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Brexit - or Article 50: the Phoenix!

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I understand that's how you see things but I fail to see how you can believe the reason most of us voted to leave was due to what Bojo or others were saying. if I were to suggest the reason you voted to remain was influenced by the silly apocalyptic post vote projections Osborne, Cameron and their mates were banding around then I would in my opinion be insulting your intelligence. I would hope you might give us the same considerations.
I do believe that a significant number of people voted Leave because they were promised a Deal. Not all though. A minority are "Thick Racists", as evidenced last week. A signigicant number took the time to educate themselves and voted accordingly.
Hope that helps
 
Boles says the PM has 'mismanaged and misunderstood' Brexit by only trying please the Tory party, never trying to construct a plan for the whole country, but party is gripped in combination of 'cowardice' from Remainers and 'dogma' from the Brexiteers that is 'not pretty'
2. He says maybe 'inevitable' that he'd end up leaving party, but that it was 'profoundly depressing' last night, when ministers in govt who'd promised they'd back his compromise plan, failed to vote that way in the end
3. Boles questions whether all politics heading for a bigger shakeup as the 'meteor' of Brexit has smashed everything up - warns that Tories might be heading for more than a decade in opposition to recover because it 'doesn't really exist anymore'
4. While Cabinet still stuck inside No 10, Boles condemns them, saying they have been 'cowardly, instead of brave', and 'too selfish' - and that 'no one in Cabinet now or since 2017 has earned the right to lead the country'
5. Last thought for now - full story + clips up as soon as we can - but Boles admits Remainers 'missed the boat' when others like @Anna_Soubry were arguing months ago for move to a softer Brexit - and as a group they've been slow to come together around an alternative plan
That all smacks of someone being petulant due to not getting their own way. How does he think 17.4 million leave voters feel.
 
I do believe that a significant number of people voted Leave because they were promised a Deal. Not all though. A minority are "Thick Racists", as evidenced last week. A signigicant number took the time to educate themselves and voted accordingly.
Hope that helps
A number of people voted remain because they had been scared by the rantings of those I mentioned earlier (I live with someone who did) Some Leavers are quite probably antisemitic thick racists as evidenced recently, others as you say took time to educate themselves. It's just the way it is.
 
So anything new ? Is it still looking like a long delay for Brexit then ?
 
A number of people voted remain because they had been scared by the rantings of those I mentioned earlier (I live with someone who did) Some Leavers are quite probably antisemitic thick racists as evidenced recently, others as you say took time to educate themselves. It's just the way it is.
You may have noticed that I didn't blame the people who voted. I blamed the people who fed them excrement from the start.
 
She may be responsible for quite a lot of it. But for me, the main finger of blame should be pointed straight at those on the Vote Leave side who persuaded everyone that we'd be leaving with a great deal, the greatest deal ever negotiated.

We'd hold all the cards, the German car manufacturers and French cheese and wine makers would force the EU to give us the greatest deal since records began. There'd be nothing but sunlit uplands and God save the Queen.

People believed it, and voted accordingly, then all those prominent Leavers slunk away, waiting for the truth to hit the fan. Knowing that TM was in an absolute No Win situation.

Once she's ousted, then watch them come slinking back in. Pretending that they had nothing to do with the mess.

This shitshow belongs firmly to Farage, Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, Banks, Wigmore, Baker etc. They own it.
I can understand were you’re coming from, but you add Cameron to that list and question why he refused to allow people to plan for a leave vote prior to the referendum.
But then look at TM, she put herself forward for PM, then decided on a GE when she had a bigger majority, then refused to discuss the negotiations with anyone outside her inner circle.
All of this in the full knowledge of what Farage, Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, Banks, Wigmore, Baker etc were up to, remember she campaigned for remain.
Out of everyone who’s been involved the ultimately responsibility sits firmly on her shoulders.

(imo of course :))
 
But what they want and what they get are two different things. What this country actually wanted was out. Dont think the people complicated matter. People in the HOP from All sides did that. ☹️
It wasn’t a no deal out though Tash!
 
I don't understand why you say that. I have openly criticised her deal and the way she has negotiated it. In saying this I have also explained how I also blame many MPs for putting their own interests and opinions before the democratic instruction they asked us for.
Because you keep going back to the MP’s, you seem to be saying that in the interests of democracy they should accept a bad deal, I believe the last 4 embarrassing months is because some are actually trying to do their job.
 
