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Old 17-11-2018, 18:15   #3256
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Re: Brexit

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
I don't know why you and others continue to clutch at straws like this.
It's not clutching it straws to accept that politicians can/do change their minds when circumstances change or they view it as electorally convenient.

It's very unlikely there is a Parliamentary mandate for Theresa May's deal. When staring down the barrel, and knowing we haven't adequately prepared for the consequences of No Deal, the can will be kicked down the road.

The alternative is to take the blame for lower GDP, food shortages, queues at ports and all the effects of the lack of contingency planning in the last two years.

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Whatever Alistair Burt may think, TM is not obliged to do anything on Brexit if Parliament reject the deal (except prepare for the no-deal Brexit).

As for the Daily Mail, I still say that was insignificant, given that they were using TM's own words. And she only even mentioned that to make the hard line Brexiteers think before they voted. However, despite that, she has said on numerous occasions that we are leaving in 2019.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a7688471.html

You are living in an absolute fantasy land if you think you can take any of these people at their word.
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