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Brexit Status Once Again in Limbo

posted by martyb on Wednesday December 12 2018, @12:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the Third-Verse-Same-As-The-First dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46509288

"Prime Minister Theresa May has called off Tuesday's crucial vote on her Brexit deal so she can go back to Brussels and ask for changes to it.

"As it stands the deal 'would be rejected by a significant margin' if MPs voted on it, she admitted."

The biggest stumbling block appears to be the issue between Ireland and Northern Ireland. In particular, what the borders will look like in terms of what people and goods will need to do or not do in order to cross it.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @03:30PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @03:30PM (#773477)

    The common market was about trade, the EU that followed it is grabbing for political power. Brexiteers, stand strong. Perhaps it will make the other people wake up and wrest the EU away from the appointed, third rate politicians in the Commission.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @05:58PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @05:58PM (#773562)

    It was always about political union. The economic union was meant as as a means to that end.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:40PM (3 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:40PM (#773741) Journal

      It was always about political union. The economic union was meant as as a means to that end.

      By who?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:12PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:12PM (#773760)

        By... (you ready?)... UK, which thought they'll be able to govern the entire Europe instead of a couple of islands.

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:26PM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:26PM (#773771) Journal
          I'm not buying it. But then again, you didn't really want that economy anyway.

      • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Thursday December 13 2018, @05:16PM

        by fritsd (4586) on Thursday December 13 2018, @05:16PM (#774023) Journal

        By some very, very clever but not very famous people such as Robert Schuman [wikipedia.org], Jean Monnet [wikipedia.org], Altiero Spinelli [wikipedia.org], Paul-Henri Spaak [wikipedia.org], Konrad Adenauer [wikipedia.org] and Sicco Mansholt. (OK, Adenauer was famous of course)