BREXIT (4 Viewers)

[_Katie_]

Have to get back to work so can't finish this - but fairly decent read thus far,

I enjoy "throwing hunks of raw meat."

For the sake of working people, the left must back remain | Aditya Chakrabortty

 

[Lili Marlene]

I like what Corbyn is saying here

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and here for that matter

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I mean, pushing the country into a 50/50 for all time political split mirroring the USA isn't something people should want but that's the way it's been going with the Brexit stuff, no? Surely there has to be a better way than that shirley?

 

[snakybus]

In the UK last week, seeing a food bank first hand was a sobering experience.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

9/15. Not bad

Quiz: how well have you been following Brexit?

 

[snakybus]

In the UK last week, seeing a food bank first hand was a sobering experience.

Like, I asked for booze but they totally didn't have any. Had to make do with a can of tomatoes.

 

[rettucs]

9/15. Not bad

Quiz: how well have you been following Brexit?

I got 2. I didn't really read the questions though, just guessed.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

9/15. Not bad

Quiz: how well have you been following Brexit?

5/15, glad I'm not running that shit show.

 

[pavlos]

9/15. "Could do better".

 

[Lili Marlene]

Now what?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Lol

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[David Kronenbourg]

Now what?

Dunno, but im praying for a no confidence vote, general election and a Corbyn government either cancels Brexit (unlikely) or negotiates a better deal

 

[Lili Marlene]

How long does a general election take? Im pro corbyn but, god, more dragging it out. Woe is us.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Dunno, a couple of months? 10 weeks? Not enough time to settle it before March 29. I’d assume if an election was called article 50 would need to be extended. This is me just guessing though.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

But... I don’t think the vote of no confidence will pass. I think Corbyn would need the support of all the opposition parties plus a few Tories to boot. DUP and ERG have already said they’d back May.

 

[ann post]

Its pretty surreal that Mays own party are in a position where they are playing the role of opposition politicians and scurrying down every rat hole available when the concept of actually trying to deal with it is waved in front of them. I still think May isn't trying to win here, she's just trying to pull people down off balloons so they can actually think about things.

 

[flashback]

And I thought the US government was a joke.

I still think we have the edge in comedic value, although both parties keep upping the ante...

 

[nooleen]

 

[rettucs]

Dunno, but im praying for a no confidence vote, general election and a Corbyn government either cancels Brexit (unlikely) or negotiates a better deal

Corbyn is pro-brexit though. He's more deluded than May.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Corbyn is pro-brexit though. He's more deluded than May.

I mean, whether people like it or not, there was a referendum. Can he really turn around and say “right, we’re not doing it, shouldn’t have happened, youse are too thick to make decisions of that scale”? That’s on Cameron and the Tories, not Corbyn. He needs to be seen to make a go of it, customs union etc, and if it doesn’t work then revoke or hold another referendum. No leader in their right mind would just revoke. There would literally be fighting in the streets if that happened.

 

[rettucs]

I mean, whether people like it or not, there was a referendum. Can he really turn around and say “right, we’re not doing it, shouldn’t have happened, youse are too thick to make decisions of that scale”? That’s on Cameron and the Tories, not Corbyn. He needs to be seen to make a go of it, customs union etc, and if it doesn’t work then revoke or hold another referendum. No leader in their right mind would just revoke. There would literally be fighting in the streets if that happened.

He can't and won't just revoke. But he need to grow a pair of balls and start some kind of process that will lead to a 2nd referendum which will, almost certainly, be a resounding win for Remain.

Being in opposition during the current shitshow should be the easiest job in the world. He's made a bollix of it. He doesn't even acknowledge the growing support for remain, including (probably) the vast majority of his own party.

Fighting in the streets is kind of inevitable at this point. At least we might get some good punk tunes out of it.