Westminstenders: The Last Rites

[RedToothBrush]

After May's disastrous speech to the nation, we've hit the impasse once and for all.

She managed to enrage everyone from Brexiteers to hard Remainers and everyone in between. It was so poorly judged it's difficult to know where to begin. It just feeds the division and anger in our society in all quarters.

It's also massively undermines her appeal to the EU for an extension. If France thought we were a political basket case they were well shot of, and didn't want more social contagion from before 8pm, then they certainly won't have changed their minds since.

May's speech was that of a would be dictator. After next Friday, she effectively has both the justification and the power to act upon those instincts. She has spoken out against parliamentary democracy and consistently disregarded the law.

It's hard to see any outcome but no deal with no extension at this point. We are no waiting on a miracle to save us and that's no more than a forlorn hope. Something we hold on to, until reality presents itself.

The Last Rites of British Democracy have been served this week.

And now we face the wait for what seems now inevitable.

Fifty shades of May

Icanreach 1.75 mill. Is that real??

Nope it’s over 1,960,000 now

singingbaboo I had to leave the room so DP wouldn't see me tearing up at my phone! I'll be thinking about you and sending all my love. (To everyone else whose going I'm sending my love to you to.)

Also I argued with DP this morning as well but in reverse to you He was understandably frustrated (not brexit related) and I had no patience with him because I was wound up and distracted about brexit 😂

It's very hard keeping a cool head when you are busy trying to come up with solutions to soften the impact of chaos.

DP this morning thinking: I'm mantruming over being ill and unmanly
Me: HOW AM I MEANT TO FEED US FRESH FOOD DURING A HUNGER GAP AND NO EU VEGETABLES! HOW AM I MEANT TO INVENT MEDICATIONS OUT OF THIN AIR! HOW DO I STOP THE NHS FAILING!

Oh the joys of 2019.

Anyway... singing's DH its not MN it is TM that's the problem and your lovely wife is marching to try and stop the problem. And people all across the country are grateful to people like her. And yes we may drive her a bit crazy on the thread but hey it's nice to be informed

Less than 40 000 needed sigs to get to 2 million. I might have over estimated when I said it would take us until midnight.

@GD12
The EU are inviting the UK to get rid of May. When her deal is voted down next week, MPs have a choice. They can keep her in power and know she's running the clock down to a no deal on 12 April or they can get rid of her or use Cooper Boles to say they'll be taking part in EU elex before April 11. It's very clever by the EU, it backs the UK parties into a corner. If Labour do nothing and don't vote for elex then they're aiding a no deal. If May does nothing then she's heading for a no deal. It's very, very clever and makes the UK choose. If the UK takes part in the elex and there's a long delay, Brexit is dead.

Spot on! Are you a correspondent?!

Who else finds it deliciously ironic that after May tried to "go over the heads" of MPs yesterday in her inflammatory "Address to the Nation", today the E27 work up a way to go "over her head" and propose routes that Parliament should it accept the challenge could take to avoid the most damaging of Brexits?

So Laura Kuenessburg on the ten o'clock news saying that they might not bring MV 3 back next week because they won't until they can be sure it will be passed.

April 12th not much longer to manage that

Alexander Clarkson
‏*@APHClarkson*

So in @faisalislam's report just now, Vince Cable claimed that Theresa May in her meeting with opposition leaders said that "the people voted for pain" when asked about the damage No Deal might wreak.
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Someone needs to dig out this clip

I'm so gobsmacked I'm wondering whether I misheard what Cable said

Lol, no I'm not a correspondent.

But it won't pass, so it needs bringing ASAP so an alternate approach can be planned. What the actual fuck is going on?

I need to go to bed but .....
1,992,392

Oh. Well you summarise beautifully!

She's has to have the MV next week....

A senior EU official tells me that on the basis of what has been decided, "in agreement with PM May":

• either WA approved by UK MPs next week, then orderly Brexit on 22 May

or

• 12 April disorderly Brexit, or request for another extension

^^^That's by @AlbertoNardelli

Can the cooper/boles amendments move forward next week if the MV isn't brought again?
Or can parliament take some other kind of legally binding action by itself without the government doing anything?

I hope someone over in Brussels knows what they are doing and are going to save us. Obviously TM isn't that person.

Over 2 million before the press conference? Wouldn't that stick it to May and Loathsome?!

petition just hit 2 million

Just over 2 million now. Time for bed!

Or can parliament take some other kind of legally binding action by itself without the government doing anything?

I think that’s what the Letwin et al motion on Monday is designed to enable.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eu_referendum_2016_/3539678-Westminstenders-Flextension?watched=1

Flextension is the tense feeling you get over Brexit.

Donald Tusk

@eucopresident
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EU27 responds to UK requests in a positive spirit and:

agrees to Art. 50 extension until 22 May if Withdrawal Agreement approved next week

if not agreed next week then extension until 12 April

approves ‘Strasbourg Agreement’

continues no-deal preparations

2,002,343

Night night
see y'all tomorrow afternoon

we are 1/7 of the way there in two days

Donald Tusk @eupresident
EU27 responds to UK requests in a positive spirit and:
👉 agrees to Art. 50 extension until 22 May if Withdrawal Agreement approved next week
👉 if not agreed next week then extension until 12 April
👉 approves ‘Strasbourg Agreement’
👉 continues no-deal preparations

So what do they hope will be achieved by the 12th April??