UK General Discussion: 2017 and onwards, Mayhem

[Dereich]

If the vote fails, what options remain?  Delay or No Deal?  Is May out?  Do we get a general election?

I don't think this failure will absolutely preclude anything; I assume May will try to go tweak the deal. Delay would need the EU to agree, so its unlikely. And if the May deal failing would force a general election there wouldn't be quite so many Tories voting against it.

[Dereich]

U.K. Parliament Votes to Reject No-Deal Brexit

Parliament votes 312 to 308 in favor of so-called Spelman amendment, which rejects a no-deal Brexit in clearer terms than Prime Minister Theresa May’s own motion which represents a loss for the PM.

Parliament only voted to adopt the amendment over the government's version by 4 votes. The actual vote on the motion was 321-278 in favor of rejecting no deal.

[Dereich]

Theresa May says that Parliament needs to pass a Brexit deal until next Wednesday, otherwise she's gonna seek a Article 50 extension till June 30 which means that the United Kingdom would have to participate in the European Parliament election on May 26.

I doubt she'd be able to get an extension until June 30. Maybe May 25, but no later unless she revokes the Article 50 invocation thereby resetting the clock to two years.

I'd think that revoking article 50 just to re-invoke it for more time wouldn't qualify as an "unequivocal and unconditional decision to revoke" like the ECJ stated it would have to be. Wouldn't they just decide that it was just an attempt to game the system and deny Britain another 2 years?

Even if they didn't, I'd assume that such gamesmanship would make the EU even less inclined than it already is to negotiate anything favorable for Britain.

[Dereich]

https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1105932337202774018

Maybe May is right to schedule another "meaningful vote."