US, Canada, Japan, China etc etc.

Well it's true though isn't it.. the October 31st deadline is purely a strategic movement for a general election. This is an absolutely monumental descision and giving people a few days and no economic risk assessment is just f***ing ridiculous. These people don't care about anyone that is voting for them. Basically pushing something through which is going to make us all poorer. Honestly, the naivety in some people is ridiculous. Their lives will be no different on November 1st regardless of what happens, there's no going to be a magic money tree which grows.

Macron said to be unhappy with Tusks proposal. Key word there being unhappy, implies he will be grumpy but go with it. They just spunked any political capital they had on vetoing opening formal membership processes for Albania and North Macedonia so don’t have anything to spend on trying to veto an extension

Completely agree Roo. The timetable suggests they had malicious intentions they didn’t want found out by a close examination

He's paused the bill to no doubt try to persuade the EU not to give an extension.

I don't agree with him pausing it at all when they could be discussing it tomorrow. Bad mistake Boris lad. He's acting like a petulant child as the timetable went against what he wanted.

No they didn't. Boris wanted to implement the will of the British people to leave the EU and he should be commended for that. MP's are just standing in his way. Well bring on an election and a majority for Boris and he can do what he likes then.

No they didn't. Boris wanted to implement the will of the British people to leave the EU and he should be commended for that. MP's are just standing in his way. Well bring on an election and a majority for Boris and he can do what he likes then.

No they didn't. Boris wanted to implement the will of the British people to leave the EU and he should be commended for that. MP's are just standing in his way. Well bring on an election and a majority for Boris and he can do what he likes then.

There is no 'will of the people' when the people are divided as ever. Leavers can't even agree on what they want. Nigel Farage, of all people, doesn't want this deal and would rather delay. The other half of the country is obviously not on board. It's not as simple as you like to pretend.

Focus groups show that people think this agreement is the end of Brexit — Brexit doesn't end on the 31 of October either way. 'Get Brexit Done' is purposefully misleading and there is a complete misunderstanding of the situation — it's simply the beginning of a transition period. This agreement isn't even as complex as future trade negotiations will be.


The entire premise of a confirmatory vote is that it would very decisively decide what the people actually want. There would be no room for interpretation. People are more informed. It's not democracy to force something through that such a large number of the country don't want — including leavers themselves. I would accept it if the people actually voted for this deal, but they haven't.

I know — it has been years (if the government had a more centrist approach from the beginning then this wouldn't be happening), but this bill has existed for just a few days. MPs only received it last night. There has been no economic assessment released. The most important decision for generations shouldn't be decided in less time than how to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances.

US, Canada, Japan, China etc etc.

BTW, has any Remainer *MP* suggested that the referendum result should simply be ignored, rather than just ordinary voters?

That's a coalition law isn't it? Swinson will have voted in favour of it in the first place.

That's a coalition law isn't it? Swinson will have voted in favour of it in the first place.

Probably the worst piece of legislation introduced by the coalition. The Lib Dems managed to get some changes agreed, but not enough.

Of course! That completely passed me by.

I expect Labour will use this in the GE then.