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You are absolutely right.
I was listening to radio 5 debate on Brexit. There was a chap from the Midlands and his words were (not a direct quote) we should give two fingers to the EU and tell them to stick it. We should leave with no deal just to spite them.
When the reporter asked him whether he understood what no deal means he said - we will ok and if not we can do the same as we did in the war and dig up the garden and plant potatoes.
Make of that what you will but I am sure he is not alone in thinking that way.
Beautiful 
Beautiful
Hello darkness my old friend...
That is absolutely glourious.
Beautiful
Has he moved “somewhere else” yet?
Yes, he's on another planet.
The amount of times I've seen someone say some dumb shit (like you just highlighted) and not get challenged by others (for example the presenter, under the guise of being neutral). It helps nobody...
So is may going to bottle mv3 before the EU summit?
Apparently they won't hold it unless the dup are onside... Which so far I don't think they are?
Apparently they won't hold it unless the dup are onside... Which so far I don't think they are?
The DUP must be feeling that they hold the keys to the kingdom. I can't see them capitulating easily, this is their big moment.
I wonder what all those folk who live in flats will do about the potato-planting. Ah well, there's always McDonalds.
Donald Trump has a poem about a snake that Theresa May might want to take a look at...
They don't have as much power as it seems, they'll back it when it comes down to the wire I think.
Like the ERG, their biggest fear is no Brexit and a Labour government, only for slightly different reasons: Corbyn and McDonnell are long time supporters of Irish Republicanism. They have a vested interest in keeping the Tories in power.
On the 11th day from Brexit my true love gave to me.....
A bribe to the DUP...
Might be too late if Bercow is ruling out a third "meaningful vote".
Sleepwalking continues.
Bercow comes into his own. I kind of thought he would be key to all of this.
Thank you Bercow, thank you.
Let's see where we go next!
Let's see where we go next!
Now Mrs May will be arguing that there are significant changes, no doubt.
edit - Bercow just saying in response to Benn that there would have to be fundamental differences in substance (meaning changes agreed by the EU and the UK).
What a fecking legend. Brave man as he's going to have a lot of abuse coming his way over this.
My guess is they'll get Cox to write a new letter with amended legal advise and then argue it substantially changes matters.
My guess is they'll get Cox to write a new letter with amended legal advise and then argue it substantially changes matters.
Thank you Bercow
You might have saved the country.
You might have saved the country.
May’ll find a way to weasel it through.
As the withdrawal agreement will not change, it's chicken time.
Good posh chap Bercow!
That won't be good enough, based on what Bercow has just said.
Now it's No deal or cancel Brexit (or completely change the red lines from May)
You're running out of time fast.
You're running out of time fast.
Don’t tell us that, tell them!
They're not listening.
So he has re clarified.
May would literally have to go to the EU and make legally binding changes. Not word play, actual changes.
Her deal is completely dead.
May would literally have to go to the EU and make legally binding changes. Not word play, actual changes.
Her deal is completely dead.
Indeed he seems to have just put the boot in. Extraordinary really.
Thinking it through this probably works out well for the government, they can now blame him when they may have never brought it forward anyway and certainly would have lost
Can we call the whole thing off now?
That would be too sensible.
If it wasn't so serious it would be hilarious.
I'd vote you as Prime Minister if that was your mandate.
What would May need to conceed to the EU in order to get an extension? Because unless she can weasel her deal through underhanded means then it is cliff-edge in 11 days
Well done that man. The only good Tory.
membership to the customs union/single market
Part of me wonders if this us just an elaborate attempt to sabotage Brexit. They knew what was promised wasn't possible so they followed through on that false hope, relentlessly, just to show that they've heard the voice of the people but have been halted in their tracks by all these pesky laws and stuff. So now people are aware of just how badly it can go, they'll put it back to the public and accept the new will of the people, to stay in the EU.
The alternative reality seems too ridiculous to be true.
The alternative reality seems too ridiculous to be true.
Nah, we just have a PM chasing a legacy and being forced in a certain direction by hard liners in her party and membership.
In normal circumstances our government would have changed tune when the first vote was defeated and we'd have attempted a soft brexit but we have a dogmatic PM.