o/t night of the long knives

[KerrAvon]

animal will be creaming his pants. What price his fifth or sixth prediction of an imminent General Election since the last one?

[sawmiller]

There was no way May was ever going to get a decent brexit deal for this country. The ship is sinking and the rats are now manning the life boats as I type...

more likely the so called rats are planning to take over the ship?

[Pattylallacks2]

more likely the so called rats are planning to take over the ship?

With King Rat Boris at the helm.

[mikemiller]

The government's main negotiators seem to have effectively given up negotiating... unstable situation and difficult to predict what happens next - I wouldn't rule out a general election as a possibility

[Pattylallacks2]

It's now up to the Tory back benchers and I can't see many of them wanting to precipitate a General Election. But who knows with this shower of sh it

[KerrAvon]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

[sawmiller]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

It is highly likely that almost no-one knew the full implications of what they voted for - simply too complicated for anyone to get a half decent handle on the full and enduring ramifications either way - ill conceived doesn't even begin to describe it...

[ragingpup]

The strategy chosen on Friday was for a relatively 'soft' Brexit. The 'hard' Brexiteers are now choosing to leave the cabinet because they find that is something they can't support. That's fair enough.

I'm not sure whether many leave voters had a 'soft' Brexit in mind when they made they put their crosses on the voting forms, but, then again, I'm not sure that either campaign had really thought the mechanics of Brexit through

Agree that not many of us really thought through the implications of the Brexit vote, or appreciated the real complexity, although it didn't take long to see it coming...

Of the 52% that voted leave I'm sure that many wanted a hard Brexit but I'm also sure that at least a sizeable number wanted to leave but thought there would be a deal that wouldn't cause the negative economic impact that most economists seem to be indicating.

Numbers are guesswork but if even only 20% of Leave voters definitely wanted a deal with the EU to safeguard the economy's that makes the number of people who are accepting the verdict of the referendum 52% + 20% leavers wanting a deal the clear majority of the public wanting a 'soft' Brexit. I can't believe that all 52% of leave voters wanted, and still want a 'no deal' scenario???

[ilikecarling]

Haha, the old shoot yersen in the foot brigade...

Coal not dole eh magic.

[millmoormagic]

Coal not dole eh magic.

Absolutely, are you actually inferring that the miner's caused mines to be closed??...now that is your best yet chap.