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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:37PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:37PM (#787624)

    I've often thought that the Queen of Great Britain should sell Northern Ireland back to Ireland for one gold coin. The rest of Great Britain could walk away from the whole mess, and whatever happens in Ireland happens (hopefully good things; I wish no one in either place ill will). Sure, that would be not nice to those in Northern Ireland, but when did the rest of Britain ever give a damn about the Irish?

    Of course, I've also often thought I'd love to see the Queen march into Parliament at the head of a squad of whichever military units would be appropriate, declare that Parliament was dissolved, and further that the current MPs were to be hogtied, dragged off to the Tower, and have their heads lopped off.

    None of this will ever happen. What a pampered uselessness being Queen must be, to have power and be afraid to use any of it.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:44PM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:44PM (#787658) Journal

    Power? Hmm.. King Charles tried that.. Helped start a civil war. Now they have a ceremony [wikipedia.org] that exists because he didn't like some MPs [wikipedia.org] and wanted to "deal" with them..

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    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday January 18 2019, @04:27PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Friday January 18 2019, @04:27PM (#788285)

    NI is not in a great place economically right now, and is only surviving because of welfare from Great Britain. The Republic would not be in a position to support the state of affairs in NI and the place would deteriorate greatly (unless EU supports them...). Right now, the lads in the Republic would not be in favour of a unified country.