The Brexit Thread

[Ginger Yellow]

Trade ministers speaking to the commons now. Ducking question on how NI can participate in new trade deals.

[Lucy Waterman]

Those 95 Tory MPs could alternatively say they will back a dissolution motion unless May resigns and they get a hard Brexit leader.

I don't think they need to do that - 48 of them can trigger a leadership election through the 1922 Cttee?

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Borrowed from Twitter - Raab hasn't resigned, he's been made redundant now that Brexit isn't happening.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Vote of no confidence in Her Majesty's Government requires just a simple Majority and unless the Tories could find a new leader to rally behind (highly unlikely) in 14 days that would trigger a general election.

[Lucy Waterman]

My to-be-proven-hilariously-inaccurate prophecy:

Leadership election, Brexiteer leader, leave with much the same deal as currently on the table, no GE till 2022.

[Lucy Waterman]

unless the Tories could find a new leader to rally behind (highly unlikely) in 14 days

These are Tories, though. History suggests they'd find a leader in five minutes if the alternative was losing power.

[Kevin S]

'this is gonna bang' as they say on the twitters

https://twitter.com/francesweetman/status/1062993935709204480

[Ginger Yellow]

UK markets tanking since Raab's resignation.

[Kevin S]

McVey gone too now.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

May's statement to the House is going to be fun.

[Me Old Flower]

Suella Braverman gone too.

[Etienne]

Average level of intelligence, competence and humanity in the cabinet soaring this morning. And that's just McVey leaving.

[Kevin S]

Commons briefing live:
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/...d-133affcd3d27

[tee rex]

Who has time to read all these resignation letters? Screeds of self-praise and special pleading, instantly forgotten as the next one lands on the pile.

Next one should just be "We're all busy today, so ... I'm outta here". Save everyone some time.

[Moonlight Shadow]

May needs to stick up till the end of the month, when the CJEU will say if a unilateral withdrawal of Art50 is possible. If so, then she can end her premiership in truly spectacular fashion....

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Someone is just roaring "Rubbish!" after every statement she makes. Sounds like one of the scots.

[Kevin S]

Corbyn now.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Someone is just roaring "Rubbish!" after every statement she makes. Sounds like one of the scots.

Michael Gove?

[Snake Plissken]

May needs to stick up till the end of the month, when the CJEU will say if a unilateral withdrawal of Art50 is possible. If so, then she can end her premiership in truly spectacular fashion....

If she did that, resigned and Corbyn became PM I would never say a bad word about her again.

[Kevin S]

God he's tedious.

[Snake Plissken]

Michael Gove?

Gove couldn’t roar if his life depended on doing impressions of lions.

[Kevin S]

God he's tedious.

But May is mincing her words something awful. At least he was on top of his brief.

[Flynnie]

Suella Braverman gone too.

If a tree falls alone in a forest, does anyone notice?

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Gove couldn’t roar if his life depended on doing impressions of lions.

No but he is Scottish, which is something that winds up Scottish people when you gently mention it.

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/paul__johnson/status/1063018797634871297


Michael Gove waiting for the most embarrassing time to resign.

This crisis isn't about Brexit it's about the complete failure of the British political class and political institutions.