December 21, 20204 yr Parliament to be recalled on 30th December for potentially 2 days to 'scrutinise'* a deal. @1341027474294059009 *Argue for a bit then rubber stamp it. Yes, that’s ample time to discuss a 600-page document. Glad parliament has taken back control. :rolleyes:
December 22, 20204 yr Hundreds of shoppers queue before dawn at M&S. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1375455/C...YLti72761bu-CDA Edited December 22, 20204 yr by CHRIS-TMAS
December 22, 20204 yr Hundreds of shoppers queue before dawn at M&S. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1375455/C...YLti72761bu-CDA :lol: Don’t the shops open again at 6am on Stephen’s Day??
December 22, 20204 yr :lol: Don’t the shops open again at 6am on Stephen’s Day?? Quite a lot of shops are staying closed on the 26th as well this year.
December 22, 20204 yr Quite a lot of shops are staying closed on the 26th as well this year. Tesco are opening, so my delivery driver told me on Sunday. Am sure I read they were closing.
December 22, 20204 yr Most ‘essential goods’ shops will be open on the very day after Xmas so we won’t go short! Pity about the lockdown
December 23, 20204 yr There are good journalists in the UK, but Peston certainly isn’t one of them. Oh well. @1341469806621503492
December 23, 20204 yr Could you just imagine the response from “journalists” like him if this was a labour administration?
December 23, 20204 yr A number of journalists saying their 'sources' are telling them that a deal is pretty much done and will be announced this evening or tomorrow.
December 23, 20204 yr Good news. I have a feeling that some concessions have been made by the UK that won't please the Brexit/ERG crowd. But with mere days for parliament to scrutinise the deal once it's been officially announced/published (it's going to be hundreds upon hundreds of pages long) and the fact the Tories have a majority without the ERG - it's likely the deal will be rushed through parliament.
December 23, 20204 yr Good news. I have a feeling that some concessions have been made by the UK that won't please the Brexit/ERG crowd. But with mere days for parliament to scrutinise the deal once it's been officially announced/published (it's going to be hundreds upon hundreds of pages long) and the fact the Tories have a majority without the ERG - it's likely the deal will be rushed through parliament. Also if they don't vote for it they will essentially be voting for no deal so I would think most of Labour will back it too.
December 23, 20204 yr Also if they don't vote for it they will essentially be voting for no deal so I would think most of Labour will back it too. Labour should and probably will abstain if there is a deal that's brought to the vote.
December 23, 20204 yr Labour should and probably will abstain if there is a deal that's brought to the vote. They should scrutinise it and see what it's like then decide. Abstaining's just taking the easy way out. Edited December 23, 20204 yr by CHRIS-TMAS
December 23, 20204 yr They should scrutinise it and see what it's like then decide. Abstaining's just taking the easy way out. Scrutinise 600 pages in a day or so? Yeah, right.
December 23, 20204 yr @1341841404381843456 Imagine scoring this big of an own goal so close to Holyrood elections
December 23, 20204 yr They should scrutinise it and see what it's like then decide. Abstaining's just taking the easy way out. They will scrutinise it and probably say it's a bad deal. But I would say the best thing to do is abstain, otherwise they have no right to criticise the bad deal. It's the easy way out but why would they vote against it? It makes no sense politically. And I still think a bad deal is better than no deal.
December 23, 20204 yr There's a very simple test. Is the deal better than (or at least s good as) the deal we had as a member of the EU? If not, why should any MP vote for it?
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