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She called it to try to get a bigger majority, which she knew would be necessary to avoid the chaos we have now seen. Effectively, she was proved right. Shame the election didn't produce the result she wanted, the Brexit journey would have been much smoother.

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The whole of Parliament is divided, old chap.

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She had it as the 2015 General Election produced the first Conservative majority government since 1992 so there was absolutely no need for another one but of course that does not count on naked political ambition and being poorly advised does it.

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We may not have agreed on many things over the years, but on this we did.

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It was a small minority, which enabled the '*******s' in her party to call the shots. That's why she wanted more elected Conservative MPs.

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She was widely expected to get an increased majority, as you will recall.

The best laid plans....

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Let me think... Hmmm.... Still don't care....

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BA is poor but the problem is they do have Heathrow as their base which means that they will have the majority of direct long haul flights from the UK and have a price advantage too. It's a shame because you do want the flag carrier of Britain to be very good.

Anyway BA have said they're not becoming a Spanish company.

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Obviously we haven’t seen TMs deal, but it looks like it’s not Brexit. It looks like staying in the CU, which is not Brexit.

It seems that the issue is the N.I. Border. It’s an issue, but kicking the can down the road and trapping the U.K. within the EU is not the answer.

We must leave the EU and negotiate from outside the EU, it may cause a bit of pain around the N.I. Border but it will focus the minds to sort it out quickly.

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Remember that the ‘bit of pain’ around the Irish border subverts the democratic will of the people of Northern Ireland who voted for the Good Friday Agreement with a 71.1% yes vote.

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That's the point, isn't it? We've not seen this proposed deal in its current form and Theresa May has said explicitely that no British PM would agree to an Irish border, border in the Irish Sea, etc. So it is a bit premature to criticise it before it has actually seen the light of day.

Any agreement to retain the customs union will only last for the implementation period, because as I keep saying, we cannot make our own trade deals while that remains in place.

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Of course, China, the USA and Brazil need us more than we need them. They just need to know their place. :p:
https://www.ft.com/content/d2af748e-...5-04b8afea6ea3

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Hear hear. As denphone and I keep saying, we're endowed with some rather limited talent in all the main parties at the moment.

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The issue is that the N.I. “ backstop” could keep the UK in the CU, and therefore effectively in EU purgatory indefinitely until a solution to the N.I. Border is found. Which without an6 time limit or urgency could be years and years.

That is the issue.

That’s why we have to come out and negotiate a solution to N.I. From outside the EU. It is the only way to deliver Brexit.

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True, that why the Ireland and U.K. governments would need to sort something out very quickly.