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Originally Posted by Mr K
This deal or no Brexit seems to be the message they are going to go with. Not much difference except one option involves paying out £40 billion and losing any say. She might convert a few Brexiters to Remain ! The woman is a genius  |
I think the line is intended to scare the hardline Brexiteers away from voting down the deal in Parliament. The implied threat is that if Parliament can’t agree what to do, then there will have to be another general election, or perhaps another referendum, which in such a febrile atmosphere would be quite likely to deliver a remain vote - continuity usually wins out in times of crisis.*
I don’t think TM wants a second referendum or a general election by any means, so it will be interesting to hear what happens over the coming days when she’s pressed to put meat on the bones of that implied threat. She may have let a genie out of the bottle that she can’t easily put back.
*I’m in no doubt that the leaders of the so-called Peoples Vote campaign are planning on their referendum being nothing more than an appeal to every negative headline over the past 2 years, many of which, of course, are a direct result of one or other of them deciding to “speak out” or “intervene” in the debate...