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So government motion defeated by ERG rebels, an increasingly familiar thing. If May had reached out to opposition parties in the first place then she would have likely secured a negotiating position and a deal with sufficient votes to carry it through. But this has been the Tory show, the referendum to see off the threat of UKIP and put to rest decades of Tory in fighting over Europe (spectacular own goal from Dodgy Dave), trying to avert even putting a vote on the deal to parliament, calling an election to win a majority to force it through instead, failing on that (which empowered the ERG fanatics) and now continuing their in fighting while the future of the country and actual normal people outside the insulated Westminster bubble have a great deal of uncertainty and are even starting to feel the impact. Unfortunately I think May is more interested in party 'unity' than the best interests of the country and so continues to kick the can down the road even now. But now the road is running out so I guess her (disgraceful but effective) brinkmanship of waiting until the last moment to have another vote on her deal is a way of bringing enough opposition votes over without actually extending a hand or any power to opposition parties, while simultaneously threatening an A50 extension to the ERGers. It's great politics, just unfortunate that it's a huge gamble on the country's future that won't see any MPs affected by the fallout. The Labour leadership is not much better. While I can't blame them for wanting the Tories to entirely own the mess that they created, they are not providing strong opposition by defining an actual Brexit policy for fear of fractures in their own party and electoral base. That plus Corbyn's dismal ratings shows how truly bad Labour are doing if they can't even beat this shower of shite of a government in the polls. By trying not to piss certain people off they are actually just pissing everyone off, great plan! Much of this could have been avoided by getting the major parties together to agree a negotiating position before triggering A50, negotiating on the consensus plan and then putting the agreed deal to the people for a final say. But obviously the government was never going to do that, they were probably thinking that if they got their unicorns in a row that they'd be seen as the saviours of Britain and be elected for decades to come. The logical way out of all this is to put it back to the people as a choice between May's deal and remain, but the chances are slim on that happening. Must be great watching this unfold from abroad, a great comedy show. Shame unfortunately however to be living with it and knowing that you will be affected by the outcome. Sigh. |
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