Brexit vote

[Cow Poke]

PM will resign if her Brexit deal passes another vote, assuming the speaker allows it. In the meantime, MP’s are trying to reach a consensus.

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[firstfloor]

PM will resign if her Brexit deal passes another vote, assuming the speaker allows it. In the meantime, MP’s are trying to reach a consensus.

[tabibito]

I just saw on the News this morning that it should be visible over us today in the form of a haze, and "air quality" is supposed to be "in the yellow" because of it.



I'm at the top left of that smoke tail area.

And the satellite pic confirms it:
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[firstfloor]

EU offers short delay with strings. Ball now back in UK parliament’s court to agree the deal on offer or come up with a new plan.

[Cow Poke]

Can you see the smoke from Deer Park where you are?

I just saw on the News this morning that it should be visible over us today in the form of a haze, and "air quality" is supposed to be "in the yellow" because of it.



I'm at the top left of that smoke tail area.

[firstfloor]

Can you see the smoke from Deer Park where you are?

[Cow Poke]

You too CP. When I was a young loon, a woman came on the telly just after school finished and recited Christian names while looking at the viewers through a ‘magic’ mirror frame. She said “I can see you now, I can see John and Michael and Simon and ....
I was never fooled by that.

She wasn't fooling, FF.... she called MY name! She KNEW!!!!

[firstfloor]

Glad you're doing better, ff --- live long and prosper!

You too CP. When I was a young loon, a woman came on the telly just after school finished and recited Christian names while looking at the viewers through a ‘magic’ mirror frame. She said “I can see you now, I can see John and Michael and Simon and ....
I was never fooled by that.

[Cow Poke]

Well spotted, CP. I hope you are continuing in good health and happiness and your precious bodily fluids are remaining pure and flowing freely. My own health has suffered a setback over the winter but with warmer weather around the corner I hope to recover my essence to a resemblance of its former sufficiency.

Glad you're doing better, ff --- live long and prosper!

[firstfloor]

A spammer? A spanner? Both?

Well spotted, CP. I hope you are continuing in good health and happiness and your precious bodily fluids are remaining pure and flowing freely. My own health has suffered a setback over the winter but with warmer weather around the corner I hope to recover my essence to a resemblance of its former sufficiency.

[rogue06]

A spammer? A spanner? Both?

Maybe a spandex-wearing Spanish spanner schlepping spammer?

[Cow Poke]

The Speaker drops a spammer in the works, rules that the Government cannot bring back a motion that was substantially the same as the one that has already been voted down.

A spammer? A spanner? Both?

[firstfloor]

The Speaker drops a spanner in the works, rules that the Government cannot bring back a motion that was substantially the same as the one that has already been voted down.

Spring equinox on Wednesday, huzzah!

[firstfloor]

MP’s reject no-deal Brexit. At this point the vote has no legal force and legislation is needed if it is going to mean anything. This was another Government loss but they still have Article 50 and the only deal in town.

Before MPs voted on the government motion, they backed an amendment tabled by Labour's Yvette Cooper rejecting a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances - by just four votes.
This dramatic development led to the government ordering Conservative MPs to vote against its own motion, despite earlier promising them a free vote.
The government motion, as amended, was passed by 321 votes to 278, a majority of 43, reinforcing the message that MPs do not want to leave without a deal.

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I hear that the B737 Max software fix was delayed by the Gov. shutdown!

[EvoUK]

That was probably the best deal they were going to get. It seems impossible to leave the EU without a hard border either in Ireland or in the Irish Sea. There is a small chance now that Brexit will be abandoned. Although the politicians argue that the referendum result must be delivered, it is also true that the public were not adequately briefed about the issues at stake when they voted.

Best deal they were going to get given May's self imposed red lines. With those in place there wasn't much that could be done, given the four freedoms.

The silly thing is the backstop proposed in May's deal was something the UK actually negotiated to stop a border in the Irish Sea. The UK managed to wrestle it from the EU in negotiations, only to go back and have to renegotiate what they requested to be put in place.