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[RedKing]

To further complicate things, I thought the May 22 date was only permissible to the EU *if* Parliament approved some kind of a deal. If they vote for May 22 but then fail to approve any kind of plan, I think the EU is still looking at April 12 as the crash-out date.

It's starting to remind me of the "Bring Out Your Dead" sketch.

"Here, he says he's not dead!"
"Well, he will be in a minute, he's very ill."
"Look, I can't take him like that, it's against regulations!"
"Well, can't you wait around a bit, he won't be very long..."

Meanwhile Theresa May is the dying leper. "I think I'll go for a walk..."

[Kagus]

"I feel happyyyyy..."

[smjjames]

You know, I wonder if they have decided whether they want, or are willing, to participate in the EU elections. I read an article earlier this month or maybe last that theres a legal problem if the election happens and if the members meet while one doesn't partipate (or is undergoing an article 50), they're suddenly in the schrodinger zone of being legit and illegitimate at the same time. Which is why extending past June suddenly became a big deal.

Had it been in the middle or near the beginning, it probably wouldn't have been a problem since they'd have to participate until the exit date anyway, but since it's happening RIGHT at the exit date, it's entering a weird legal Twilight Zone^TM that seems like nobody really expected to actually become a problem. As a result, any ask for an extension beyond May 22nd is going to hinge on whether or not they want to participate in the EU elections.

[ChairmanPoo]

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/foreign-affairs/brexit/news/102858/new-royal-yacht-britannia-would-‘unite’-country-after
"New Royal Yacht Britannia would ‘unite’ the country after Brexit, says minister"

Glad to see people have their priorities in order

Also I wanted to share this

[Loud Whispers]

The Royal Yacht's been a long time in the planning, I remember speaking to an RN Captain who said it was daft we weren't mass producing the bloody things since all it took for them to pay their costs back was host a few plutocratic Murricans who wanted to say they met Queen Lizard

[smjjames]

To perhaps nobodys surprise, Mays deal is rejected a third time (not as embarrassing difference in vote, but that's moot). Now it's on a runaway train to April 12th no-deal Brexit, and Donald Tusk is calling an emergency EU meeting on the 10th. What happens next remains to be seen.

If they haven't decided whether they want to participate in the EU elections yet, they'd better decide now.

[scourge728]

Is tusk like the American donald

[smjjames]

No, they're total opposites pretty much and just happens to share the same first name and initials.

[scriver]

They're not particularly opposite at all.

[smjjames]

Well, perhaps not total, but I wouldn't say that they're similar.

[Il Palazzo]

Any person with at least some semblance of decency, integrity, and competence is the opposite of Trump.

[Loud Whispers]

Yeah they're not similar, people actually voted for Trump

[Doomblade187]

Yeah they're not similar, people actually voted for Trump

*sick burn*

[TD1]

Hah!

[Il Palazzo]

Yeah they're not similar, people actually voted for Trump

The EU council presidency is also voted in, by heads of member states. So the causal link to people's vote remains.
It's just another level removed from local elections, same as e.g. election of party leaders (and by extension who gets to be the head of state in case of a party winning) and ministers is not done directly by the electorate.