So if Brussels doesn't agree to more postponing, it looks like article 50 needs to be revoked and the Brexit cancelled since a No-Deal Brexit is now forbidden by law.
I for one do not mind.
Lol m8 slow down on the guardian there, that isn't happening. What's happening is a bit more intriguing
A labour oldguard (when I say "oldguard" I mean a remnant of Brown, not a dino crew like Corby) called Yvette Cooper proposed the bill in Parliament. This is already where it starts getting weird, because this is one of those exceedingly rare moments in British history where a party with a minority in Parliament and without any government posts has proposed and passed legislation in the House of Commons. It's the effect of Theresa May's deletion of government authority coming full circle: the Parliament is truly sovereign, having assumed greater authority over the Prime Minister's duties than the Prime Minister herself.
It's a spicy constitutional meme which has already established a new convention and will likely cause headaches for Prime Ministers of the future for generations and centuries to come!
The proposed legislation in question seeks to abrogate Theresa May's indefinite extensions to negotiations; so if she wants more extensions, it'll have to be approved by parliament, with parliament reserving the right to reject or modify the extension timeframe. This also declaws Theresa May's primary method of threatening to samson option the UK, by taking away her ability to hold the negotiations for ransom.
The opposition MPs wanted this deal to pass for rather obvious reasons; Theresa May's avin' a right giggle and the opposition wants to keep the UK in the EU. The pro-Remain Tories would rather support their scarecrow than throw it to the pyre, while the pro-Leave MPs are caught in a pinch because they had the choice of supporting the pro-Remain government or the pro-Remain opposition lolololololololol deja vu
The legislation ended up passing by a margin of
one dude. Anyone who says voting doesn't matter should sit the fuck down
Whether this passes the House of Lords (it'd take some further intrigue for this not to occur, the HOL have been preparing to pass this legislation provided it passed the HOC), Theresa May will have her hands tied unless she actually tries to give parliament a deal they like, or parliament takes on the mantle of eternal Brexit extender, or Brexit happens, or it doesn't.
Note that I am no fan of the EU in it's current form, but I am all for cooperation and solidarity in Europe.
In my opinion the Brexit has always been an unnescessary ultra-nationalist schism that's no good for all concerned parties.
m910 you talk of schisms to the country that told the pope 2 schisms wasn't enough. In short, we are not of the view that cooperation and integration are the same thing
You're going to do that regardless, though. Nearly the same amount wanted nothing to do with it at the time of the referendum, and that number has only grown. There is no "don't piss off literally millions of people" option.
Theresa May resigning would be welcomed by everyone
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