Posted on 03/12/2019 12:37:12 PM PDT by tcrlaf
The U.K.s Brexit deal with the EU has been rejected by U.K. lawmakers in another landmark defeat for British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Mays Brexit deal was defeated for the first time back in January but she had hoped last-ditch tweaks to the deal, specifically on the contentious Irish border issue, would help persuade Members of Parliament (MPs) to change their minds.
Her deal was rejected by 149 votes after 242 MPs voted for the deal and 392 MPs voted against the deal. Sterling pared earlier losses against the dollar after the decision to trade 0.2 percent lower at $1.3124.
The deals chances were dealt a blow earlier on Tuesday when the governments chief legal advisor said that the risks to the U.K. from the Irish backstop remained unchanged despite recent legal assurances from Brussels although he did say the risks had been reduced by the tweaks.
The Irish backstop is a mechanism to avoid restoration of the hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland that was erased with the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement between London and Dublin. Some U.K. politicians dont like the fact that the backstop, although intended as a last-resort, would mean the U.K. remaining within a EU customs union for an indefinite amount of time and unable to leave unilaterally, effectively meaning it might be tied to the EU for an unspecified duration.
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“She’s dead, Jim”
The original Brexit referendum itself generated doom and gloom hysteria about market and economic collapses that never occurred. Will be the same with a hard Brexit.
Parliament again rejects surrender agreement.
Hard Brexit is less than 3 weeks away now.
Most probable outcome.
What Brussels sees is the UK wants a privileged status as part of the price for remaining in the EU.
It will reject such a bid and it will reject extension of Art 50 negotiations until the Brits make up their mind on what they want.
They want a painless Brexit. Aint gonna happen.
The EU needs Brexit to fail, but it can’t be perceived as needing it. It will accept the UK back in a heartbeat while leveraging fear and propoganda stirred up by the likes of Tony Blair.
What an embarrassing mess. Half the country wants to act like they were militarily conquered by frickin’ Belgium.
Same MO as the Frauds handlers here whenever things didnt go their gods way.
Same handlers.
All May needs to do is send an Art 49 letter to Brussels undoing the Brexit process. No further action is needed to stay in.
Then the once great British empire will become a colony of the EU.
Churchill will roll over in his grave if it happens.
It’s hard Brexit or no Brexit—which *should* be an easy choice.
If hard Brexit happens, watch for other unhappy EU members to head for the door.
So a united Ireland may come about not due to the IRA but because the orangeman are pissed at the Brits..strange days indeed....
Tomorrow the UK is expected to vote against Brexit.
But still talk about honoring the Brexit vote.
Craaaazzzzyy.
I expect Brussels to summarily reject Londons Request for an Art 50 extension.
No more negotiations. The UK can stay or exit.
Theyll vote against a hard Brexit but that means certain rejection of further Art 50 negotiations by the EU.
At the point, its anyones guess what happens by March 29.
UK should have been preparing for HARD BREXIT from day one...
Brussels has ZERO motivation to negotiate in good faith, its in their own best interest to make sure UK is punished severely for leaving the EU in order to prevent further defections...
The fact that British Leadership did not simply plan from the get go for a hard brexit is MIND BOGGLINGLY STUPID!
Brussels has ZERO motivation or reason to make Britain’s exit anything but extremely painful.
The UK like Hamlet, cant make up its mind.
Europe is getting fed up. Brexit is proving a lot harder to complete than people expected.
The worst thing for the EU would be a hard exit that works OK. The EU would fall apart in a couple years if that happens. The EU is counting on May & Pals cancelling Brexit, which seems the most likely outcome now.
I don’t get it. From what I understand of the parliamentary system May should be roadkill by now.
“If they go there will be trouble, and if they stay it will be double.”
So come on and let them know, should they cool it or should they blow?
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