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We could have two referendums. As it happens, it might make more sense to have the second referendum after the renegotiation is completed.
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– Jacob Rees-Mogg, 24 October 2011.
 
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Excellent politicking, aimed squarely at the most anti-British country in the EU... :laugh:
 
ToxicBunny said:
Do Jacob honestly think the UK has Veto powers in the EU?
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Over some policy areas, there are indeed vetoes although there are some dangerous moves afoot to take that away, including over taxation policy, which would be political dynamite.
 
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ToxicBunny said:
Hmmm seems like it might not be a veto so much as universal majority... so all states have "vetoes" over those areas.
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Yes, correct. Unanimous agreement, but in effect it's a veto, and many smaller EU states are understandably quite protective of the status quo.
 
Alan said:
So fitting really...


https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-47548406
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Though she was balanced out by Conservative MP Chris Davies who was found guilty of fraud last month and is currently awaiting sentencing.

In January 2019 police passed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).[13][16] On 21 February 2019, the CPS announced that Davies had been charged with two counts of making a false instrument (forgery) and one count of providing false or misleading information for allowance claims.[17] He pleaded guilty to two charges on 22 March 2019 and will be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court at a later date.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Davies_(Conservative_politician)#Expenses_fraud
 
buka001 said:
I am confused. I thought the UK had no influence over EU legislation, hence the need for Brexit?
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blocking, or rather attempting to block, is some piss poor influence for a top 3 economy in the EU

Germany is the only country with influence, the rest are just along for the ride while they get to gnash their teeth occasionally, take the migrant quotas as a recent example ...
 
Dave said:
Though she was balanced out by Conservative MP Chris Davies who was found guilty of fraud last month and is currently awaiting sentencing.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Davies_(Conservative_politician)#Expenses_fraud
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Odd that Alan quotes something that isn't in the article he posted, but has pearl-clutching huffing like this "...the singular soul whose vote overturned the will of 17.4 million people".

Odd how she did this all by her lonesome, and not every other MP that also voted it down, including the arch-Brexiteers in the ERG. Apparently they also voted to "overturn the will of 17.4 million people".

Oh, the humanity!
 
OrbitalDawn said:
Odd that Alan quotes something that isn't in the article he posted, but has pearl-clutching huffing like this "...the singular soul whose vote overturned the will of 17.4 million people".

Odd how she did this all by her lonesome, and not every other MP that also voted it down, including the arch-Brexiteers in the ERG. Apparently they also voted to "overturn the will of 17.4 million people".

Oh, the humanity!
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Good catch, a quick google shows the quote he posted comes from an op-ed piece in the Torygraph.

I wonder why he didn’t post the correct link? Maybe he didn’t want to admit to reading the Telegraph ;)
 
Chris_the_Brit said:
Haha Brexit peers in the House of Lords are filibustering the constitutional vandalism of the Cooper Bill. :laugh:

Pro-EU Lords are fuming.
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Remember me telling you not to get so excited?

Theresa May is being forced to ask the EU to delay Brexit and avoid a no-deal divorce on Friday, after a change in the law was rushed through Parliament.

The cross-party proposal was raced through the Commons in a single day last week and has completed its journey through the Lords this evening.

They also changed the text of the so-called "Cooper Bill" to say Mrs May cannot ask for a date before 22 May.
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https://news.sky.com/story/no-brexit-compromise-deal-yet-as-jeremy-corbyn-tackles-pm-11688123
 
Looks like the Tories surrendered to a long extension even before the Cooper Bill went through its final stages.

“We will be contesting the European Elections on 23rd May 2019”, CCHQ writes to Tory candidates

ConservativeHome can exclusively reveal that, in a letter to candidates sent this afternoon, the Conservative Party has conceded that “we will be contesting the European Elections on 23rd May 2019”.

Inviting applications to stand in the elections, Gareth Fox, CCHQ’s Director of Candidates, requests CVs “by no later than 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday 9 April 2019)”, in order to select candidates in time for the 24th April deadline for formal nominations.

The prospect raises several practical questions – how many candidates will apply for a race which was never meant to happen, and which the government still hopes to cancel; how candidates will be selected democratically in a short space of time; whether the Party has the money to fight such elections; and, if it does, what proportion of the heavily Leave-supporting membership base will actually campaign in them.
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https://www.conservativehome.com/pa...-may-2019-cchq-writes-to-tory-candidates.html
 
The EU Wants The UK To Approve The Brexit Deal This Week Or Face A Long Delay

The EU’s remaining 27 member states will consider two proposals this week for delaying Brexit that would require the UK to either pass a withdrawal deal by this Friday or face a long extension with strict conditions attached to ensure Britain doesn’t disrupt the bloc’s working.

A memo seen by BuzzFeed News sets out the bloc’s current thinking and draft terms to extend Article 50 — the framework that sets out the two-year process for the UK’s departure from the EU that was due to end last month — ahead of Wednesday’s European Council summit of EU leaders.
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