Current Events > UK female Prime Minister calls off Brexit vote because she would have lost.

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They didn't even spin it... She literally said it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuyCQNxw5e4" data-time="

Holy shit.

You thought the riots in Paris were bad? Wait and see what happens in London over the next few weeks if this is what the government consideres "Democracy" to be
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The English are far too polite to riot

clearaflagrantj posted...

The English are far too polite to riot

It will just be a soccer riot that spills to the streets.
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Why does it matter what her gender is UE?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjp5OmoDYQM" data-time="
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clearaflagrantj posted...

The English are far too polite to riot

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Someone has never been to England.

It ain't a polite place bruv.

Well the cities aren't anyway.

America is way more polite and respectful.
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pegusus123456 posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjp5OmoDYQM" data-time="

Is that Andy Serkis?

If not then it's a great impression.
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That laughing at 17 seconds. Brutal.
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May being slapped down by the Speaker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KE-cP4xKDQ" data-time="

Vyrulisse posted...

That laughing at 17 seconds. Brutal.

They're laughing and mocking her the whole video pretty much
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luigi13579 posted...

May being slapped down by the Speaker:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KE-cP4xKDQ" data-time="

Fun fact:

I've met John Bercow a few times.

He's a bit of a douche
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UnfairRepresent posted...

He's a bit of a douche

I have heard that.

UnfairRepresent posted...

They didn't even spin it... She literally said it:

Isnt that better & more transparent for them to just admit it?

Republicans should have done that with the Affordable Care Act instead of trying 50+ times to repeal it knowing full well it wouldnt pass. A waste of time & money.
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But I thought Socialist globalism was the way of the future...
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Tupacrulez posted...

Why does it matter what her gender is UE?

this is a good question. why is TC ignoring this?
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darkjedilink posted...

But I thought Socialist globalism was the way of the future...

lolwut

@UnfairRepresent
Why does her gender matter?
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darkjedilink posted...

But I thought Socialist globalism was the way of the future...

Literally did you open the wrong topic
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May is probably doomed no matter what now. So that's... something, I guess.
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Brexit has been a disaster from the start

darkjedilink posted...

But I thought Socialist globalism was the way of the future...

Ah yes. The globalism boogieman.
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lmfao I love the reactions in the clip. parliament owns
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@UnfairRepresent
Why does the gender of the Brit PM matter?
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So did Brexit ultimately fail? I thought it was a success when it happened the first time
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SSJKirby posted...

So did Brexit ultimately fail? I thought it was a success when it happened the first time

Brexit won a vote about whether or not it should happen

May then proposed a deal with the EU vs leaving the EU with no deal

And May's deal got blasted by everyone so she pulled the vote.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

And May's deal got blasted by everyone so she pulled the vote.

Hey now, she didn't "pull it", she "delayed it" in order to get "further assurances", that previously just slipped her mind.

JE19426 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

And May's deal got blasted by everyone so she pulled the vote.

Hey now, she didn't "pull it", she "delayed it" in order to get "further assurances", that previously just slipped her mind.

even tho her and the EU said the deal can't change
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Let Corbyn take over and guillotine the rest
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Spooking posted...

Now what happens?

A number of things, ranging from a revote down the line, a vote of confidence on May's cabinet, to a no-deal exit. This video explains it in more detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQWOiBmhXY" data-time="
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FasMaledicte posted...

Let Corbyn take over and guillotine the rest

Apart from cancelling Brexit (I wish, but he wouldn't do that) he couldn't do anything May couldn't do. The EU have already said the withdrawal agreement is non-negotiable.

Anyone who says they can get a better withdrawal agreement is living in fantasy land or lying.
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Basically we're fucked and very likely to crash out with no deal if we push ahead and even if we can get any agreement's after they'll be worse than even this current shit deal.

Good times eh?
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One thing the British (especially the English) fear more than anything is public loss of face/embarrassment. Basically the best thing is if the British government were to become convinced that staying in the EU is less embarrassing than a hard/no-deal brexit.
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Yikes.
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well I mean it was her deal to propose, so there's nothing wrong with her not taking it to the vote yeah?
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catboy0_0 posted...

well I mean it was her deal to propose, so there's nothing wrong with her not taking it to the vote yeah?

It's her admitting that her government doesn't have a majority.
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And then she locked herseIf inside her car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x5MUxcspCE" data-time="

I guess leaving is harder than she thought
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Let's see, David Cameron, Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Teresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, Gerard Batten, etc ALL have seen any popularity they had completely bottom out over the Brexit shit.

Is there anyone involved with it directly who HASN'T been harmed by it? What a fucking messy situation. I guess that's what happens when your whole referendum barely passes and it's constituents are a rag tag group of people from the far right to the far left that will never actually agree how to institute the process.
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When has Gerard Batten ever been popular?

