EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

lol

7 hours for that?

What. The. Fuck?

We can't decide without fucking our party, please can you help Jeremy?
Tragic.

wtff lol

The start of trying to shift the blame onto the opposition.

"My deal, but Parliament gets to vote on what it means." Which Parliament can't do, because that's something her government has already agreed with the EU.

Right, so the guy who's pushing a brexit that crosses every one of your red lines,now needs to sit down with you, to work out how to back your deal...once he does, you're gonna resign and leave him to scrap with some mouth breathing ERG nutcase your party of frothing gammons is gagging to elect... This should go well.

It's almost hilarious. Look forward to hearing reports from the meeting.

The sheer side it takes to stand up and spout this utter drivel.

The meeting obviously got nowhere and that was the lowest common denominator that she could announce.

It is delusional. Farcical. Insulting.

Macron must be relishing his chance to say non. As well he should.

Like some fucking chancer winning your eBay auction and then asking you to knock a hundred quid off.

100% true. Proper weasel words.

The meeting obviously got nowhere

Can't imagine why, with that brain trust.

The start

Hasn't the whole thing has been about blame shifting, while trying to maintain the façade aof being in control?

On both sides of the aisle, that is

Wow lol a new low

How is she proposing to ask for an extension when the MEP elections are looming??? She'd have to reach a compromise with Corbyn and pass the WA within a couple of days (lol)

The WA would need to be passed but it's the Political Declaration (which is the basis of the future relationship with the EU) that she's hinting she'll be flexible with. And the PD is just a rough outline at the moment anyway, it was due to be made into a proper agreement during the transition period.

However, some of May's red lines (ending FOM, citizens rights, etc) are in the WA and May says they are not up for discussion. That's a significant impasse for Labour.

Then again, I can see Corbyn getting a lot softer Brexit in return for agreeing to push May's WA through. A soft Brexit would seriously annoy the ERG.

Fuck knows. Glad I'm on holiday next week.

However, some of May's red lines (ending FOM, citizens rights, etc) are in the WA and May says they are not up for discussion. That's a significant impasse for Labour.

Didn't Labour also commit to end FOM. Citizen's rights wouldn't be a huge compromise.

Democracy is dead

Majority of the cabinet wanted no deal. Duck me these guys need to go.

Statement from JRM:

This approach to government is an unsuccessful one and it also lacks democratic legitimacy. People did not vote for a Corbyn-May coalition government – they voted for a Conservative government, which became a confidence and supply with the DUP.

This is a deeply unsatisfactory approach. It’s not in the interests of the country, it fails to deliver on the referendum result and history doesn’t bode well for it.

His disappointment should bring all of us joy.

Corbyn said he's "very happy" to meet May.

I can't see how the biggest two parties working together is less democratically legitimate than the biggest + one small one. It doesn't make any sense. But then what should I expect from mogg...

Yeah he's having a tantrum because he thinks we're getting a soft Brexit. He even mentions the DUP coalition in the following sentence, some real mental gymnastics required to justify one and not the other

Corbyn would be accepting a little sip from the poisoned chalice if he actually engages with this process - I can't really see it working in his favour in the long term... let's see what happens

Corbyn would be accepting a little sip from the poisoned chalice if he actually engages with this process

Nah it’s a total get out of jail free card for him. Now that parliament have shown they can’t sort this shit show he Takes one for the team, for the members and the good of the nation, gets Brexy dealt with then stands a better chance of election when that happens by looking less allotmenty and more pragmatic and not elected in to a Brexit horror show

Do they have a Mortal Kombat finishing moves?