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Do you think there will be a Deal or No Deal?

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I mean how much more evidence do you need that the Government criminally incompetent. If you dont vote for Letwin then you are a disgrace.
 
DavidDeSchmikes said:
they are talking on Sky about a general election. But would a general election solve this?
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Probably not, no, but considering we're doing everything we can to put off actually reaching a conclusion on this, wouldn't surprise me if that's their next step...
 
Government defeated

MPs have voted in favour of Sir Oliver Letwin's amendment for the Commons to seize control of the parliamentary timetable from the government and vote on alternative Brexit options this Wednesday.

Ayes: 329

Noes: 302

Majority: 27
 
As well as Richard Harrington, the Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt and the health minister Steve Brine have also resigned because they voted for the Letwin amendment, government sources have confirmed.
 
The talk of a General Election, but the problem is will that just turn into another Brexit vote, which in turns gives us another hung parliament, and then risk going around circles again and again
 
sun_tzu said:
Will depend how the votes go... Gut feel nothing gets a majority and we basically have Thursday to come up with a plan ... Farcical really
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At that point they surely go for a single transferable vote process, to narrow down the options.

Of course, there's no guarantee that whatever Parliament comes back with will be accepted by either the government or the EU, but it has to be worth a try. Otherwise, everyone is just left banging their heads against the wall with May's failed deal until we inevitably crash out on 'no deal' by default.
 
Don't Kill Bill said:
For what it's worth.

The Danelaw had fallen to Athelstan king of the Anglo Saxon's of Wessex and Mercia at the time. Which is the point of citing it as the first time England as an entity existed.

Following the failed attempt to defeat him at the battle of Brunanburh he ruled as king of the English from 927 until he died in 939.
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You're talking about actual Danish occupation. The Danelaw refers to the bit of the country which had (as it would suggest) a different law code (although there is a great deal of dispute how different it looked). Those terms continue to be of relevance through to the late eleventh century (for example, Yorkshire Domesday has 'wapentakes' where as the south has Hundreds). I probably could have said Danelaw counties if I wasn't being lazy though.
 
What is the vote taking place now all about? The Govt's amended one
 
It's a logical first step, shouldn't be a huge victory but it feels like it given May has blocked progress at every turn
 
Smores said:
It's a logical first step, shouldn't be a huge victory but it feels like it given May has blocked progress at every turn
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At the stage we should have been at months ago. Better late than never...
 
Smores said:
It's a logical first step, shouldn't be a huge victory but it feels like it given May has blocked progress at every turn
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First step is correct. If there's not some sort of selective procedure it will just be a massive time-waster as nothing gets passed anyway, or if it does it will be bills that conflict with each other, or unicorn stuff that the EU won't entertain in the first place.
 
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