Westminstenders: Happy Brexit Day!

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Happy Brexit day!

Oh wait. No its not.

May looks like she is going to bring the MVIII (Meaningful Vote 3) tomorrow minus the PD (political declaration).

The legalities of this are questionable should the vote pass. The MV needs to have an accompanying PD, by law under the terms of the Withdrawal Act.

That's kind of irrelevant given the likelihood of the deal passing anyway. The DUP have apparently negotiated a 'Stormont Lock' to get more assurances, only for them promptly to say there's no chance of them voting for the deal anyway.

The vote is all about Labour v Conservatives and where we can lay the blame for no deal in two weeks time.

Meanwhile we are already into a prolonged Tory Leader Election with all its glorious gentlemanly behaviour.

Anyway its time for extra time and national riots for delaying Brexit.

He also said that No Deal wouldn't be too bad, and that in making a decision on how to exit MPs should NOT take the economy into account, as it's issues like identity that matter to people, not the economic consequences.

For moneyed people like him, that may be the case. For the rest of us, when the chips are down, putting a roof over our heads and food on the table matters more than identity.

Even facing no deal as we are, there is joy in knowing that tomorrow morning I will wake up still an EU citizen

This. Tempted to book a flight somewhere next weekend as we are unexpectedly still in the EU.

Tonsilss I heard the Mervin King interview too - I was more than a bit at his declaration that No Deal wouldn’t lead to job losses.

Yeah right a bad economy is so good for morale from the bottom up

Wait til leavers lose their jobs and the pro Brexit rags start a different spin

I agree with many - I had thought well, at least WA means no No Deal but given the posturings in the Tory Party it would not necessarily be any better than No Deal. Support for a 2nd referendum is the highest it's been so passing it should be contingent on that IMO.

I have bought an EU flag pin badge that I've been wearing on my lanyard for a few weeks... my own little rebellion

No Deal wouldn't be too bad, and that in making a decision on how to exit MPs should NOT take the economy into account, as it's issues like identity that matter to people, not the economic consequences

........said Baron King of Lothbury, KG, GBE, DL, FBA, while idly perusing his extensive portfolio.

FFS. There are some robust Twitter responses to his statements this morning, that's for sure. He's a Tory apparatchik, what do you expect?

Hilarious montage on Derbyshire atm

I'm glad Treeza finds it all so very amusing

Or is she finally having a breakdown?

PMK

Happy still-in-the-EU day! (Trying to be positive...)

Pic of Scoobycat in a too-small box (why do cats do this?)

Pic didn’t post?

Watching parliament live. No sense if WA passing.

Struggling to understand Bill Cash.
I think he is reasonable but it is complicated what he is saying.

(Also want to punch Treeza in the Face)

The Shadow solicitor general was good

I agree that the Mervyn King interview was a bit puzzling. He seemed to be implying that all you need to do to avoid major economic impacts from a no-deal Brexit is have time to properly prepare for it. As if the government could spend a few billion to create whole new industries and reorganise our exports and imports so that we could say "look EU, we don't need you anymore, we've got a whole new economic model that we can switch to on the day we leave!"

DUP just confirmed not voting for it.

Bill Cash (Tory) not voting for it, then?

Addendum Sammy Wilson (DUP Brexit spokesman) just confirmed DUP will not be voting for it, so not confirmed.

Found the Mervyn King interview baffling too.

Jack Maidment
‏*@jrmaidment*
Lisa Nandy neatly sums up the damage Theresa May did by pledging to quit.

"She has made it far more difficult for Labour MPs to support this deal... very unlikely I think that you will see large numbers of people starting to move."

She said it is "unlikely" she will back WA.

Theresa May is fucking laughing. Has she no sense?

Someone being interviewed on sky (forgotten who) pointed out that a backroom deal was done at Chequers, hence BoJo and Mogg coming on board. Whatever that deal was does not bode well if you are Labour thinking of voting for the WA.

He thinks that the UK should have prepared for No Deal from the outset, and that that would have given us a stronger negotiating position with the EU.

The problem with that is Leavers promised that we would get a deal for a start. And for a finish, if it had been official policy, Leave wouldn't have won to start with.

No matter which way you try and slice and dice Brexit, you will always return to "if only we'd done it that way ..."

I actually now want No deal so that it's likely Scotland will pass the independence referendum and we go back to EU and escape the fucking hell of Westminster .

Selfish I know.

Gorgeous 'Scoobycat'!

At least kicking the can down the road for another year or more can give the EU based companies more time to leave in an orderly fashion.
Ir is this not what you want to happen?
Business relies on 'certainty', or at least as many things they can keep control of. Another year with no direction simply shouts 'depart'.

And i also think any pm needs to have health assessment at regular periods

Bill Cash sticking the boot in to his own Government now, in his own way.

No Scottish Grandparents, but I have some ancestors from Scotland going way back.

Do I qualify seeing as I saw through this shit years ago?