He's being put into what is essentially Brexiteer quarantine though. Davis's department had no power and it'll continue to be that way. They haven't even been involved in the negotiations for months now.
Only if by "fucked" you mean "TAKING BACK CONTROL"
Its age 16-26 so I don't think so.63% remain in the UK? Isn't that a massive outlier compared to every other poll we've seen?
The 16-26 is 73% which seems reasonable. The bars at the top show 63% and doesn't specify an age bracket, I assume it's everyone?
Responding to the news, one senior EU diplomat said it meant "no big change" because Davis "wasn't really present recently", as Olly Robbins, the prime minister's Europe advisor, had been doing the negotiations.
As the Press Association reports, the commission did "not have a specific comment" about the resignation and refused to be drawn when asked to pay tribute to the outgoing cabinet minister.
They may well get the numbers to trigger a no confidence vote, but not enough to win it. And even then, who'd actually want to stand against her in a leadership vote?If Boris quits, will it be the end of May? I can't imagine there aren't 40 Torys that want her out.
They may well get the numbers to trigger a no confidence vote, but not enough to win it. And even then, who'd actually want to stand against her in a leadership vote?
But then they'd have to go through that show, and we're 9 months from Brexit... it would be crazy to try and oust her now.
But then they'd have to go through that show, and we're 9 months from Brexit... it would be crazy to try and oust her now.
O'Neill
Fallon
Greening
Patel
Green
Rudd
Lee
Davis
Any more I've forgotten?
So strong, so stable.
Can this be good? Maybe the right people will have a voice finally and set things straight? Trying to be optimistic.
Whether it's good or not hinges entirely onCan this be good? Maybe the right people will have a voice finally and set things straight? Trying to be optimistic.
They all know hard Brexit is deadWhether it's good or not hinges entirely on
1) Whether they have enough Brexiteers to force then win a leadership contest (which seems highly unlikely)
2) Whether the government collapses and we get an election out of it and the Tories lose even more seats than last time (because historically, the British public don't vote for collapsing parties and also they'll become the party of "Hard Brexit" which will alienate a LOT of voters.)
Worst case scenario is they push for a leadership challenge, win, replace May with someone like BoJo the Clown who is in favour of a Hard Brexit, we crash out of the EU and the country falls apart economically in a disaster that will take decades to repair.
Best case scenarios are either, May holds on and continues pushing for her Softer brexit plan that has already been rejected, it gets rejected again, she accepts an actual Soft Brexit deal from the EU because she has no other choice
or
We get a snap election, Labour win (preferably propped up by a Pro-Remain party like SNP) and we either stop the whole Brexit process or at least go for the Softest possible Brexit.
Not if they manage to oust May and she gets replaced by Boris or JRM it isn't.
Boris is never winning man he isn't that well liked, specially after today. Hard Brexit is dead, some just have to accept it.Not if they manage to oust May and she gets replaced by Boris or JRM it isn't.
I agree Boris isn't likely to win. JRM is another matter for some bizarre reason.Boris is never winning man he isn't that well liked, specially after today. Hard Brexit is dead, some just have to accept it.
Last play of a dying hard brexit shipI dunno, this backlash is giving me the fear
Chequers wasn't workable but it was at least a base
That'd be an amazing end to this saga.https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1016327944455819265
Woof. Nasty.
If I was May I'd get vindictive now - I'd even potentially look into withdrawing article 50. Like, fuck 'em. It's time to start pitting the two sides against each other if a compromise isn't good enough.