Posted on 01/10/2020 12:15:22 PM PST by cann
Lawmakers approved legislation on Thursday which will allow Britain to leave the European Union on Jan. 31 with an exit deal, ending more than three years of tumult over the terms of the unprecedented divorce.
They voted 330 to 231 in favor of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which implements an exit deal agreed with the EU last year.
That allows Prime Minister Boris Johnson to turn the page on one of Britain’s deepest political crises in decades, putting an end to the fears of an immediate disorderly exit which had cast a shadow over the economy and fueled divisions over the 2016 referendum decision to leave the EU.
“It is time to get Brexit done. This bill does so,” Brexit minister Stephen Barclay told lawmakers, summing up hours of debate in parliament.
The legislation now heads to parliament’s upper chamber and is expected to become law in the coming weeks, leaving enough time to allow Britain to leave at the end of the month with a deal to minimize economic disruption.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Passed because Tories have an 80 seat majority.
All that wasted effort. All that unnecessary angst. And why?
All because the ruling class refused to go along with the will of the people — from start to finish, it’s all just that simple. A pox on them.
The left delayed this, causing much pain and expense. They can go pound sand!
Is this the same pro-leftist EU “deal” that even UK leftists refused to vote for?
This is a modified version of the May deal that doesn’t include an Irish backstop.
Exactly. They never give up until you drive the stake in.
“parliament’s upper chamber “??
Apparently its too Politically Incorrect to say the “HOUSE OF LORDS”....
I am trying to recall the last time the US press has referred to this by its proper noun....
Stupid PC idiots.
only unprecedented because there never should have been a "marriage" in the first place.y
Theresa May sits at home, and throws another cup of tea at her flat screen TV. All her plans for Britain, now torn asunder.
I would have stayed in the EU if it had remained an economic union. A political superstate run from Brussels wasn’t what British voters consented to in the first place.
Hence Brexit.
More winning. In 5 years, this will be looked upon as the time that Britain started to regain its health.
Not the left, which has been mostly pro-Brexit, albeit for reasons wholly different from the Brexiteers of the right. Those who tried to delay, soften or even annul were mostly of the centre. But Brexit has never been a reductive left v right issue.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.