based on technological checks, which the EU will again laugh at...by then the clock is a at 4 weeks..how can a No Deal be avoided now?

 

You need to speak to Granny Danger who has always been at pains to explain to anyone prepared to listen that a No Deal will not happen. 

I think he even said at one stage that he'd bet his house on this. Mind you, that could very well be a granny flat in the Lochee or Fintry areas of Dundee, so dinnae get excited.

 

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18 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said:

 

You need to speak to Granny Danger who has always been at pains to explain to anyone prepared to listen that a No Deal will not happen. 

I think he even said at one stage that he'd bet his house on this. Mind you, that could very well be a granny flat in the Lochee or Fintry areas of Dundee, so dinnae get excited.

 

I laughed at that.  So did my butler.

 

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4 minutes ago, Jedi said:

We shall see :) Am coming round to the fudged deal sneaking through the Commons now. After that..more chaos.

As has already been asked, what is this fudged deal ?  If the EU stands firm as I expect it will, then no amount of semantic embroidery will alter the core problem of the Irish backstop.  And if the political journalist mentioned above does her homework she'll find that the EU has a very good record indeed of penalty shoot-outs with member states.

The only surprise in all of this is that May and her advisers still seem to believe that the deal she negotiated can be altered. 

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