magnet
3404
The EU is already prepared for no-deal, and if it is inevitable then it is best for the EU that it occur on schedule.
Whether the UK needs more time to prepare is irrelevant to the EU. I think a short term extension solely for that purpose is unlikely to be approved.
Sharpe
3405
Perhaps he meant the only “non-imaginary” option, which is what I’m thinking. Basically, unless there is dramatic change beyond my expectations, the only option that can actually realistically happen is a no-deal brexit, as insane as that is. (And I think that’s a terrible idea but it seems to me every other scenario is basically a fantasy.)
That’s how I read it but that also seems unlikely.
No deal brexit will be taken off the table tomorrow. If the government were properly doing their job the would have a referendum to either accept May’s deal or #brevoke
Sharpe
3408
But, if they vote to take no deal Brexit “off the table”, does that mean anything? Saying “we will NOT do X”, without an actual Y in place, is meaningless. As it stands, no deal Brexit is the default; in order to avoid it they must actively approve a viable alternative and I don’t see that happening.
How do you take no deal Brexit off the table? It’s all fine to say “We don’t want no deal Brexit”, but something needs to be agreed, and that part is proving troublesome, and I don’t think it’ll get simpler…
You can’t revoke no deal brexit without accepting a revocation of Article 50 or asking for an extension.
The fuse was lit and it’s burning, and it has 17 days left.
They will get an extension, but May has to come up with a plan as to what she wants to do with that extension. A second referendum is the solution.
How in the world is May still PM? I thought y’all had ways of dealing with this sort of thing, where the government has failed to govern so you get a new government in.
Nobody else wants the role, it is a lose lose situation. Cameron should be flogged for putting it to a public vote in the first place.
I volunteer to assist with the procedure.
draxen
3415
As it stands a change in leadership would not solve anything. Parliament is dead locked. Whomever would become Prime Minister would just end up in exactly the same position.
Not sure they are so much deadlocked as in denial. A little leadership might go a long way.
Elect me Prime Minister and I will revoke Article 50.
Yeah, seems like an extension with the explicit rationale to set up a second referendum is the most rational scenario. Of course, this makes me think it’s the least likely end result.
RichVR
3422
And my arse! That’s how you spell it there, right?
Let’s google that… Oh. oh.
Okay. Well… that’s a thing.
I wonder how the EU will react that that new border model…
