Should the UK remain a member of the EU

[M_B]

So the government intends to hold an emergency sitting on October 19th.

 

Boris is going to declare a state of emergency. Its the only card he has left to play.

[skend04]

4 minutes ago, M_B said:

So the government intends to hold an emergency sitting on October 19th.

 

Boris is going to declare a state of emergency. Its the only card he has left to play.

A lack of army and police numbers isn't going to help. Might have to enlist all the Brexiteers to patrol the streets.

[ZonkoVille77]

I hope the place gets wrecked.

[M_B]

The point though is that he can suspend the Benn Act if he declares a State of Emergency.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

57 minutes ago, M_B said:

So the government intends to hold an emergency sitting on October 19th.

 

Boris is going to declare a state of emergency. Its the only card he has left to play.

Could he get away with that?

 

Surely, it must be subject to some sort of judicial oversight, since there is no actual emergency. 

 

Edit

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/09/could-government-deliver-brexit-declaring-national-emergency

[Denny Crane]

Tweet like a BBC political journalist. 

 

 

 

 

[Duff Man]

Ha, very good.

[Duff Man]

2 minutes ago, Denny Crane said:

Tweet like a BBC political journalist. 

 

 

 

 

Ha, very good.

[M_B]

37 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Could he get away with that?

 

Surely, it must be subject to some sort of judicial oversight, since there is no actual emergency. 

 

Edit

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2019/09/could-government-deliver-brexit-declaring-national-emergency

Remains to be seen. I would expect him to try if they can't think of anything else. It would be up to the Privy councl to agree and possibly the Queen.

 

They'll cite probable civil unrest caused by not leaving on October 31st and maybe even help required for ensuring the flow of supplies following Brexit.

 

It's Cummings. He's a twat.

 

 

Edit: Having said that, it appears to be an effort to force a confidence vote or even to resign.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Thank fuck we've got Cummings to save us from those shadowy, unelected Eurocrats.

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

 

[Red Shift]

Rumours abound that No10 have secured the services of Hungary, as the one and only necessary refusal of a brexit extension. Game changer right there. On top of that, it appears that the conservatives are actually preferring the re-unification of Ireland, with N.I. leaving the UK.
 

Saturday is going to be huge in the special sitting by the Thames. 

[sir roger]

Heard this rumour about Hungary a while back , but we would need to give a massive bribe to them for them to take the chance of being thrown out of the EU, and absolutely no way Johnson would get anywhere near agreement for a united Ireland.

[M_B]

Yeah the Hungary rumour has been floating around for a while. Anything to try to panic the opposition into a vote of no confidence or an election.

 

The only way for Boris to get a deal is to throw the DUP under a bus and have a border in the Irish Sea. I'm sure he told the Irish PM as much today.

[Barrington Womble]

7 minutes ago, M_B said:

Yeah the Hungary rumour has been floating around for a while. Anything to try to panic the opposition into a vote of no confidence or an election.

 

The only way for Boris to get a deal is to throw the DUP under a bus and have a border in the Irish Sea. I'm sure he told the Irish PM as much today.

Boris will have no issue throwing the dup under a bus providing it brings a deal that gets him enough labour MPs to back him. 

[Vincent Vega]

If any of these Labour MPs like Stephen Kinnock, Caroline Flint, Lisa Nandy, Melanie Onn and the rest vote for a deal that allows the Tories to undermine workers employment rights, they need kicking out of the party. More arsed about keeping their jobs than doing what’s right, I’m fucked off with the lot of them.

[M_B]

If the DUP acquiesce then it'll get through Parliament. I think most people would think that if it's acceptable to Ireland and the backstop is dropped then agree the deal and move on to the next stage. Some will vote against ofcourse, but I think enough will drop their resistance for it to get a majority.

[No2]

55 minutes ago, M_B said:

If the DUP acquiesce then it'll get through Parliament. I think most people would think that if it's acceptable to Ireland and the backstop is dropped then agree the deal and move on to the next stage. Some will vote against ofcourse, but I think enough will drop their resistance for it to get a majority.

The back stop is not getting dropped, it could be tweaked or given a fancy new title but it's not going anywhere. 

[M_B]

Thats not true though. The EU have stated they would drop it if there were an agreement that guaranteed the same things. A border down the Irish Sea would achieve that.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Smoke and mirrors, the devil is in the details. The UK press will jump on any positive to shed a favorable light on discussions. Still a long way to go before any deal would be agreed on all sides, plus no way are the Uk leaving without a deal, despite all the bluster. 

[magicrat]

Don't worry lads I'm going in the march week on Saturday to sort this mess out. Brexit cancelled by following Monday

nailed on . 

[aRdja]

Does anyone here know what “tunnel negotiations” means?

 

 

[Jenson]

I reckon Johnson is going to throw the DUP under the bus, have a border in the Irish Sea and hope that enough Labour MPs will back the deal to pass it through parliament. Hopefully that might be enough to make Mark Francois' head explode.

[Numero Veinticinco]

8 minutes ago, viRdjil said:

Does anyone here know what “tunnel negotiations” means?

 

 

Back room talks between negotiators. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Probably end up getting Mays deal passed and hailed as a genius by people who previously said that deal was a disaster.