The Guardian reports this morning that:
Theresa May is to warn her 27 fellow European Union leaders over a working dinner in Brussels that Britain's decision to leave is irreversible and there can be no second referendum.
Thisproves three things. The first is that May thinks the decision is reversible. The second is that the other EU leaders do so as well. The third is that despite the lies told to secure the result Theresa May thinks the result was valid.
Which says a great deal about her commitment to democracy, the truth and open mindedness.
No wonder she does not want a debate in parliament on the issue.
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Cameron created a stinker of a problem for his successor – let us be clear about that. He may have gone but I’ll not forget him.
Hmmm………a quiet dinner with friends to discuss the future of millions of people rather than a debate in Parliament.
In my dreams I imagined her appealing to the other leaders to cut her some slack and to find some sort of way through out of the mess.
But then I remembered her face (hideously illuminated by a lecturn) as she spoke to the Police Federation and realised that this is the former Home Secretary afterall. May would be too proud to ask for help.
But now all the new encumbent can think of is herself and her party. Typical of this unprincipled age we live in.
We are as they say ‘in the pipe’ now.
Is there a typo in there, but how is a warning that it is irreversible prove she thinks it is reversible?
We all know she is free to ignore the whole thing if she wanted to. Labour is in tatters and the next election is a long time away.
But her priority is the destruction of UKIP, which can’t be far off. Once she achieves that, she can do what she likes, which will be either soft Brexit or no Brexit (or another referendum).
If Parliament is so affronted that she might trigger Article 50 it can bring a no confidence motion. But I suspect it has neither the guts or the numbers to do so.
If she has to say it for political reasons it means that legally she thinks it is reversible
I agree; there is otherwise no point at all in saying it. The big question is whether Parliament is prepared to stand by as one after the other the economic consequences of driving Brexit through become more and more obvious…
…And meanwhile in european Ireland (The north voted to remain) we await the hard border and a return to turbulent times or as suggested by May we do your customs controls. Hey Ho let the children play… Whilst Rome Burns and european banking begins its moonlight flit from London to Dublin, Paris, Rome, Milan, Berlin Prague and passports will be required for holidays in Scotland if they are affordable.
Given the growing consensus within the EU that Art 50 is reversible, the obvious and sensible way forward is:
1. the UK triggers Art 50,
2. two years of negotiation arrive at a fairly clear picture of what leaving really means but also what remaining really means (as the opportunity to get the EU as a whole to wake up and smell the coffee is too good to miss) and
3. the UK holds a clear, final and binding referendum on whether to leave or remain.
May’s fear is that following this path will undermine her negotiating position, i.e. it will encourage the EU to take a granite hard approach to the negotiations in the hope that leaving will be so unattractive that the UK will vote to remain. She therefore has to try to convince the EU that Brexit means Brexit.
Added to which, we need to understand that wanton destruction of the UK’s economy, society and international relations is a small price to pay if that is what it takes to maintain Tory party unity.
I remain worried that there are far too many angry and frustrated people who do not understand that the economic consequences of BREXIT will actually make things worse for them and others. It could lead to a further levelling down of wages and living standards.
May & Co will not risk changing the ‘decision’ therefore before the 2020 election.
OTOH, May might call a snap election sooner and THEN argue to remain or call another referendum afterwards?
But a lot of misguided people will be mightily hacked off if that happens. The pro-BREXIT MSM would have have a field day putting May through the grinder if that happened. And it would rip the Tories apart.
What human being would want to contend with that?
I feel that now the City has some sort of deal with the EU, it is inevitable that we are going to leave. But you never know………….
I wonder if Cameron is still on Theresa’s Xmas card list?
And as for Cameron – I mean, what an idiot. Really.