UK General Discussion: 2017 and onwards, Mayhem

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Several people injured in Westminister car crash, being treated as terrorism

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Brexit happened because of PR; UKIP would never have gained the prominence they did without the European Parliament elections.

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A "no-deal", if as bad as people think it might be, would probably very swiftly lead to a deal. It's not exactly something the French would want as it would be massively disruptive for the Pas de Calais region at least.

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Alex Salmond has resigned from the SNP over sexual harassment allegations.

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More of London news, but TfL have announced the opening of the 'central core' of the new Elizabeth Line will be delayed from December 2018 to autumn 2019, basically due to the need to make sure it's reliable and safe first...

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A Broadchurch coalition? Which one is Jodie Whittaker then?

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Yes, Corbyn has been handing this enemies the ammunition to attack him.

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The Corbynistas will just claim that the Establishment blocked him, a la A Very British Coup.

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^^ most of the posters are labour party members

If they're not, then they should still be reported.

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One thing people are amazed with online is that women actually want to sleep with Boris Johnson...

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Some unions have done this against directors recently too.

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A majority just means 50% or more. It would be better to break down by actual percentages.

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I've been to Salisbury myself on a rail tour. It does have a nice cathedral.

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https://twitter.com/jamesmatesitv/status/1042498821262139393

^^ well the Island of Ireland was carved into two in a sectarian way ?!

Also, the Nazis did occupy the Channel Islands.

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An early general election requires a successful no-confidence vote or a 2/3 vote in the Commons.

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It's absolutely about what May wants because she's the Prime Minister and she commands a majority in the House of Commons. Of course, divisions over Brexit might put an end to that majority, but it's pretty unlikely to galvanise 2/3rds of the House against her.

Except a motion of no confidence only needs a majority.

And an explicit vote within no new government winning a confidence motion within 14 days.

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And at the risk of being pedantic, May does not command a majority in the house. She leads a minority government that has a confidence and supply arrangement with the DUP that supplies a slim and quite obviously conditional majority of the House for the time being.

And there is no majority against her as the DUP are not going to risk put Corbyn in Number 10 and the SNP don't want to risk losing more seats.

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And at the risk of being pedantic, May does not command a majority in the house. She leads a minority government that has a confidence and supply arrangement with the DUP that supplies a slim and quite obviously conditional majority of the House for the time being.

And there is no majority against her as the DUP are not going to risk put Corbyn in Number 10 and the SNP don't want to risk losing more seats.

Do you really think the SNP want to get the reputation as a party that saves the hated Tory government?

True, but they might abstain...

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Doesn't a harder Brexit strengthen their case for IndyRef 2?

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Corbyn's personal approval ratings are pretty dire and those have been better guides to the result in the last two elections than straight party choice polling.

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Another thing, Poland has been able to cherry pick as well... it's got an opt out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights, like the UK and it doesn't use the Euro.

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Another thing, Poland has been able to cherry pick as well... it's got an opt out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights, like the UK and it doesn't use the Euro.

This is not about Poland though!!
It's about the President of the European council belittling a UK PM who happen to have type 1 diabetes and he might've seen her leave the negotiations room at least once to inject insulin(she once said she injects insulin 4 times a day). One would expect this behaviour from Trump or some fringe politician....

It is about Poland as well, because Donald Tusk used to be Prime Minister of Poland when he chose not to end the country's opt out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights. They're supposed to join the Euro and still haven't set a date for it.

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Yes. This is the kind of move that Donald Trump or the former Greek finance minister does. Not conducive to negotiations at all.

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We did use to be separate countries to Scotland after all.

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The EU basically said that they would not engage in negotiations on withdrawal until Article 50 was triggered. Also, Corbyn had called for A50 to be triggered straight after the referendum!