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What a surprise they are expected to ignore the voters and delay the brexit. Our overlords are beginning to see there is no reason to continue letting the little people think they can determine their destiny.

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No legal significance.

No deal Brexit on WTO terms remains the default and is set for 23:00hrs on 29/03/2019

If MPs don't want the UK to leave without a deal in a fortnight they must either pass a withdrawal agreement, revoke Article 50 or ask the EU for an extension.  The EU could, and would tell the UK to fuck off.

Right now we need 312 lamp-posts and 312 decent lengths of rope - just in case.

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Serious question. Why are American liberals so opposed to this?

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Serious question. Why are American liberals so opposed to this?

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Good luck my British friends.  Like us, you need all of the help that you can get.

It's a damned miserable shame the politicians are no longer beholden to the electorate.

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All that border regulation and international shipping issues and trade and all that...

Sounds exactly like the sort of shit one ought to expect to have to deal with as administrators of a country.

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Lawmakers voted by 312 to 308 in favor of a cross-party motion that ruled out a potentially disorderly ‘no-deal’ Brexit under any circumstances.

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Serious question. Why are American liberals so opposed to this?

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Exactly.

Imagine walking into a car show room to buy a new car and telling the salesman that whatever happens you will not be leaving the showroom without a new car.  It doesn't matter how much you pay, how badly they treat you, or how deeply you are locked in to a really shit sales contract, you will NOT be leaving without a car.

As negotiating positions go, it's utter madness.

That is effectively what the UK Parliament just tried to do to the UK people.

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Exactly.

Imagine walking into a car show room to buy a new car and telling the salesman that whatever happens you will not be leaving the showroom without a new car.  It doesn't matter how much you pay, how badly they treat you, or how deeply you are locked in to a really shit sales contract, you will NOT be leaving without a car.

As negotiating positions go, it's utter madness.

That is effectively what the UK Parliament just tried to do to the UK people.

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no

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No, that was the Brexit vote.

The voters are the ones that demanded two years ago - we will not be leaving without a car.  Having made that demand, the political leaders are now left to clean up the mess.  A mess brought on by all those people voting leave in the stupid plebiscite.

So, now they fall back on excuses like deep state or the swamp, or any of the rest of that rot.

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Did you fill out a ballot paper?

I did.

The options were to leave the EU or Remain in the EU.

It was not “Leave only if we get a deal”.

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Silly brits thought they had a say in their lives.

bow down before your belgium masters and their lapdogs in westminster.

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As I said earlier, I hope the UK gets a the hard exit.  Nothing teaches the lesson of "careful what you wish for" better than getting exactly what you wished for and finding out it sucks ass.

Once the vote was taken, then the EU had the leverage in any negotiation.  In contrast, the people trying to cut a deal for the UK to improve the situation relative to a hard exit have basically no leverage.

The EU knew in advance they had basically three options: stay and piss off some portion of the voters, hard exit, or the deal the EU offered.  So, no shit, the deal offered by the EU was far less than ideal.

Stevie Wonder could see that coming.

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My Administration looks forward to negotiating a large scale Trade Deal with the United Kingdom. The potential is unlimited!

Donald J. Trump  (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019

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March 12:

The U.K.'s Brexit deal with the EU has been rejected by U.K. lawmakers in another landmark defeat for British Prime Minister Theresa May.

May's Brexit deal was defeated for the first time back in January but she had hoped last-ditch tweaks to the deal, specifically on the contentious Irish border issue, would help persuade Members of Parliament (MPs) to change their minds.

Her deal was rejected by 149 votes after 242 MPs voted for the deal and 392 MPs voted against the deal. Sterling pared earlier losses against the dollar after the decision to trade 0.2 percent lower at $1.3124.

The deal's chances were dealt a blow earlier on Tuesday when the government's chief legal advisor said that the risks to the U.K. from the "Irish backstop" remained unchanged despite recent legal assurances from Brussels — although he did say the risks had been reduced by the tweaks.

The Irish backstop is a mechanism to avoid restoration of the "hard" border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland that was erased with the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement between London and Dublin. Some U.K. politicians don't like the fact that the backstop, although intended as a last-resort, would mean the U.K. remaining within a EU customs union for an indefinite amount of time and unable to leave unilaterally, effectively meaning it might be tied to the EU for an unspecified duration. LINK

March 13:

British lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected leaving the European Union without a deal, paving the way for a vote to delay Brexit to seek a way out of Britain’s worst political crisis in generations.

