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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2018-12-10 05:34 pm

Brexit: What next?

So, the vote is off. Which means it can't be amended.

When does May bring forward the vote - which needs to be passed for the deal to take hold?

If I was in her shoes, and I _really_ wanted the vote to pass, I'd schedule it in for March 28th, the day before Brexit day. Basically saying "You either vote this through or it's No Deal".

But if she does that, how long until enough of the DUP and her own party decide that this is so self-destructive that it's worth a vote of confidence?

(I'm not sure what she thinks she's going to get from the EU which will make people happier about the backstop.)
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[personal profile] drplokta 2018-12-11 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Any MP can be Prime Minister. Members of the House of Lords used to be eligible, but 20th century practice is that they aren’t any more — Alec Douglas-Home renounced his peerage and stood for election as an MP when he because Prime Minister in 1963
Edited 2018-12-11 06:56 (UTC)