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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: 2) by rleigh on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:09AM (1 child)

    by rleigh (4887) on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:09AM (#773923) Homepage

    This is wrong. Most people *don't* work for large companies. The vast majority of workers in the country are, and always have been, sole traders and small businesses. This has become even more true with zero-hours contracts and "gig" jobs, where contractors are the norm.

    The misplaced prioritisation of "big" businesses over everyone else is one of the travesties of our time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:53AM (#773930)

    Most people *don't* work for large companies. [..] This has become even more true with zero-hours contracts and "gig" jobs, where contractors are the norm.

    This is laughable, and only true on paper. The gig economy is all about low-income people working multinational corporations, receiving peanuts for salary and even less job security.

    I agree that the misplaced prioritisation of "big" businesses is a travesty, but the gig economy is a part of that, not the solution.