Lawmakers voted by 312 to 308 in favor of a cross-party motion that ruled out a potentially disorderly ‘no-deal’ Brexit under any circumstances.

It went further than the government’s own planned motion, which noted that parliament did not want to leave without a deal on March 29 and that the default legal position was to leave without a deal unless one was ratified by parliament.

While the approved motion has no legal force and ultimately may not prevent a no-deal exit after a possible delay, it carries considerable political force. LINK

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Both Britain and the EU have ramped up planning for a no-deal Brexit, which would rip up decades of rules for travel and trade between Britain and the bloc. Economists say it could cause huge upheaval, with customs checks causing gridlock at U.K. ports, new tariffs triggering sudden price increases and red tape for everyone from truckers to tourists.

The U.K. government announced its plans for the Irish border in the event of a no-deal Brexit, saying it wouldn’t impose new checks, duties or controls on goods coming from EU member Ireland into Northern Ireland. It also said it wouldn’t slap tariffs on 87 percent of goods coming into Britain from the EU — though there would be new levies on imports of some items including meat and cars.

The tariffs, intended to be temporary, wouldn’t apply to goods crossing from Ireland to Northern Ireland, raising fears the plan would spark a rise in smuggling.

If a no-deal Brexit is ruled out, Parliament will vote Thursday on whether to ask the EU to delay Britain’s departure. The EU — openly exasperated by Britain’s continuing Brexit crisis — warned that the U.K. would need to present a strong reason for any extension.

“I am against every extension — whether an extension of one day, one week, even 24 hours — if it’s not based on a clear opinion of the House of Commons for something,” said the European Parliament’s chief Brexit official, Guy Verhofstadt. “Please make up your minds in London, because this uncertainty cannot continue.”

The European Parliament, meanwhile, approved measures to ameliorate the immediate hardships of a no-deal Brexit. It backed emergency plans to provide continuity for everything from air, port and road traffic to foreign students to the fishing industry.

The U.K. Parliament has twice rejected the withdrawal agreement that May spent two years negotiating with the EU, and the bloc insists there will be no more talks. LINK

March 14:

U.K. lawmakers voted in favor of seeking a delayed departure from the EU on Thursday, marking another step in a political crisis that has ripped through the heart of Westminster.

Members of Parliament (MPs) voted by 412 to 202 for an extension to "Article 50" — which sets out the EU departure process — beyond its current March 29 deadline. The vote was non-binding, however, and the EU will have to agree to a delay. Brussels has already stated that Britain needs to justify requesting such an extension.

The vote completes a dramatic trilogy of events this week which have added yet more confusion into the whole Brexit process. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal suffered a second humiliating defeat as it was voted down by a majority of 149 votes. Then on Wednesday, U.K. lawmakers rejected the idea of leaving the bloc without a Withdrawal Agreement in place.

The main motion on Thursday evening was tabled by May and her government and its passing was a rare piece of good news for her during a difficult week. The exact wording meant that lawmakers approved an extension until June 30 if Parliament approves the government's Brexit deal by March 20.

The motion was in danger of being radically altered by a series of amendments, which would have frustrated May's government once again. U.K. politicians narrowly voted against a senior opposition MP's amendment which would have allowed lawmakers to take control of the parliamentary business and potentially hold indicative votes on the Brexit process, undermining May's control of the situation. LINK

What next?
May has already indicated that she will bring her much-maligned Brexit deal back in front of Parliament next week for another vote. No date has yet been scheduled for the third so-called "meaningful" vote. However, the government motion states it must take place before March 20.

With time running out — and a fear that a long delay could mean Brexit is cancelled altogether — pro-Brexit rebels in May's party could change their minds and vote alongside the U.K leader next week — finally passing the deal at the third attempt.

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No, that was the Brexit vote.

The voters are the ones that demanded two years ago - we will not be leaving without a car.  Having made that demand, the political leaders are now left to clean up the mess.  A mess brought on by all those people voting leave in the stupid plebiscite.

So, now they fall back on excuses like deep state or the swamp, or any of the rest of that rot.

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I'm starting to get a little worried that the British voters are going to be screwed over........

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Second referendum is now off the table. It’s gone.