Thread: PM Boris forms a government
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Old 04-09-2019, 09:31   #1762
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Re: PM Boris forms a government
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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
With this though....

I am a Remainer and I wanted May's Deal to pass. It wasn't perfect at all and much of it left me unhappy. It wasn't EEA for example.

But it wasn't No Deal. It gave us a two year period to get something else in place, and we'll eventually have to deal with the EU first anyway, and it gave some degree of confidence to the country. It helps us move on a bit too.

I hope Boris Johnson gets some, even cosmetic, details on the backstop that gets the deal though.
That's right, and it was on the basis that after those two years we would have a trade deal more to our liking that I supported it - until the backstop reared it's ugly head as the 'solution' to a manufactured problem.

I am not too concerned about the opposition getting a law through to ban a no deal because I fully expect Boris to be able to win the election with a comfortable majority. He is a popular politician and will win over a significant number of voters who would not have voted for the last two Tory leaders.

Assuming he does get in with a workable majority and no turncoats in his number, he will be able to withdraw the 'no to no deal' legislation with his new found majority.
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