UK will not leave on 31 st October
A GE will be called
Labour needs SNP to form a coalition government and SNP will demand a second Independence Referendum in return
Scotland will vote Yes and become independent
Article 50 will be revoked
Ireland will reunify
Wales in 10 years will become independent
England will eventually leave the EU
I believe Article 50 would have to be revoked in order for the UK not to leave on 31 October unless another extension is agreed, and another extension will not be agreed unless the UK come up with an actual plan, and the UK will not come up with an actual plan by 31 October. So either Article 50 gets revoked or the UK is out.
I think that by now it should be really clear the if the UK wants to ask every single week for a week long extension until the end of times, each and every time the EU will happily concede.
Johnson & co seem determined to crash out with no deal, and try to blame the EU.
There is no time for a general election before Oct 31, because Johnson can delay it.
If the majority in Parliament who oppose no-deal can find a way of taking control away from the government, there is some possibility of stopping it. Then there would have to be a new referendum. A government of national unity might work, but not with Corbyn in charge of Labour. It would need a drastic shake-up and a new political alignment under someone like Keir Starmer, and I’m not optimistic that this will happen.
Hey, I’d be perfectly happy with Evil Albion living in interesting times if they didn’t do it in a way that means the rest of us pay for it. Kind of like when they come to Spain to get drunk, try and sometimes succeed to break their necks against our floors, and those other lovely activities they’re sadly famous for.
Just as expected. It’s quite disconcerting seeing this government start to play out this narrative, considering that there being no room for re-negotiating withdrawal has been the EU’s position for months.
There’s even the possibility now that the government will time a general election to let no deal happen by default. That just seems far too despicable, and I can’t see this government surviving such an action. But I can’t see this government surviving full stop. I guess I don’t really understand Johnson’s personal game plan in wanting the premiership at this time.
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…shorting the London housing market?
The true motivation of Johnson, Rees-Mogg, and the rest is to prevent the EU closing down the tax havens where they keep their money, and clamping down on money laundering and shady deals by shady companies.
It really, really matters to them that they should not be forced to pay taxes like everyone else.
I don’t know whether Rees-Mogg’s hedge fund is shorting Brexit-related stocks, but many others are. Some people stand to gain a lot of money if a no-deal Brexit results in the British economy crashing, and likewise to lose money if it doesn’t. Once the UK is out of the EU, they don’t care what happens next or who is in power. If the pound and the UK economy crash, so much the better. The next government will have too much on their hands to deal with tax-havens. They may even have facilitate them to avoid the economy crashing altogether.
UK and territories are ‘greatest enabler’ of tax avoidance, study says
A third of British billionaires live in tax havens
… and of course, shady billionaires put money and resources into the Brexit referendum. They didn’t do it out of idealism or charity.
From the Tax Justice Network:
This shit drives me up the wall, I feel like my country is falling apart and there’s nothing I can do about it.
Get in line, pal. Get in the fucking line…
Just accept that Britain has been going to Hell for the past 74 years and the current kerfuffle is simply part of an ongoing trend.
The UKIP has a new leader - Dick Braine.
Dick Braine is elected leader of UKIP - Devon Live?
This is a satirical paper, yes ? You can’t possibly have a stupid politician called Dick Brain. And if you can, he can’t possibly be made head of anything, because hur hur hur. That’s just lowbrow sitcom material, I’m sorry. I do not believe it.
Of course he and his party refer to him as “Richard”. Only when he came to general notice by his elevation to the leadership of a party that is itself now merely the stuff of comedy, was the obvious joke made. And I think it will safely stick until they look for their next leader (I’d guess just before Christmas).
That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all month. I’m getting tired of being cooped up here all summer due to the heat but this livened my day up. Dickbrain!
I dunno, prior to 2015 things seemed pretty decent.
Nope, still don’t believe it. Come on, own up, it’s some elaborate Orson Welles-like hoax, is that it ?
The fact that their new leader is named “Dick Braine” is probably one of the least ridiculous things about UKIP, tbh.
Meanwhile, Remain political parties are considering teaming up to oust Prime Minister Boris Johnson in order to stop a no-deal Brexit. However, there is not yet consensus on who should be the interim prime minister following Boris’ ousting, with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn thinking it should be him, and others favoring a more unifying figure such as the “Father of the House” (longest continuously-serving MP) Kenneth Clarke, or the “Mother of the House” (longest continuously-serving female MP), Harriet Harman.