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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47547887:
Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs[*] by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit.
MPs voted down the prime minister's deal by 149 - a smaller margin than when they rejected it in January.
Mrs May said MPs will now get a vote on whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal and, if that fails, on whether Brexit should be delayed.
She said Tory MPs will get a free vote on a no-deal Brexit.
That means they can vote with their conscience rather than following the orders of party managers - an unusual move for a vote on a major policy, with Labour saying it showed she had "given up any pretence of leading the country".
The PM had made a last minute plea to MPs to back her deal after she had secured legal assurances on the Irish backstop from the EU.
But although she managed to convince about 40 Tory MPs to change their mind, it was not nearly enough to overturn the historic 230 vote defeat she suffered in January, throwing her Brexit strategy into fresh disarray.
[*] MP: Member of Parliament; PM: Prime Minister
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday March 14 2019, @03:35AM (4 children)
I don't know. I think Black Mirror [wikipedia.org] was a bit closer.
Heh. Heh. Heh.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 14 2019, @08:33PM (3 children)
If you are referencing Black Mirror, surly The Waldo Moment [wikipedia.org] is more appropriate.
National Anthem is a commentary on entertainment consumption, priorities of society, and similar.
The Waldo Moment is talking about hate, distrust, misinformation and similar can undermine democracies.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday March 14 2019, @08:54PM (2 children)
If you say so. I only watched the first episode.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by DeVilla on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:26AM (1 child)
I haven't seen it yet, but I've had a friend who recommended it tell me not to hold the first episode against it. Said something about a pig.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:47AM
My sister in-law recommended the series to me, without any caveats. So I got my hands on (which seemed reasonable) the first episode of the series and watched it. When I asked my sister-in-law about it, she chuckled nervously and said that the first episode wasn't necessarily representative.
Honestly, it wasn't terrible. It was, however, pretty silly and more of a parody of political responses to the immediacy of social media, rather than any sort of prurient interest in human/porcine relations.
I haven't watched any more of the series yet, but I thought it apropos (and more current), in the context of the discussion, to bring up, especially given GP's reference to "Yes, Minister."
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr