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  • Paddy
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    “People are already saying it is like the last days of Rome and it cannot go on like this.“

    When Rome burnt, Nero played the fiddle. When Parliament burnt, MPs fiddled their expenses.

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  • Old Greg
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    “People are already saying it is like the last days of Rome and it cannot go on like this.“

    More like the 1940 Norway political crisis in the UK.

    Oh, and Brexit 2nd eu referendum Betting Odds | Politics | Oddschecker

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  • AtW
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    “People are already saying it is like the last days of Rome and it cannot go on like this.“

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  • AtW
    started a topic Cabinet splits over second referendum on Brexit deal

    Cabinet splits over second referendum on Brexit deal

    May’s plan heading for huge defeat as senior Tory suggests second referendum could be ‘PM’s only chance’

    A deep cabinet split has opened up over whether Theresa May should back a second referendum in a final attempt to end the political deadlock over Brexit, as senior Conservatives predicted on Saturday night that her blueprint for leaving the EU was heading for a crushing House of Commons defeat.

    Adding to a mounting sense of constitutional crisis ahead of Tuesday’s crucial parliamentary vote, No 10 is braced for more resignations of ministers and aides who want another referendum, or who believe May’s deal fails to deliver on Brexit. Will Quince, the Colchester MP and aide to the defence secretary Gavin Williamson, quit his post on Saturday night in protest at the Brexit deal.

    Cabinet ministers have told the Observer that attempts to convince May to delay the vote to avoid one of the largest and most humiliating defeats in recent parliamentary history had not been heeded. This was despite what they saw as a clear danger that such a result could provoke a leadership challenge and split the party irrevocably. Some cabinet ministers now believe that May is so wedded to her Brexit deal that her only method of gaining approval will be through another referendum – and that the arguments for a second vote are emerging as stronger than those for a soft Brexit. The prime minister has so far refused to entertain any idea of a second public vote.

    One cabinet source said it might prove to be the only way of saving May’s deal and her reputation. “She is so committed to her deal, and a second referendum could now be the only way of getting it. The polls have been remarkably stable for a while, but there does seem to be some kind of movement [to Remain], and that could well develop in the coming days and weeks.”

    Another senior Tory backing a second referendum said: “There are people in the cabinet who back a second referendum, but they are riding several horses so they don’t have to quit.”

    Cabinet splits over second referendum on Brexit deal | Politics | The Guardian

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