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Originally Posted by jfman
If the EU can be certain of anything it’s that we will blink if they do not. There’s no Parliamentary will for no deal, no adequate preparations made and nobody will want the blame for it.
To make concessions now would only embolden elements of the Conservative Party into demanding more. We have shown no coherent strategy for two years, and there’s no indication we can for two months.
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Parliamentary will is a mere inconvenience at this stage. In normal times it might present significant political difficulties but these are not normal times and last night Parliament deliberately chose to approve non-binding amendments and to reject binding ones. It has expressed an opinion. Nothing more. And the legal position is that we will leave without a deal if no deal has been ratified, on the 29th of March. Parliament could have changed some or all of this. It changed nothing.
While I still think it more likely that the EU will cave in, albeit using a form of words that makes it look like they haven’t, the chances of No Deal are now far higher.