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Originally Posted by jfman
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, on Peston just now when asked what happens in the event of the deal being voted down. “There could be no deal, but there could equally be no Brexit.”
When pressed on what that meant he said we would be in uncharted territory and nobody could predict what would happen in the chaos that ensues.
He described no smooth transition as costing the economy “tens of billions” of pounds. Paying the EU to ensure smooth transition would be more effective.
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And a hero to the other half of the country. The woman who put country before party and political convenience.
Could probably make a small fortune on the speaking circuits telling the story of it all. Fighting within the Party, conflict with the EU, Russian interference...
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A prime minister that double crossed the nation, said that no deal was better than a bad deal, then sold us out?
History would not look kindly on her, and would consign the Tory’s to a generation out of power,