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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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British Parliament Rejects (Only) Brexit Plan
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Wow! Look!! A stray meatball!! Let's interview it!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Thursday January 17 2019, @12:17PM (5 children)
> The main advantage of Brexit is that we will starve until people come to there senses. Not great in my opinion.
If (nodeal) brexit is as bad as predicted, we'll be rejoining the EU in 2022, with a LibDem/Green landslide with EU membership as a manifesto commitment. This will allow us to benefit from Schengen too
That's based on
1) The population has already changed it's mind and no longer wants to leave, which is why quitters don't want a "are you want to continue"
2) People starving will be the old and poor, who were more likely to vote brexit, they won't be able to vote when they've died
3) Rationing will be tiresome by then
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday January 17 2019, @07:10PM (3 children)
By "we" you might mean just England and Wales. By then Northern Ireland could have made its escape from the disaster by reunifying with the Republic (and hence rejoining the EU) and Scotland may be independent and in the process of joining the EU as a sovereign state. I'm sure the EU would assist financially with Irish Reunification.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday January 17 2019, @07:58PM (2 children)
Northern Ireland likely doesn't want to reunify, but in any case even if it did on the whole, a large number (those that voted DUP for instance) certainly don't, and that's not a good thing to be happening.
The Good Friday agreement was an amazing pan-spectrum solution to the problem. Sadly Theresa May is determined to throw that away for political gain, and will hopefully get her comeuppance in the Hague fairly soon.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday January 17 2019, @08:48PM (1 child)
The last time I spoke to people from Northern Ireland they were far more open to the idea of reunification now as a result of the Brexit farce. BBC Newsnight also traveled across Northern Ireland and spoke to many people. The hard-core DUP types are a very small minority now. Things have moved on.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 3, Insightful) by isostatic on Friday January 18 2019, @12:12AM
It’s possible. If brexit occurs the sensible thing would be to have a referendum for independence in Scotland and test the waters on one for unification in NI.
In Scotland especially the facts have changed since 2014, a major reason for the no vote was the uncertainty of remaining part of the EU
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Thursday January 17 2019, @07:15PM
But will the UK still meet the economic criteria for joining the EU?
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.