Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by bencollier49 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:54PM
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There are now a fairly large number of MPs who are no longer aligned to the policies of their party, or who have moved party. An election should shake all of that out.
This, combined with the speaker's constitutional innovations have led to a situation where we have a government which can't govern. Again, an election should sort this (and may allow the removal of an activist speaker as well).
And yes, it will be about voting for a party which matches your preferred strategy. Tory = no deal. Libs = remain. Labour = ??? + radical socialism.
Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by thecosas on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:48PM
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I believe the idea here is that people would vote for MPs who are for/against Brexit rather than voting directly for/against Brexit themselves.
Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by RafiqM on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @07:10PM
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The recent election was an internal party election, similar to the Republican or Democratic National Congress. This is because in a general election in the UK, the Prime Minister is not directly elected by the people - they vote for a party, and the leader of that party can change at any time, which is what happened when Theresa May stepped down.
Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by SiempreViernes on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:51PM
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There was one over who should carry out the negotiations, the result of which was that the tories lost most of their advantage.
There hasn’t been any election that is close to being about the actual leave conditions, on account of the only concrete deal being written down in spring this year.
Re:No-deal Brexit opponents defeat government
by anigbrowl on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:50PM
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In parliamentary democracies there aren't any formal barriers to having elections as often as people feel like it. It's unusual but far from unheard of for countries to have several in a year during difficult times.
I assume it’s Wait for Deal Brexit or Doing It Now Brexit, ya?