Brexit Betrayal

[BlasterBates]

Brexit betrayal

[darmstadt]

Ha ha...

[BrilloPad]

Excellent!

[jamesbrown]

Or Parliament operating normally?

Anyway, as with most things Brexit, its achievement seems very much secondary to the furore created. It's a "meaningful"* vote in the sense that Parliament still gets to reject a draft deal and precipitate an election, but it's not within the competence of Parliament to change an international treaty, because treaties are negotiated between governments. They're either accepted or not accepted by national parliaments.










(*Not meaningful)

[meridian]

The bit about "talks progressing to trade tomorrow" is concerning.

Wonder what the headlines are going to be when the Express realises that Phase 2 is about a framework for trade talks, and not actually trade talks?

[DaveB]

Brexit betrayal

Can do better than that



Yes, I think they probably are.

[meridian]

Better version:

[BrilloPad]

The bit about "talks progressing to trade tomorrow" is concerning.

Wonder what the headlines are going to be when the Express realises that Phase 2 is about a framework for trade talks, and not actually trade talks?

Wonder what the EU will do when they find that what the UK has agreed to so far is just intent.

[northernladyuk]

How dare parliament assert its sovereignty in open rebellion against Jacob Rees Mogg's hedge fund class! Brexit means Brexit!

[meridian]

Brexit Betrayal

Wonder what the EU will do when they find that what the UK has agreed to so far is just intent.

That question's already been answered - the EU are insisting that the "intent" is formalised legally as soon as possible into the withdrawal agreement.

That's only the overt reaction though. The main impact will be less visible, the EU won't trust the UK to do what it has agreed, so you can expect a large wad of cash to leave HM Treasury to the EU before any trade deals are discussed.