EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Dammit in reply to @aggi

I'm not fully convinced by your analysis, plenty of people anticipated that Johnson would be willing to sacrifice NI to get some kind of deal.

However, regardless of that, do you not think that the ERG is marginalised enough that an extension could be pushed through by the Tories if it was deemed necessary. That hefty majority should mean that this kind of thing is a bit easier.

There isn't an election coming up any time soon so they can get away with pissing off some Brexit voters (and let's be honest, failing on his previous pledges to leave had no impact at the ballot box).

What is the membership of the ERG, and how many of the new intake of MP's are RWNJ?

The tories have been split by Europe for what, the last 30 years - bring the transition extension into focus and they'll split on it again I reckon.

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aggi in reply to @Dammit

I don't reckon that 80+ of the MPs are so extreme ERG that they'd rather force another election than agree to an extension of the transition.

Although I don't reckon there'll be an extension to the transition. I think we'll end up with some bodged deal on goods.

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hugo7 in reply to @aggi

so extreme ERG that they'd rather...

Given the previous weak government its hard to say how many of the ERG were loonies and how many were exercising the power they had in pursuit of their aims.

They're no longer in a position to hold a gun to anyone's head.

As for BJ. He's perfectly capable of saying black is white and the Tory rags have shown they're willing to give his lies credibility.

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