Current Events > Brexit deadline extended til 31 January 2020

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-50205603

EU leaders have agreed in principle to extend Brexit until 31 January 2020 - meaning the UK will not leave as planned on Thursday.

EU Council President Donald Tusk said it was a "flextension" - meaning the UK could leave before the deadline if a deal was approved by Parliament.

It comes as MPs prepare to vote on proposals by Boris Johnson for an early general election on 12 December.

The SNP and Lib Dems have also proposed an election on 9 December.

The government has not ruled out getting behind that proposed date, if, as expected, it fails to get its preferred date through the Commons later.

The UK was due to leave the EU on Thursday, but Mr Johnson was required to request an extension after Parliament failed to agree a Brexit deal.

Boris Johnson had repeatedly said the UK would leave on 31 October deadline "do or die", but the law - known as the Benn act - also requires him to accept the offer.

Mr Tusk will now seek the UK's formal agreement to the decision - before formalising the extension through a written procedure among the 27 other EU nations, which he hopes to conclude by Tuesday or Wednesday.

The BBC's assistant Political Editor Norman Smith said the decision saw a no-deal Brexit taken off the table - which will increase the pressure on MPs to decide on a general election.

MPs are due to vote on the prime minister's election call after 17:00 GMT.

Mr Johnson said if Parliament agreed to the vote, he would bring back his Withdrawal Agreement Bill for MPs to scrutinise.

The bill passed its first hurdle last week after MPs backed it at the second reading by a majority of 30.

But minutes later they voted against a timetable that would see it pass through Parliament in just three days, so the PM "paused" its progress.
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So, as an outsider, what looks like whats happening is that its going to get kicked down the road perpetually until they find a way to kill the thing for good.

Is that what theyre trying to do?
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AlisLandale posted...

So, as an outsider, what looks like whats happening is that its going to get kicked down the road perpetually until they find a way to kill the thing for good.

Is that what theyre trying to do?

There was literaly no "what's next" if they got Brexit.
Nobody fucking prepard for it. On either side, EU or Britain.

Britain can't really leave without fucking the country over. EU doesn't want them to leave without paying as it makes the EU look like a joke (Which it is).
So now everyone is playing "let's just wait" until people stop talking about it.
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Did anyone really expect the UK to leave any time in this century with their cowardice politicians that can't commit to major change the citizens voted on years ago.
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wish they'd just fuck off out of the EU already

So over this fucking mess.

I don't even want to think about what is being ignored by the gov right now because of brexit.
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The ride never ends.
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

And now everyone in the office is wondering what I'm laughing at. XD
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AlisLandale posted...

So, as an outsider, what looks like whats happening is that its going to get kicked down the road perpetually until they find a way to kill the thing for good.

Is that what theyre trying to do?

Well depending on what happens with the election they're trying to call, it could be killed off forever.
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Just get it over with
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An Irishman, a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman enter a pub. The Englishman decides to leave so all the rest of them have to leave too
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awesome999 posted...

An Irishman, a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman enter a pub. The Englishman decides to leave so all the rest of them have to leave too

You mean the Englishman tries to leave, but then the Welshman and the Scotsman holds him down while the Irishman pisses on his face

awesome999 posted...

An Irishman, a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman enter a pub. The Englishman decides to leave so all the rest of them have to leave too

Several minutes later, the Englishman has yet to leave. He has, however, put on his coat the wrong way on and collapsed to the floor in a heap after having tied his shoes together.
"This is all your fault!" he shouts angrily at the bartender.
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This is what happens when you hold a vote for something with no actual plans on how to enact it nor where your populous knows what the hell they are actually voting for and what will happen.
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ScyclonexRage posted...

awesome999 posted...

An Irishman, a Scotsman, a Welshman and an Englishman enter a pub. The Englishman decides to leave so all the rest of them have to leave too

You mean the Englishman tries to leave, but then the Welshman and the Scotsman holds him down while the Irishman pisses on his face

Also known in the UK as "a Tuesday"
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

This is what happens when you hold a vote for something with no actual plans on how to enact it nor where your populous knows what the hell they are actually voting for and what will happen.

That also only got 52% support and was completely non-binding.
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Brextension day, already? Be sure to leave out beans and toast by the chimney for Father Brexit.
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CrimsonRage posted...

Broseph_Stalin posted...

lmao

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Broseph_Stalin posted...

Pffft amazing
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Bump
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

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