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May loses big time in Brexit vote

 
Chrissy 2019-01-15 15:02:00 

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UK PM Theresa May loses MPs’ #BrexitVote on her deal by 432 votes to 202 - the biggest government defeat since 1924

 
birdseye 2019-01-15 15:08:54 

In reply to Chrissy

We are in unchartered existence ---- this Russian meddling – this guy Putin not only got Trump balls in a vice – he has nurtured Theresa --- she can’t reproduce and trump can’t get free ---- that’s a hell of a conundrum for both ----- Kremlin certainly on a roll

 
Chrissy 2019-01-15 15:31:42 

In reply to birdseye

Yep - she has a simple solution - dissolve Parliament call an election and have a second referendum. We all know the first one was as rigged as the US elections.

Some of us Caribbean folks know more about elections rigged by outsiders than many folks.

 
mikesiva 2019-01-15 15:45:20 

In reply to Chrissy

We in the UK are living under a lame duck government that doesn't have enough support in the House to pass meaningful legislation.

So, what happens next? Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a vote of no confidence in the government.

However, the 118 Tory MPs who voted against her today will probably turn coat and vote for her tomorrow, keeping her in power. All because the Tories are running scared from the prospect of a General Election they know they'll lose....

By the way, Dionne Jackson-Miller will be having a discussion on "Beyond The Headlines" this evening on RJR on the Brexit vote.

 
Khaga 2019-01-15 15:49:38 

In reply to mikesiva

Time to relocate to the sovereign Republic of Jamaica.

 
Chrissy 2019-01-15 15:50:51 

In reply to mikesiva

Brexit will fail eventually.
Corbyn needs to call for a second referendum. May needs to dissolve Parliament and call an election.

 
mikesiva 2019-01-15 16:05:57 

In reply to Chrissy

'Labour Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey says if the government survives tomorrow's no confidence vote, "all options will be on the table", including the possibility of another referendum.'

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carl0002 2019-01-15 16:22:48 

In reply to mikesiva
But they recently had a no confidence vote. How can they have another so quickly?

 
mikesiva 2019-01-15 16:33:40 

In reply to carl0002

The Tory party previously had a no confidence vote in Theresa May as party leader. Over 100 Tory MPs voted against her, probably the same ones who voted against her today. Is she had lost that, then a new party leader would've been chosen from within the Tory party. But she survived that....

However, this no confidence motion is filed in the House of Commons by the Labour Party. If May loses this vote, a general election becomes inevitable.

I predict that the 100+ Tory MPs who had no confidence in her as party leader will miraculously have confidence in her as PM!
big grin