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Britain
Brexit in chaos after parliament defeats Johnson’s ratification timetable
2019-10-23
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Britannia’s departure from the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union was thrown into chaos on Tuesday after parliament rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson
...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....
’s extremely tight timetable for ratifying his exit deal.

Ahead of the vote, Johnson had warned parliament that if it defeated him on the timetable and forced a delay until January then he would abandon his attempt to ratify the deal and push for an election instead under the slogan of "Get Brexit Done."

Johnson was on Saturday forced by opponents into the humiliation of asking the EU for a delay beyond Oct. 31 that he had vowed he would never seek. The European Council president Donald Tusk said he is taking the request seriously.

Lawmakers voted 322 to 308 against the so-called Programme Motion which set out a three-day schedule to rush his deal through the House of Commons.

Earlier, politicians voted 329 to 299 in favour of the second reading of his 115-page Withdrawal Agreement Bill, a significant boost for Johnson just five days after he struck a last-minute deal with the EU.

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Posted by:Fred

#10  Never? I'm not so sure. Especially if/when/eventually Britain goes, I would expect to see a preference cascade for leaving. A number of the lesser EU states seem a bit upset over the migration thing, the ones with the large populations that keep getting smeared as right-wing populists.

If not actual leaving, expect a re-negotiation of terms.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-23 21:18  

#9  Never
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-23 20:48  

#8  When Hungary, Poland, et al do the same?
Posted by: Frank G   2019-10-23 20:38  

#7  Good luck with that. Europe will cope with it.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-23 19:04  

#6  WTO exit trade without any special favours for the EUSSR
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-10-23 17:55  

#5  At this point I say screw it. Do a hard exit and work for the future.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-10-23 15:36  

#4  Because Europe doesn't want to be responsible for a No Deal Brexit and the chaos it would bring.

Sort it out yourself.
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-23 15:16  

#3  Why did Tusk agree to an extension then?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-10-23 14:52  

#2  Europe has accepted that you go. Have you?
Posted by: European Conservative   2019-10-23 11:27  

#1  People always complain that Dems & Co are acting crazy about Trump - IMO, they're only crazy if there's a difference between Americans and EUropeans.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-10-23 02:19  

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