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GetBrexitDoneI will now pause this legislation
BoZo
OTOH Sigh. Give us time, and we'll use it. But at least we have the dates for the next crunch votes which won't approve it for future meetings.
Never sign any contract that the salesman won't give you time to read.
"Particularly given the impact on Northern Ireland," he adds.
He urges the prime minister to talk to the DUP "about what can be done even at this late stage to ensure we join in this great quest to get Brexit done but as one United Kingdom"
He's seen his party tossed under the bus, but that's just plain silly - he thinks Boris can rip up his deal with the EU now to get the DUP back on side? When they won't agree to anything anyway?
He has united the conservative party
Now they wont even go to the country on the poor deal, the unicorn renegotiate and reject or forget it all platforms.
https://twitter.com/JoeTwyman/status/1186716292839022592
Once the committee stage begins adding amendments and, potentially, making a lot of alterations to the bill it is perfectly possible that ERG Brexiteers will peel off. Some of them were already unhappy to be splitting from the DUP and, effectively, the union.
Which is very appropriate for a government of mass debaters.
If BoZo does request a different date I am not sure the Courts will be happy
I do not think the UK will leave the EU before a general election, and perhaps not even after one if the Tories don't get a majority.
"It is the Prime Minister who is the author of his own misfortune tonight"
Up until Friday I thought we were 'on' to Brexit. All Johnson needed to do was accept a short technical extension of a few weeks and his deal would almost certainly have passed. Even today he could have done that. But thanks to his utterly ridiculous self-imposed deadline he has totally screwed this up.
None of these issues really arise from the bill but decisions need to be made on them during its passage. I don't think Boris anticipates liking the answers with this current HoC. Whether he will be able to get a Commons more to his liking remains to be seen.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Various thoughts:
1) Are the people who were outraged that Trump won despite receiving fewer votes equally outraged that Trudeau did as well ?
2) Can those people who proclaim the sanctity of the GFA explain why the continued failure to agree a functioning NI assembly and executive doesn't mean the GFA is no longer fit for purpose ?
3) There were seven different types of British apples on sale this evening in Tesco - looks like the claims about them all rotting in the orchards have as little validity as those about strawberries.
https://twitter.com/JoeTwyman/status/1186716294822973440
Woodcock, Hopkins, Field and Austin also voted with the government
Obviously they were only concerned regarding the no date frustration, but they didn't want him to send any other letter but which the law demanded.
He's toxic, for sure, but sometimes he can perform very well. Bear this in mind when you're shelling out your bets ahead of the General Election campaign.
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/company-tax/anti-tax-avoidance-package/anti-tax-avoidance-directive_en
The delay is to "have a quiet word" with the SNP..... "About that VONC....how about we just go for an election that sidesteps the FTPA instead...?"
1. What's going to happen to to all those 31/10/2019 Brexit 50p pieces?
2. Has the government stopped wasting money on the Get Ready for Brexit ads yet?
And they returned the favour tonight...
Awesome work.
BoZo
My reading of the bill is that, after he's sent the letter, Boris's only legal duty after that concerns his reaction if/when the EU offers an extension date (if they offer 31st Jan, he's legally required to accept on the spot; if they offer another date, he's legally required to put it to a binding Commons vote within two days).