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Originally Posted by Hugh
Point of order.
Boris Johnson cannot call a General Election/dissolve Parliament - not his decision. It requires (at least) one Commons vote, and needs 2/3rds of MPs approval.
btw, not sure of the logic process that seems to believe if a majority vote for the bill (which has now been published by Hilary Benn) which would force the PM to request a Brexit delay to 31 January 2020 unless MPs had approved a new deal, the same majority would then vote for a dissolution of Parliament/General Election which would cause a No Deal Brexit to happen... |
No point of order required- the whole point of trying to reassure Corbyn is that they need his votes to call an election.
And the reason why the Commons might vote for an election is that it dangles the possibility of a Labour government being in post before the end of October.
Tony Blair is right, of course, it’s a bear trap. But it’s one Corbyn’s messiah complex might just oblige him to fall into.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Credit where it's due, that's quite a cunning move from his constituency party. I wonder if other constituency parties will follow suit?
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Reselection planning in Hammond’s constituency has been in the planning for a little while now. It’s not quite the ringing endorsement it appears by the way; they contrived to get it rubber stamped by a sub committee rather than the whole local party. Someone down there seems to have wanted to avoid a scene. There might even be those who would be happy to see his selection overridden by central office.