Jan 14, 2019 09:26 PM
This is the only the end of the beginning of our Brexit civil war
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...heresa-may
EXCERPT: Let no one think it will soon be over. This is only the end of the beginning, in a Brexit civil war that will last a generation. There is no end in sight, no healing in prospect, no solution to hand, whatever the outcome of myriad votes. Just get on with it, MPs find constituents complaining. They are “sick of the sight and sound” of Brexit, warned the Mail on Sunday leader, without moving an inch on its own support for Theresa May’s deal. Few do budge. So listen to no one who claims their particular answer will bring some miraculous national “closure”. None will. Better then to ignore snake-oil political “remedies”.
Start with no deal, the most lethal ending, described as “national suicide” by Dominic Grieve. No need to rehearse the irrefutable reasons why crashing out would be a crippling economic blow and turn us into a pariah state. But note how devil-may-care David Davis would wantonly renege on certified EU debts with a blithe “We will keep the £39bn and spend it as we see fit”. Writing in the Sunday Times, he added: “Now is the time for the UK to call the shots.” No-dealer Dominic Raab tells May in the Telegraph to “send a clear message to Brussels that the UK will not be bullied”. His breezy talk of trading on WTO rules never reveals the killer terms they would entail.
The bright side of no deal would be revenge on the Raabs: the dire consequences would serve these idiots right and make them eat their words amid the mayhem....
MORE: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...heresa-may
May warns Brexit deal opponents risk 'letting British people down'
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/380...eople-down
INTRO: British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned opponents of her deal to leave the European Union they risk "letting the British people down", a day before a crucial vote in parliament. She urged critics to give the Brexit deal "a second look", insisting new assurances on the Irish border had legal force. She said the history books would judge if MPs delivered on Brexit while safeguarding the economy and security.
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the PM had "completely and utterly failed". MPs will vote on the terms of the UK's withdrawal from the EU and declaration on future relations on Tuesday evening...
MORE: https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/380...eople-down
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...heresa-may
EXCERPT: Let no one think it will soon be over. This is only the end of the beginning, in a Brexit civil war that will last a generation. There is no end in sight, no healing in prospect, no solution to hand, whatever the outcome of myriad votes. Just get on with it, MPs find constituents complaining. They are “sick of the sight and sound” of Brexit, warned the Mail on Sunday leader, without moving an inch on its own support for Theresa May’s deal. Few do budge. So listen to no one who claims their particular answer will bring some miraculous national “closure”. None will. Better then to ignore snake-oil political “remedies”.
Start with no deal, the most lethal ending, described as “national suicide” by Dominic Grieve. No need to rehearse the irrefutable reasons why crashing out would be a crippling economic blow and turn us into a pariah state. But note how devil-may-care David Davis would wantonly renege on certified EU debts with a blithe “We will keep the £39bn and spend it as we see fit”. Writing in the Sunday Times, he added: “Now is the time for the UK to call the shots.” No-dealer Dominic Raab tells May in the Telegraph to “send a clear message to Brussels that the UK will not be bullied”. His breezy talk of trading on WTO rules never reveals the killer terms they would entail.
The bright side of no deal would be revenge on the Raabs: the dire consequences would serve these idiots right and make them eat their words amid the mayhem....
MORE: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...heresa-may
May warns Brexit deal opponents risk 'letting British people down'
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/380...eople-down
INTRO: British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned opponents of her deal to leave the European Union they risk "letting the British people down", a day before a crucial vote in parliament. She urged critics to give the Brexit deal "a second look", insisting new assurances on the Irish border had legal force. She said the history books would judge if MPs delivered on Brexit while safeguarding the economy and security.
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the PM had "completely and utterly failed". MPs will vote on the terms of the UK's withdrawal from the EU and declaration on future relations on Tuesday evening...
MORE: https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/380...eople-down