I can understand were you’re coming from, but you add Cameron to that list and question why he refused to allow people to plan for a leave vote prior to the referendum.
But then look at TM, she put herself forward for PM, then decided on a GE when she had a bigger majority, then refused to discuss the negotiations with anyone outside her inner circle.
All of this in the full knowledge of what Farage, Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, Banks, Wigmore, Baker etc were up to, remember she campaigned for remain.
Out of everyone who’s been involved the ultimately responsibility sits firmly on her shoulders.

(imo of course :))
I think we can both agree that history is not going to be kind to some people. Cameron and May will no doubt get the brunt of that. The rest will depend on the success of Brexit. If it's a failure then I suspect that the likes of Farage will become a historical joke. A clown figure of low repute. Bojo, Gove and R-M along the same lines.
 
I think we can both agree that history is not going to be kind to some people. Cameron and May will no doubt get the brunt of that. The rest will depend on the success of Brexit. If it's a failure then I suspect that the likes of Farage will become a historical joke. A clown figure of low repute. Bojo, Gove and R-M along the same lines.
Unfortunately as much as I despise Farage, Johnson etc, I would rather hope Brexit is a success for the Country.
 
I think she's just called out corbyn.
Until we hear the details I’m still confused:

PM makes offer to Jeremy Corbyn to help 'break the logjam'

May adds: "Today I am taking action to break the logjam."

She says she is "offering to sit down with the Leader of the Opposition" to work together on a Brexit plan.

But, the PM warns "any plan will have to agree the current withdrawal agreement", as that is the only one that has been negotiated with the EU.

May continues: "What we need to focus on is our future relationship with the EU."

She says, both she and Jeremy Corbyn need to agree a plan that can be put to the House of Commons for approval.

Bit in bold, He’s already stated and voted against it, surely she has to try and be realistic or genuine and not just doing it for effect.
 
Because you keep going back to the MP’s, you seem to be saying that in the interests of democracy they should accept a bad deal, I believe the last 4 embarrassing months is because some are actually trying to do their job.
I don't though. I don't want us to accept her deal as it stands. I have explained many times we should have insisted on only agreeing the terms of departure and future trading arrangements together. The embarrassing situation is due to mps not accepting we voted to leave. This is true of all the political parties.
 
Until we hear the details I’m still confused:

PM makes offer to Jeremy Corbyn to help 'break the logjam'

May adds: "Today I am taking action to break the logjam."

She says she is "offering to sit down with the Leader of the Opposition" to work together on a Brexit plan.

But, the PM warns "any plan will have to agree the current withdrawal agreement", as that is the only one that has been negotiated with the EU.

May continues: "What we need to focus on is our future relationship with the EU."

She says, both she and Jeremy Corbyn need to agree a plan that can be put to the House of Commons for approval.

Bit in bold, He’s already stated and voted against it, surely she has to try and be realistic or genuine and not just doing it for effect.
We must have either a withdraw agreement or leave without a deal. ALL the current votes are only on the future relationship, things like a customs union are not a WA.
 
Because you keep going back to the MP’s, you seem to be saying that in the interests of democracy they should accept a bad deal, I believe the last 4 embarrassing months is because some are actually trying to do their job.
No, im not saying that. How many times must i say i dont like her deal. My current preference would be to renegotiate something better or leave now. What I don't want is us remaining or accepting a customs union type soft Brexit, this is what many MPs are trying to create, if we accept that we just as well stay in.
I hope that explains.
 
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100% certainty.
Why would our parliament and civil servants want more work when they have another to do it for them!?
Well looks like it’s going to be a delay

And if there is going to be a law that we don’t leave without a deal , the EU have already offered a deal but the MP’s won’t vote for it - the options don’t seem to be too many
 
I think she's just called out corbyn.
Not really. She has met him previously very recently and they have very different views on this. It's a meeting she knows will fail. Equally she has met many people recently and paid lip service to all of them. Meet, ignore, meet, ignore.

She seems to like these Presidential style speeches but says very little in any of them. They are egotistical, nothing more.
 
Why didn’t she use that tone and attitude 3 months ago!
As others have said, JC now gets a chance to step up and act like the statesman he sees himself as, whether he can is another question.
 
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