Good grief don’t mention Tommy Robinson, you’ll have the europhile sock choking on his croissant accusing you of being a racist Nazi and demanding you be barred from the forum !!!
I think she will resign after the vote (which she will probably win) due to the amount of votes against her. Even if she wins the rebels won't support her deal so she won't get it through the House. I also think the best way forward is to get rid. Another problem I have, is that Boris is not as popular as people think. Only today an MP said "he is more popular with the Media than in his own party”. I notice that they keep mentioning the timings of this and I believe they all know something we don’t. It may be another stitch up. They are having one of those meetings tonight before the vote (the ones that want her gone) to come together to choose a successor as there are 2 or 3 split groups. Whatever happens it must be a Leaver. Davis is a cool head. Raab is inexperienced. Boris is Boris. Javid is a remainer but would be a good future bet. Other than that I can’t see any others bringing party together.
I cant see the crap he writes which has been refreshing. All I see is the rest of you hitting back at him.
You could bring back Cameron and have him saying he did things to pigs at Eton and he would still beat Corbyn. All I keep hearing is "anyone other than Corbyn". That says it all.
Apparently May has said if she only wins by 1 she would carry on? That is not the sort of thing she should be saying as it seems to be about her and not the party. We could look at that in a parallel universe as the Brexit result and how we would feel?
I just hope she goes. The worst would be if she wins by a two or three votes and announces this gives her authority going forward. It doesn't. For me, I'd go with Raab. He's tough minded, a lawyer so he can understand the complex legal issues in Brexit and understands hostile negotiations, and has had experience in the Brexit negotiations and knows the issues and the players in the EU. In fact, the reason he left the Cabinet was that he told May that an indefinite backstop would not get through Parliament. She disagreed and sidelined him, running the negotiations with support from Robbins, just as she ran her disastrous election campaign with advice from Nick Timothy. She may be dogged, but her negotiation skills and general judgement are terrible
Ah bless, that slimy smooth talking Chuka Umunna is still banging on about a ‘peoples vote’ . It was funny when Boulton said “well if she loses the vote they could run down the clock and have a no deal” for him to say “well we can’t let them do that" Boulton added "well theres nothing you can do". for him to respond "We would insist on a peoples vote”
I have always liked Raab but he has made a couple of goofs recently and I don't know having an old face going back. With someone new its a different ball game. I still think they are aiming for WTO.
Yes, he put in his mouth over the Dover thing, although not as badly as Johnson over the mother in Iran. I could forgive him that for his other attributes. Javid, with Raab as Brexit secretary, might work.
Totally agree Col you are right Hoping that an extension to article 50 will unite the country as have said all along that the complexity of our situation in now there for all of us to see The EU needs reform of course but I still believe the UK can do this a lot better from within I believe it can lead the bloody thing I am certain that over the next acts of this theatre the nation can be persuaded that we are not equipped to go it alone we are not simply ready The issues we have with the UK outweigh the issue of Brexit imo always have been We need to reform our own governance first and move away from self obsession in all aspects of our culture before any common good have achieved Self obsession is the root of my opinion regarding the UK including all of us on here When you have opinions flying around deemed good or bad then you will always have spilts ... my cul de sac theory re a cake sale. In recent decades we have seen our neighbors show real togetherness ie Germany’s Unification and currently France Until this nation stops focusing on our own little self importance which is embedded inside our culture ... destroyed imo by the technology revolution then we will continue to slide and never unify
Even worse would be if she won 52% to 48% and then moved on saying "It's the will of the MPs in the party..."
Nice reply, BD, but of course the two are very different. Thatcher found that she couldn't lead with a slim majority of her party's support. If May got 52% against one other competitor, she'd win and her opponent on 48% would lose (I acknowledge this is a split reluctant Remainers find hard to accept). But if May only has 52% backing from her party, with the rest supporting other prospects, then I would expect senior cabinet colleagues to tell her she had to step down, just as Thatcher was told.
Guilty. Have been clinging on to membership to vote in next leadership election. Will probably resign thereafter.
Does everyone agree yet that Article 50 looks like it will be extended ? I do not believe in anyway that we will crash out I do not believe the UK will let this happen Saw last night a Brexiteer shouting in the face of a remainer “ you’re not English anymore” great to the passion at last however try that with me and the **** would go down as many times as necessary... I may of even taken his nose off even with one working eye
Not me, I like to keep my options open, although I do think, infighting or not, they are the only game in town. The Lib Dems are now an irrelevance, UKIP are moving towards fascism and the prospects of a Corbyn/MacDonnell government are too terrible to contemplate.
I'm hoping she wins by one vote and decides to carry on. Labour then calls the No Confidence vote on the government which the other opposition parties have called for, the government falls and Labour take over. What do you mean 'long shot'?
Mad Anna's just been on Sky, eyes revolving, calling for a purge of the Brexiteers from her party. Adam Boulton didn't dare to disagree
Not far off how I see this panning out...I'm sure if May scrapes it, or is close run thing then Labour will go for no confidence vote..
