On Brexit

by Guest Fri Nov 23, 2018 5:26 pm

This poll out this morning from Ashcroft’s polling might surprise readers of the Daily Mail and others who are lapping up the superficially appealing line, delivered to camera from Downing Street by May, that the British people just want the government to “get on with it”. They don’t want them to get on with this deal. The British people overwhelmingly want MPs to reject the agreement.

By 46% to 26% they want MPs to reject the Withdrawal Agreement, if you exclude don’t knows that is 64% of the British people want MPs to reject the agreement – an almost 2 to 1 margin. Both Remain and Leave voters overwhelmingly dislike the deal…

order-order.com/2018/11/23/voters-want-mps-reject-withdrawal-agreement/

Spain’s new Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has only been in the job since the summer, but that’s no excuse for his laughably incorrect tweet last night suggesting Spain could somehow “veto Brexit.”

In reality, the EU states’ vote on the Withdrawal Agreement will be by the process of qualified majority voting, meaning May’s deal needs only 20/27 EU states to pass this hurdle. Similarly, even if the deal were to be voted down, Brexit would not be cancelled. It is a fact of UK statute that this country will be leaving the EU on 29th March 2019, whether the EU agrees or not.

Sanchez gained power in Spain in June by successfully ousting the larger centre-right People’s Party in a confidence vote, without an election. As a consequence, even with fragile confidence and supply arrangements, his Socialist Party does not command a consistent majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Added to this, there are regional elections coming up in Spain in just a few months. Guido is sure that Sanchez’s sudden peacocking over Gibraltar is nothing at all to do with his incredibly fragile grip on domestic power…

order-order.com/2018/11/23/no-spain-cannot-veto-brexit/