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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This is the exact scenario I’m worried about.
What concession do you want the EU to give? Did you read the article? The British parliament rejected this deal because it keeps the RoI-NI border open while the Breciteers want a hard border. But a hard border gors against the good Friday agreement that the UK signed. What do you want the EU to concede on the Irish border issue?
The US id not offering the UK amy trade deal. And over 80% of the Polish population wants to stay in the EU.
No. If the UK revokes article 50 then things carry on as before March 2017
The EU said the UK can leave however the UK needs to abide by the Good Friday agreement that the uk signed in the 90s pledging that the Irish border would be open. The EU has no problem with an open border. But the Brexiteers do...
Err... The banking industry is far bigger on the UK compared to every other EU country bar Malta and Cyprus
How would it male the UK a colony of the EU? The deal gave the UK until 2020 to hash out a trade deal with the eu and it would have been free to carry oit other trade deals as well. The Irish border had ti be open as that’s what the uk agreed in the good Friday agreement
Err... Did you read why parliament rejected it? Hint it’s nit for the reason you stated. The communist Labor wants to set up a leftist state and the Dup wants a hare irish border.
I hope they leave with a hard brexit. Then NI and Svitland leave the UK. Good for all
How will it become a colony of the EU?
How will it become a colony of the EU? Oh and there is no British Empire. It was disbanded under US pressure in the 40s-60s
True. Finally a united Ireland, thanks ti Theresa May
You are correct. I do not understand how Brexit can be harmful.
Sigh. Did you read the reason fot the rejection? It’s primarily over the Irish border. The UK signed the good Friday agreement in the 90s pledging to keep the border open. Now it wants ti renege on that deal. But the EU said the Brits wouldn’t be allowed to do that to the Irish
I did not know that Parliament could say never mind by a simple majority vote.
Since they can, I think they will.
Right. It’s the extension requiring EU approval that I was thinking of.
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This is where the British system of having to be an elected MP to stand for Leader of the Party to run for Prime Minister sucks. They’re a bunch of clowns and the fact Jeremy Corbyn’s victory as Labour leader was hailed as an outsider achievement is quite funny given he’s been an MP for 35 years.
If you have to ask 3 times, I cant help you.
Go ask someone else 3 times and see if they will help you.
i hope so, but i doubt it. the left is fixing to postpone brexit.
if i was a Brit, i’d get in the streets. now. to preserve the hard brexit.
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