3684

Yep! Australia is home to all kinds of dangerous spiders and snakes.

3685

Wasn’t his news stuff kicked out of Australia?

3686

Murdoch took US citizenship in 2003.

3687

Theresa May gave a speech tonight in an attempt to get her deal to pass, by blaming the mess we’re in on the MPs that would need to vote for it:

Reminds me of the official slogan of the Brexit process:

We need to get that in Latin and on some souvenir plates.

3688

We’re in a bus heading towards a cliff and the driver just unscrewed the steering wheel, glued down the gas and is now stood in the aisle having a go at the kids on the back seats.

3689

Well, Hard Brexit Plans are beginning to be activated; bus picking up speed.

3690

My work has sent out mails regarding our tech systems and checkpoints in updating pending a hard Brexit.

An American retail manufacturing company, doing more to plan for and find solutions for Brexit than the actual British government.

3691

That’s hilarious. And also shows what an abysmal “leader” she is. America and Great Britain. Two shit-stains of the Western World right now when you look at our executive leadership.

3692

Absent an extension from the EU, Britain could unilaterally revoke Article 50 to avoid hard Brexit, right? Kind of turn the clock back two years.

3693

Yup. It could happen tomorrow.

What political price (if any) that would have to be paid with the UK electorate afterwards is a more open question.

But yeah we could just say “Brexit was a mistake, we are staying” and that would be that.

3694

I’m afraid the yellow jackets in Paris would be nothing compared to what parliament revoking Brexit would mean for the UK. There’s just too much malice out there. Not sure in the end if Brexit or divisive civil disorder would be worse.

3695

What an awful performance by May last night. She scheduled a big announcement, delayed it, and then whined about MPs for a couple of minutes.

By scheduling the announcement she created an expectation that some significant action would be taken. By then not doing anything she reminded us how essential it is that she takes some decisive action to try and get her deal through. There are several things she could have done, none of which are appealing to her personally. Parliament can’t dictate to her what she should do (short of removing her), but equally she has a duty to do something.

3696

Austerity is only for the poors.

3697

Only among people who haven’t been paying attention to her for the last two years.

3698

It’s not unusual in the US to see a President bash Congress, or effectively campaign against Congress. But I would have thought it was something that generally didn’t happen in parliamentary systems.

3699

Welp.

3700

Aren’t they also making an extension conditional on Parliament approving May’s deal?

3701

Will of the people.

3702

Indeed yes. I think this would be necessary, to allow the various brexit etc camps to come up with a coherent plan that can then be agreed upon.

As it is, the current pressure is entirely self inflicted.

As for effects on the electorate, whatever deal or no deal gets passed right now will piss off lots of people, so IMHO better remove the pressure, set our house in order, come back to the EU when we are united and able to say we want x, y and z and here’s the parliamentary majority to prove it.

3703

A short extension, yes. If May were to come back (sharpish) with a a long extension request and a promise to hold a general and European elections, then that might get a positive reception, though it would not be guaranteed.