BeesKnee5 wrote:I'm going to keep my response brief rather than go word for word.
Our politicians will/won't implement the decision as they see fit. Such is the will of the people.
Barnier hasn't said we can't stay in the single market, he supplied a handy chart showing which rules need to be complied with to be in the SM.
BoJo ditched the DUP, of that there is no doubt.
The house can stop the clock by instructing the prime minister to withdraw A50. Whether they will is a different matter.
A government can only have it's way of it commands a majority in parliament. This has always been the case.
I believe it was the Tories and lib Dems who introduced the FTPA. I bet they are regretting it now.
If no W.A is agreed & we leave without concluding a deal on that then we would lose access to the service sector of the market for which we would trade under WTO rules.
Obviously a deal is better than no deal, being a 'win-win' situation.
Strictly speaking, yes, the government only has it's way with a working majority, that is the point of elections though,it's for that reason that a 'no-confidence' vote should always be called at the earliest opportunity, for which changes should be made imho.
You are correct about the FTPA,which is partly why we are stuck in a limbo over Brexit, otherwise an election could have been called by now & they must be regretting it now.
Then there was the 'meaningful vote' that MAY introduced, as per original Gina MILLER case, which was founded on the CRAG Act 2010 with the Ponsonbury Rule, that 2010 Act was brought in by Labour.
Withdrawing A50 would be politically toxic, as would a second referendum with a 'remain' option, which is simply a tactic to erase the 2016 result.
The DUP are treading on thin ice with their threat to work with Labour, the Tories could do two things, disassociate themselves from the DUP & 'threaten' them
with a 'unification' referendum in Ireland if they are re-elected.