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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: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:22PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:22PM (#773730)

    All the EU regulations the Brexit wankers whine on about are regulations the UK helped create, as a member of the EU.

    The people don't appoint the Commission or the Council. Councilors are not accountable to their people and Commissioners are not accountable at all. Nice try though.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:51PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @10:51PM (#773747)

    Until ratified by the EU parliament, no council or commission shit become normative.
    And then, each country in EU need to create their own laws, which in no small number of times many country parliaments refused.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:48PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 12 2018, @11:48PM (#773785)

      *sigh*

      'EU civil servants are immune from legal proceedings in respect of acts performed by them in their official capacity, including their words spoken or written. They shall continue to enjoy this immunity after they have ceased to hold office' -- Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities, 8 April 1965

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday December 13 2018, @12:12AM (1 child)

        by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday December 13 2018, @12:12AM (#773791)

        How does that make them unaccountable?

        That's just parliamentary privilege. Every civilised country has that for their elected people, the EU have extended it to their civil servants.

        Let's not go full retard by pretending it protects them from every aspect of their lives, OK?

        In the US you guys have full immunity for anybody who can buy it, so it's not that different really.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @10:35AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @10:35AM (#773935)

          How does that make them unaccountable?

          The executive is not elected by the people, it is not answerable to the people and yet they are immune from prosecution. This makes them unaccountable. We are communicating in a language called "English" and there's no ambiguity in the meaning of the word unaccountable in the present context.

          That's just parliamentary privilege. Every civilised country has that for their elected people,

          When are the public elections for the EU council and commission held then?

          Let's not go full retard

          Speak for yourself!