Well that’s it. We’re not leaving the EU. The people in charge won’t allow it.

Thankfully, democracy prevailed last night!

I don’t want an unelected bureaucrat running the country. <aka Dominic Cummings>

Nicky Morgan's constituency voted Leave, there was no 50/50 in the EU referendum it was Leave or Stay.

Antoinette Sandbach's constituency voted Leave in the EU referendum but she voted Remain (she receives EU subsidies no wonder she voted Remain)
Last night she went against her constituents and her Party and voted with Corbyn. Hyprocrite. Good riddance.

Some of them have deliberately given up their careers as politicians to rebel against their party whip.

I'm actually more concerned about those who have followed the party whip for the sake of their careers, even though they have in the past spoken strongly for an opposing point of view.

Nicky Morgan's name came to mind. She doesn't have a huge majority and her constituency voted almost 50/50 in the referendum. I wouldn't put money on her retaining the seat in a GE, given that she's flipflopped around and was useless Education Secretary.

Has anyone ever watched an old Will Hay film ? Especially where he takes the role of headmaster trying to control the class. BJ is a dead ringer for Will Hay and his antics.

They're all hanging on to their jobs by the skin of their teeth !!
Not interested in the people of this country.

Thirteen of the so-called Tory rebels not only voted with their consciences, but the way their constituents had voted in the referendum.

That inflammatory language originated in the Daily Mail, Express and Sun and has been repeated, to their shame, by irresponsible politicians, including Theresa May who regarded the editor of the Daily Mail as her speechwriter..

Firecracker I really dislike your use of inflammatory language, words like traitor treason and references to war time used by you and others on here is tiresome and offensive to be honest. I am not a traitor, I voted as I saw fit, some MPs voted last night as they saw fit and as their consciences dictated, your furious condemnation of anyone who does not think as you do is not helpful to debate

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7425855/Tories-taunt-Jeremy-Corbyn-running-scared-snap-election.html

Got it in one Boris.

@GrannyGravy13
You are 100% correct. All those MP’s who are voting for their views, rather than their constituents’ views are the problem.

Of course they won’t want a GE. Their constituents put them in Parliament to REPRESENT THEIR VIEWS, not to stick two fingers up to these constituents and choose to vote as they like, which is completely against said constituents wishes!
Really hope they find themselves well and truly dumped at the next election!

Corbyn only wants what's best for Corbyn.

Joelsnan I would be happier if Jacob Rees-Mogg paid Corporation Tax and contributed a bit to the country he represents. Now who is a hypocrite?

*Firecracker that is a ludicrous comment, as is your accusation of hypocricy by JC. He has made it clear - along with other opposion leaders - that the reason they don't want an election on BJ's terms, i.e. before Oct 31, is to ensure that a 'no deal' exit is blocked. Instead of spouting on about his hypocricy, how about applauding his restraint in the greater interests of the country.

It's a shame May didn't vote against the government and we could have got rid of her as well.

Barmeyoldbat have I touched a nerve about Corbyn being a hyprocrite tough.

Remainers are hyprocrites as well its obviously this latest fiasco is about stopping Brexit fullstop.

Are you a fan of Corbyn. Hyprocrite by association then.

@gillybob
I know there is nothing “funny” about the current situation, but have to admit to a chuckle about your description of Jeremy Corbyn......*“All we have is a half wit weasel of a leader who's ar*e must be covered in splinters”*?

I like many others voted Remain, however my choice lost the referendum! Despite that, I agree the democratic way forward is we must leave and if there was another vote I would vote leave.

My opinion on No Deal is that by removing this from the table means that the EU leaders will be laughing their heads off at us. The only chance of getting a decent deal was to leave no deal on the table. EU leaders now know that we won’t leave unless we give in to them and this is a disaster for the U.K. and weakens our position considerably!

To be honest if I was bojo I would give Sturgeon her wish of a new Scottish independence referendum, as without Scotland, the Conservative Party will have a majority in Parliament! Sturgeon keeps going on about Scotland being ruled by Westminster, whereas the truth has been that it has been the Scottish MP’s who have previously prevented the Conservatives being in power!
This situation would break my heart as I am Scottish, live in Scotland and do NOT want independence from the rest of the U.K. and then to ruled by the EU, if Sturgeon (how I loathe that woman) got her own way!

