Posted on 09/05/2019 11:23:57 PM PDT by knighthawk
Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson has, to his credit, seized the initiative in the battle over whether Britain will truly exit the EU, and on what terms.
But no one can know how this high-stakes gamble will turn out. Johnson just lost his slender parliamentary majority, and the prospect of a new election still looms.
If things break the wrong way, the winner could be opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, a throwback leftist redolent of the bad old days of Britain’s self-imposed stagnation.
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Alan B’Stard New Statesman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPvH_hq5WrE
Decades later it is all the same:)
Labour will lose a lot of seats in the coming election. Many Labour constituencies in the north of England and Wales voted for Brexit. The Brexit party should gain a few seats at their expense. The Conservatives will lose a fair few seats in Scotland but gain some in other parts of the UK. The Liberal Democrats will make signficant gains.
It will be a close battle between the pro-Brexit parties and the remainers. I hope that good prevails and the EU sinks into oblivion. The media has been doing all it can to scare people into the remain camp. It would be naive to downplay their effect on the minds of the population.
Have you heard of the infamous Soros story of how he broke the Bank of England?
A lot of dark money betting on brexit vs no brexit. Mogg accused of profiting off shorting the pound..
Pound rises when Bojo has problems.
Check out this ridiculous comment. Sort of reminds me of pelosi
Holding events where the women were segregated from the men as to not offend Muslims, certainly not what the Labour Party would have done in the days of Atlee and others when your dad or grandad voted Labour.
What election?
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