• I still think Johnson's goal is to get an election before Brexit day, and cast his administration as The People vs a varying cast of remoaners, metropolitan liberal elites, globalists etc etc, and count on Labour backing a Labour Brexit whilst the rest of the parties are revoke, thus splitting any voting block that might stop him.

  • Yes. Though Labour have now said pretty unequivocally that they are for 2nd ref with remain vs whatever deal is available.
    If no-deal is legally blocked it will be interesting to see where the rabid brexiters go. Hopefully many go back to BXP so that Johnson doesn't get a majority, but there's a danger he's said enough on no-deal to keep them onside. It's going to be horrible. Again.

  • Interesting.

    I figured his goal was to remove internal obstacles to realising Brexit - be this vetoing a bad deal he brings back or the freedom of no deal.

    Personally I think now is a good time to call an election as they currently have no majority, so it's almost a case of "what's the worst...etc...". Yes he'd loose his job, but if ever there was a time to go all-in, it's now.

    Obviously there is a chance they come out with the same split or an insignificant majority. But Corbyn has worked so hard to throw away all his political capital and momentum, it seems hard to image they wouldn't at least get back to the heady days of a poultry Cameron majority.

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