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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by pron on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:18PM (#18917119)
> a "no deal" outcome, which is clearly bad, is still the best thing brexiters can actually deliver

I don't see the logic here. The deal (let's call it D), is clearly worse than staying in the EU (let's call that option E). From that relation D < E it does not follow that no-deal (N) is better than a deal, i.e. D < N. It may well be that N < D < E. So I don't see how no-deal is the "best the brexiteers can delliver."

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by Kudos on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @07:45PM (#18917278)
They said "can actually deliver", not "could technically possibly deliver".
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by pron on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:16AM (#18921487)
They could have actually delivered the deal had they voted in favour -- and it would have been better than no-deal -- but many leavers voted against.
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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by mr_toad on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @10:11PM (#18917956)
Because they can’t agree on D. So they end up with N.

Worse, some of them seem to be deluded into thinking they can get some sort of D+ or D* or D’, even though the EU has made it clear they will not renegotiate.

I believe one MP likened that scenario to the likelihood of Scarlet Johansen riding in on a unicorn.

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Re:Brexit Deal Fails in Parliament by int_19h on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @08:46PM (#18917598)
It's the best deal they can deliever that's still meaningfully a Brexit (i.e. it achieves other political goals that were the reason for it in the first place).
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