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British Parliament Rejects (Only) Brexit Plan

posted by takyon on Wednesday January 16 2019, @05:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the Why-Not-Re-Referendum? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Brexit vote: What just happened and what comes next?

With only approximately two more months before a default no-deal "hard Brexit," the British Parliament has decisively rejected Prime Minister May's proposed plan for leaving the European Union.

There is a no confidence vote in works which, if successful, will dissolve the government and force another general election.

See also: Live: Latest as MPs debate no confidence vote

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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday January 17 2019, @05:11PM (1 child)

    by acid andy (1683) on Thursday January 17 2019, @05:11PM (#787938) Homepage Journal

    Instead we should focus more on designing a system that makes sure good people end up at the top and limit the power that such top-people/systems have.

    Great, but how do we do that? What chance is there of that ever being achieved for the EU? Democracy is the only system I know of that can reliably prevent tyranny. You talk about limiting power but it seems to me that the power wielded by those in charge of the EU and the economic / trade organizations that preceded it have tended to increase over time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @04:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 18 2019, @04:49AM (#788143)

    Well, I want decentralised power. My state should only be concerned with criminal law and infrastructure. The rest should be handled by my local municipal government. Of course the line is not as clear, but decentralisation of power. Plurality. Diversity. Please decentralise.