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There should be a vote of no confidence in Parliament, but at the moment the DUP will hold firm with the Tories and it would be defeated. Wait for the Irish border to be sorted, then you might see the DUP break ranks!! But currently Corbyn is better off letting them screw things up more before he pulls the trigger on things, by which time a few Tories may vote against or abstain and that will give it a chance to succeed!!
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28-11-2017, 11:09
(This post was last modified: 28-11-2017, 11:11 by hibeejim21.)
A lot of tories talk a good game of rebelling against the government but they almost never back it up with action. Craven cowards, and davis's hiding of the economic impact assessments, despite a Parliamentary vote ordering their release is nothing short of disgraceful. How can we plan for the future when they wont be honest with us ?
We were told parliament should be sovereign (a reason for voting out) but time and time again the tories ignore or manipulate it for their own benefit.
I think SCO is right, corbyn clearly wants the tories to crash and burn on brexit before shifting to the soft option, he will have to time it right but if he does he could end up PM yet. Keir starmer I noticed spent some time in Norway recently with officials there, wouldn't surprise me if in time they don't move to a "Norway" style position.
That's if brexit happens at all. I think barnier has got it sewn up pretty tight to be honest and has done his homework, the Ireland question alone might be enough to derail it.
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Divorce bill payment has been agreed in the region of £50 billion and that's just the first stumbling block out the way. Trade deal talks can begin then but how much will they want for a trade deal?
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And I notice the Deputy Irish PM has resigned to avert a snap election! I think this is a good move as they need to fully focus on this brexit fiasco and its implications on the Irish communities, north and south of this contentious border!
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Could cost more than £50 billion for the divorce bill and there's no guarantee we will be offered a trade deal. EU think its simple as having a hard border between N Ireland and Ireland, I suggest they look at a Map because its not simple. The border between Ireland and N Ireland is very very complicated.
Also the EU aren't happy with us and are making sly comments.
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