Before Boris gets his ‘up and down’ vote, some joker will get into this and draft up a measure where BJ’s deal must be evaluated, which will require a minimum of 30 days. That will be voted upon first, and thus cancel out the need for the ‘yes or no’ vote.
The remain crowd all believe that Merkel and Macron will save the day by stamping a 90-day extension.
I do agree...this has become a five-star freak-show. It would be helpful to conclude this, and have another national election. But at this point, it wouldn’t surprise me if the remain folks attempt a second referendum stance and vote. They might even suggest a national ‘yes or no’ vote on the deal now offered by the EU.
Brexit will happen on Oct. 31 despite PM’s unsigned delay request, UK says
https://nypost.com/2019/10/20/brexit-will-happen-on-oct-31-despite-pms-unsigned-delay-request-uk-says
What Brexit followers seem to miss is the very real and powerful Trump factor.
Parliament cannot suspend the PM from entering a trade agreement with the United States in the same spirit of USMCA with the UK granted favorable trade status.
The US is now a worldwide oil and gas exporter with proven reserves that dwarf those of Saudi Arabia.
The US can designate the UK to be the trade policy broker for all US oil & gas into the European continent. The commissions alone will make the UK very rich.
The US economy is larger than all of the EU.
Britain’s future with the US is more lucrative for them than any trade agreement with the EU, and less interfering.
There is no downside. The EU can attempt to retaliate against the UK for entering an ‘unauthorized’ trade agreement with the US by hammering tariffs on British goods sold into the EU.
But it won’t work because the US on behalf of its prime trading partner the UK will retaliate against the EU by imposing powerful debilitating tariffs on EU goods coming into the US.
In short, if the EU starts a trade war against the UK for making a trade agreement with the US, the US retaliation will devastate the EU. The EU loses.
I have seen the reports on the main aspects of the deal.
The U.K. will be better off in the long run with no deal, just an exit, period.
The deal has some EU concessions on trade, while the U.K. side makes concession after concession putting the EU over the U.K. sovereignty, parliament and laws on matters about the military, foreign affairs, some trade matters and law in general (still subject to the EU’s “court of ‘justice’ “).
I think Boris is trying to sell a pigs ear as a silk purse, just for his own personal sake of not losing face for failure to come up with a “deal”.