Recognisable by their shaven heads, Britain First T-shirts and xenophobia

Not all of them look like that. They look like kindly grannies worried about their GC.

I was born in a free country and I'd hoped to die in a free country. But it looks less and less likely. What happened to democracy?

After a lot of dithering because I couldn't make up my mind I voted Leave. We sat up all night watching the results fully expecting Remain to win. Neither of us would have been all that disappointed and life would have gone on as normal.

Initially we were pleased that Leave won. It was a democratic vote and I honestly thought we would LEAVE. Whether or not we had a deal didn't enter my thoughts because that's not what I voted for.

Now I feel three years has been totally wasted. It's no longer about democracy, it's about squabbling politicians and a hopeless government.

If there is another referendum I won't vote. I will probably get up the next morning hoping Remain has won so we can just get on with life as it was. That won't happen though. The argy bargy will just go on and on and on. Will we ever have a government that can sort out this sorry mess?

Hang your head in shame, David Cameron.

Insults, talk of “treason and traitors”, and references to the second world war must be removed from the Brexit debate, say moderate Conservative MPs attempting to curb politicians’s increasingly inflammatory rhetoric.

Despairing at the way some MPs are willing to say anything that will go viral on social media and earn attention, they are asking colleagues to sign up to a code of conduct to stop the worst excesses.

The move comes after Mark Francois, Tory MP for Rayleigh and Wickford and pro-Brexit European Research Group member, said “up yours” in a radio interview to chancellor Philip Hammond in cabinet.

The second world war has been raised on several occasions. Daniel Kawczynski, Tory MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, recently complained that an “ungrateful EU” had not considered the fact the Britain “helped to liberate half of Europe”.

A senior police officer has raised concerns about the language being used. Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, said that politicians should not “inflame” tensions created by Brexit. Several politicians have also complained of the stress they are facing as a result of the Brexit process.

The text of a pledge is due to be finalised after a meeting on Monday of the new 50-strong One Nation caucus of Tory MPs formed to counter the ERG, but it will commit signatories to acting even-handedly, respectfully and generously.

Nicky Morgan, the former education secretary who is on the group’s board, said the code of conduct was intended to “return normal debate to the airwaves”.

“We are living through unprecedented times, with many members unable to spend as much time with the families as they would like to and it’s not at all helpful to everyday hear people – albeit a minority - competing to be the loudest and boldest,” she said. “So today the One Nation Caucus will pledge that all members will engage only in constructive, polite and respectful discourse.

“In particular, I think we need to drop all the references to world war two – politics has always been full of ‘battle ready’ language which just isn’t the way most people talk anyway. But in the current climate, it simply encourages those listening to talk about treason and traitors, which adds to the toxic nature of the debate.

“We hope this is the beginning of a change in tone at Westminster and invite all members to sign our pledge.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/07/one-nation-tories-urge-mps-dial-down-brexit-rhetoric

This article pleading for an end to inflammatory rhetoric was written n April this year. Yeaterday 21 "One Nation Tories" were sacked and one resigned to join the LibDems. Where is Nicky Morgan now????

I am appalled at some of the hysterical outpourings here and by some of the war-like vocabulary.
Surely people can see that Boris Johnson and Rees-Mogg are at fault by their lack of transparency and untrustworthy behaviour. I was angry at the double standards shown yesterday by the expulsion of long standing members of the Conservative Party by the bully boy ruling of those who themselves had voted against their party not once but several times.

A GE would have to be made possible ASAP !!

Barmyoldbat, I'm probably wrong on this but BJ is playing a blinder to set himself firmly in No 10.
Because the majority voted to Leave BJ is appeasing those, for the time being, by insisting Leave in order to gain his majority should their be a GE. He'll win and he knows he will.
But------once in power as a leader who's been voted in he could very well do a U-turn.

Put it this way, if Corbyn had stood up to Leave, he too would win a majority for leadership because of existing Labour followers making up the numbers.

Because of the debacle that the Conservative government is facing and the shambles within its party, their votes in a " normal " GE would be minimal and they'd lose heavily.

What BJ is doing is fighting for power for himself and his only saving grace, against his better judgement, is to " go with the flow " as I'd said, to appease those who voted Leave.

We'll see ! It's NOT in his interest to Leave, mark my words.