Heh. I read a while ago that the problem with doing a second referendum is that the question isn't yes or no anymore, it's do you want soft/hard/no brexit, if yes brexit, do you want this, do you want that, it would end up looking like a decision tree or a flowchart, or maybe it should just be a written/typed form saying what do you want out of brexit.
Sure, they could go for a simple yes/no question, but it's still not going to solve the details.
By how much did she pass her own parties confidence vote though?
Not a whole lot. IIRC it was less than a hundred votes of difference
They might have their own reasons for voting for confidence within the party but not the government as a whole.
That's... unlikely. The private conservative vote is private. If they publically voted with the opposition to bring down their own goverment it wouldn't go well for them. In Europe party lines are far less permeable than in the US, and in fact in many European nations there are penalties (either direct or indirect) for voting in discordance with your party
How do you get things done then if it's so inflexible? Not that the US Congress is being such a shining example.
Anyhow, given that logic, the DUP most likely voted for Mays proposal and given that a good chunk of rebel Tories must have voted in discordance with the party, it probably won't help a huge lot. Nvm, I did the math (helped by BBCs breakdown of who voted for what, and even with the DUP, they'd still have a very slim margin, but that assumes ALL of the Tory rebels side with her and everybody else votes against.
Given that they've already decided to revolt, nothings really stopping them from voting against party line. If she loses more than a handfull, she loses the confidence vote.
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