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I doubt history will share your rosy views of this current Parliament, Old Boy.
Who knows what will happen if no deal exists by March 2019. Will Theresa May resign? Will the Speaker refer matters back to Parliament for a vote? Totally unprecedented situation.

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Whether or not Theresa May resigns won't make much difference now. Parliament is not going to agree any kind of deal that the EU is likely to accept, so what option is there but WTO?
Parliament has just turned down a motion to put it back to the people.

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If she resigns I would expect an election and a delay to Article 50.

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Who would instigate the delay?

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The EU will likely accept an EEA deal or a Canada deal. They've made it quite clear there are several options open the UK. The difference is we don't want either because the former is too close to EU membership and the latter wouldn't work for our industries. So we want a bespoke deal which is harder to achieve since we're largely aiming for the single market part of the deal without the ECJ and freedom of movement.

The most likely option to me seems that we kick the can down the road, agree the extension period, while we work on a Canada++ or a Norway-- deal.

But let's stop pretending we've been rejected time and time again from the EU because we only came up with the White Paper last week so this notion that is being created in the event we leave of the EU rejecting every proposal was turned down is pure fan-fiction.

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We request to the EU. However I don't think it would be a delay but the 'transition period'.

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I guess PM Jeremy?

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:D Dream on, Andrew! There will be no delay to Article 50 - it has already been invoked. Any delay would not go down well with the electorate.

The way this will play out is the new leader would scrap the Chequers Agreement in its entirety and notify the EU that there will be no proposal but we are open to offers of a trade deal. In the meantime, WTO rules apply. Only then would there be an election.

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Government survives rebellion by three votes.

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BREAKING: 10th Resignation from Government: Defence minister Guto Bebb quits government

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Is the EU likely to agree to collect UK taxes or was this added as a "poison pill" amendment?

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Just to add, this is unlike the other resignations - this is a resignation on the ERG Amendments to the White Paper that were agreed to this evening.

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Apparently propped up by three rebellious Labour Eurosceptics - Frank Field, Kate Hoey and Graham Stringer.
We just don't know, Old Boy. All we know is that Theresa May is not going down well with the electorate at the moment. :D

Meanwhile, Michael Gove attempts to rewrite history.
Michael Gove: I wanted 'different feel' to Vote Leave campaign
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics...mpaign=bbcnews

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l ain't no fan of this administration but l ain't no fan of Jezza either but sadly OB can't take off his rose tinted glasses to see what a omnishambles it is and the deep mire we are in...

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Because the numbers don't add up, Den. You czn see that, right?

That's why governments work best when they have a good majority.

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Breaking: Vote Leave heavily fined and referred to Police for breaking the law. The organisation's lack of co-operation suggests it was not an honest mistake.
https://news.sky.com/story/vote-leav...l-law-11439218