Given the talk of a new election in the Autumn post Conservative leadership, but the issues around the Fixed Term Parliament Act and the Tories not wanting to lose advantage - how about this for an idea...
PM Crabb, May (or whoever) gets elected, and states that it is very clear that the UK has voted for Brexit and that must be honoured. What is less clear is what sort of exit we want - what should be primary in the negotiations - and we need to respect the views of the whole country - those who voted Remain as well as those who voted Leave.
Meanwhile - whilst Brexit is clearly the most important issue - the role of government continues, our security, economy etc. - none of this stops. As PM I lead a Conservative majority in the House of Commons and I wish to continue that - it is not the time for the additional uncertainty of a General Election.
Instead I am calling an election to appoint a Brexit negotiating group. This election will be run on the simple premise - 'what sort of Brexit do you want, what do you think is important in negotiations'. In order to ensure that we accommodate the widest possible range of views across the country this election will simply be run on the same basis, as the European Parliament Elections. Those current members of the European Parliament that want to take a serious role in negotiations can stand and I anticipate this group of 73 people to take the lead in establishing what sort of Brexit the country wants - what works best for all people and all nations of this great United Kingdom.
Once this election has taken place, and we have a group that can discuss negotiations, then I will invoke Article 50.
That way you have an election to confirm the type of Brexit, but not a General Election and it can be focused on specific things. You then also have a large enough group to accommodate multiple views and all nations, but small enough to be able to actually discuss things, and on a basis that is clear and already in place.
Your posts and tone are becoming more and more objectionable, I'm afraid. This "faux hostility" you're imagining is real, and has consequences for millions of people.
There's always going to be background noise unpleasantness, real or imagined. Mostly imagined. Stop projecting it all on to freedom and a victory that you choose to sneer at.
There's a simple choice for some people on the Leave side ; accept that this is linked to the referendum early on, and try to mitigate it by denunciation and disassociation from the actual objectives of the leave campaign. Denial, instead will leave it to fester and deepen, and then the blame apportioned will be far, far more serious.
Bollocks.
Eloquent, persuasive, rational - the argument won in a flash.
Always remember & never forget - the majority of graduates voted Remain, the majority with a criminal record voted Leave.
Some good news - the FTSE 250 is sharply up this morning. Hopefully, the initial shit-storm is abating.
Sadly some on PB would rather a recession than Brexit be a success.
I don't think SO is one of those! But on Twitter you get the sense that some on the left want Britain to fall to bits.
I'm confident it won't.
No, not SO but there are plenty on here who seem delighted at the prospect of a UK recession.
tyson for one.
Unfair. Tyson has always given the impression of being genuinely concerned rather than gloating. He has also made clear we shouldn't be looking at short term day by day changes but at the longer picture.
Scott on the other hand reports each new problem with glee.
Your posts and tone are becoming more and more objectionable, I'm afraid. This "faux hostility" you're imagining is real, and has consequences for millions of people.
There's always going to be background noise unpleasantness, real or imagined. Mostly imagined. Stop projecting it all on to freedom and a victory that you choose to sneer at.
There's a simple choice for some people on the Leave side ; accept that this is linked to the referendum early on, and try to mitigate it by denunciation and disassociation from the actual objectives of the leave campaign. Denial, instead will leave it to fester and deepen, and then the blame apportioned will be far, far more serious.
Bollocks.
Eloquent, persuasive, rational - the argument won in a flash.
Always remember & never forget - the majority of graduates voted Remain, the majority with a criminal record voted Leave.
Which way, predominantly, did criminal graduates vote?
What on earth makes you think that the majority of Tory members would support a remainer over a Leaver if the remainer was not undertaking to respect the vote?
Because they are not all as economically insane as the true believers.
Indeed. Anyone who can make a case that they are the stability ticket will win a GE easily. May looks and acts like that person even if she is never going to win many points for charisma. The UK just needs a steady pair of hands at the tiller and a 60-year-old woman with bags of experience will appeal over a testosterone-fuelled bone idle turncoat who betrayed his own country, party and former mayoral territory.
Can we take it you’re NOT a member of BoJo’s faan club, then?
It's the one thing that unites PB - in, out, left, right.
Doubtful if PB is so out of touch with the voters.
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Scott on the other hand reports each new problem with glee.