Man's some fringe nutcase who's somehow made a dead party deader.
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This whole Brexit thing confuses me. Why are they trying to kill something people voted yes on? This would be like if when Trump won, we tried to revote on it until we got a Hillary victory

Zikten posted...

This whole Brexit thing confuses me. Why are they trying to kill something people voted yes on? This would be like if when Trump won, we tried to revote on it until we got a Hillary victory

Not remotely the same thing as a general election is legally binding as it where while the referendum was not.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Is there anyone involved with it directly who HASN'T been harmed by it?

Nicola Sturgeon.

If anything, the situation has improved her popularity.
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Zikten posted...

This whole Brexit thing confuses me. Why are they trying to kill something people voted yes on? This would be like if when Trump won, we tried to revote on it until we got a Hillary victory

Who are they? There's a lot of people opposing the current deal. The people who want to cancel Brexit as they think it's economic suicide, the people who oppose it because the current deal "isn't really Brexit", the one's who think the current crap but it's still Brexit and just needs to be renegotiated.

JE19426 posted...

Who are they? There's a lot of people opposing the current deal. The people who want to cancel Brexit as they think it's economic suicide, the people who oppose it because the current deal "isn't really Brexit", the one's who think the current crap but it's still Brexit and just needs to be renegotiated.

the British people. I guess I just don't understand how British democracy works. to me, it should be simple. they voted on yes or no for brexit and yes won. case closed. I don't really get why they are still talking about it.

Zikten posted...

This whole Brexit thing confuses me. Why are they trying to kill something people voted yes on? This would be like if when Trump won, we tried to revote on it until we got a Hillary victory

The vote wasn't what how they'd leave the EU. It was an opinion poll on whether they should.

Leave won a narrow vote but everyone who voted Leave had a different idea of the deal or lack there of on how they wanted to leave it.

A lot of them wanted to leave the EU but maintain all the benefits of being in it. And realizing that's never going to happen is a hard pill to swallow.

A lot of them wanted to leave because they thought it would give them more negoicating power in Europe if they left. Discovering it gives them much less and the EU is still in charge is a tough pill to swallow.

A lot of them wanted no deal at all and so any deal that is proposed is an instant know.

Scotland overwhelmingly wanted to remain in the EU so a lot of Scots are furious and want independence from the UK so they can remain in the EU and not be dragged down by England.

Meanwhile the half of the nation that wanted to remain (remember, the under 18s near universially wanted to remain) is pissed off about the whole thing.

Basically they wanted their cake and to eat it too.

Think of it this way: When you were a kid did you ever get mad at your parents rules? Did they beat you and make you want to run away? Did you do chores? Get told what to do? Did you have fantasies about playing all day and being responsible for yourself? Were they sometimes unfair and more generous to other siblings?

Well Brexit is like you polled a bunch of those kids about whether or not they should be allowed to run away and look after themselves.

And now the kids who said yes are concerned because it's cold, they are hungry, they are hurt and they didn't realize if they run away they have no home, no bed etc.

So it's become "I want to run away from home and eat Jello every night but my parents stil need to buy me a new home, bed and the Jello. I just don't want to have to wash dishes and let Susie get to choose what to watch on the TV!"
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Scotland overwhelmingly wanted to remain in the EU so a lot of Scots are furious and want independence from the UK so they can remain in the EU and not be dragged down by England.

guess they should have voted on leave the UK when they had the chance then. As someone with scottish ancestry I was excited to see them break free, and was disappointed when it didn't happen.

Zikten posted...

JE19426 posted...

Who are they? There's a lot of people opposing the current deal. The people who want to cancel Brexit as they think it's economic suicide, the people who oppose it because the current deal "isn't really Brexit", the one's who think the current crap but it's still Brexit and just needs to be renegotiated.

the British people. I guess I just don't understand how British democracy works. to me, it should be simple. they voted on yes or no for brexit and yes won. case closed. I don't really get why they are still talking about it.

Maybe because the initial vote was a bloody farce. Nobody had any idea what they were voting for.

The choices were essentially:
1. Keep things as they are.
2. Do something else. We haven't decide what yet.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Scotland overwhelmingly wanted to remain in the EU so a lot of Scots are furious and want independence from the UK so they can remain in the EU and not be dragged down by England.

Thank you.
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Zikten posted...

the British people. I guess I just don't understand how British democracy works. to me, it should be simple. they voted on yes or no for brexit and yes won. case closed. I don't really get why they are still talking about it.

Because how they leave makes a huge difference, and even people who supported leaving, disagree on the best way to leave.