Our Sub-Prime Minister BJ is threatening a govt tantrum strike until he is allowed his Haribo GE on 12 December.
If MPs vote for a GE, he has promised them "more time" to debate the WAB,
but that would only be from 29 October to 7 November
- ridiculously inadequate for such complex legislation -
before Parliament is automatically dissolved for the 25 sitting days before a GE.
The GE debate starts Monday 2:30 pm in the HoC
Corbyn says he'll agree to a GE if BJ takes No Deal off the table
BUT wIth this WA,
No deal cannot 100% be taken off the table whilst the Tories are in office:
they could still No Deal after transition ends on 31 December 2020,
if they don't request a transition by July.
We don't know when the EU will give their decision on an extension, or what it will be:
The EU may decide only after the HoC vote
- in which case MPs would be voting "blindly"
Tusk, Merkel & most other leaders want to grant the Flextension until 31 January,
but Macron & a few others want to give a short extension of only 2-4 weeks, to pressure MPs to pass the WA in November
- in which case the GE would take place shortly after Brexit, which would be a gift to BJ.
A 12 December GE would also cause serious logistical problems for local council officials:
Apart from their poll station bookings clashing with Xmas bookings for church halls & schools,
they are legally required to send out all the polling cards based on the current electoral roll,
then at the GE, check names against the new electoral roll which must be updated on 1 December
The Rebel Alliance want a long extension, so they have time to add amendments to the WAB,
e.g. a CU, the Level Playing Field agreement in May's WA, maybe even a PV
So many may want to vote against a GE before that ..... but what does Corbyn want ?
BJ as PM could still change the date of any GE after he has agreed to it, if it suits him.
What does BJ want ?
Alice Cooper said it:
"I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice
I wanna be elected
I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be elected
Kids want a savior, don't need a fake
I wanna be elected
We're all gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be elected, elected, elected..."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cSvy8HpxFxo
- Post edited to correct dates