Well its been announced that Jeremy Corbyn is applying a three line whip to his MPs to make them support the triggering of article 50.
I admire Jeremy for this, it's an act of leadership, and it could save Labours bacon in the many Northern Brexit seats that they hold, so in that sense I am not entirely pleased because it will weaken UKIPs chances. It will also weaken Paul Nuttalls chances in Stoke.
What do the Bremain Labour supporters on GN feel about this?
Thank you for this link, DJ. It should be compulsory reading for all MPs before they vote to trigger Article 50.
I was also shocked to hear Brexit secretary David Davis say he DOES NOT KNOW whether or not Article 50 is irrevocable. Surley this has to be established before we drive off the cliff. If, once triggered, it cannot be revoked that means we have to accept whatever dreadful terms that are set by the other 27 countries.
The PM of Malta made it absolutely clear that the terms the UK has after leaving the EU must be worse than we have as a member. Some of those who voted Leave want out at any cost but many others believed the assurances from the Leave campaign that nobody was threatening to take us out of the single market and will be shocked at the prospect of the hard brexit now being proposed.
I agree with the PM of Malta. If we are given better terms, then every other country will want to leave. You can ask for better conditions to persuade you to stay, which is what Cameron did, but not to leave.
They do, on the terms that exist now. However, if the UK is allowed to have free trade without free movement of people, why shouldn't the other countries object?
Fair enough - when you belong to a club you abide by the rules. I am still pro EU as they do have their fall outs but resolve them in a reasonably friendly way and do not resort to trying to invade anyone's country! That was the main reason for setting it up all those years ago. No one wanted that again and for a hundreds of years there had been one war after another in Europe. I am not suggesting for a minute that if it all broke up there would be another war as hopefully by so many years of co-operation lessons have been learned, but being interdependent does make it even less likely.
What I can't understand is why, if we are leaving the EU and do not want free trade or free movement of people, it seems okay to go to the US and try for the same deal with them? We already trade with the US.