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It was a stupid binary choice question because he didn't think the public were stupid enough to vote leave. No one planned towards a leave vote.
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It was a stupid binary choice question because he didn't think the public were stupid enough to vote leave. No one planned towards a leave vote.
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The UK’s Brexit crisis, explained in 500 words
Here’s your small guide to a huge problem.
Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary on Monday over Prime Minister Theresa May’s “Brexit” terms.
Jack Taylor/Getty Images
A huge political fight has erupted in the UK government over Brexit — Britain’s controversial decision to break away from the European Union — and it could bring down Prime Minister Theresa May.
In the last 24 hours, three members of May’s cabinet — Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Brexit Minister David Davis, and the minister for the Department for Exiting the EU, Steve Baker — quit the government in protest over May’s handling of negotiations with the European Union.
Here’s what’s going on: In June 2016 the UK held a referendum on whether to stay in the EU or cut ties with the political and economic bloc.
Pro-Brexit advocates made seven main arguments for why the UK should leave the EU. The key ones were that their country could no longer control its borders and that it put more money into the EU than it received. Leaving the EU, so their argument went, would allow Britain to regain its sovereignty and economic independence.
The result: Fifty-two percent of the British public voted to leave. “Brexit,” the “British exit” from the EU, would take place on March 29, 2019.
Then came the hard part: negotiating a Brexit with EU leaders.
May came to power shortly after the Brexit vote, promising to be a steady hand in the negotiations. She even brought into her government pro-Brexit politicians, including Johnson, Baker, and Davis.
Over time concern grew that May would agree to a “soft Brexit.” That’s the nickname for a model based on Norway’s relationship with the EU: It isn’t in the union but still has access to Europe’s single market. To follow that model, the UK must mostly allow the free flow of goods, services, money, and people.
That’s a no-go for the pro-Brexit crowd, who prefer a “hard Brexit,” like Canada’s relationship with Britain. Under that model, the UK-EU relationship would be governed by international law — not EU law — and Britain could restrict immigration. Basically, the UK would be just another country with no special ties to the EU, just like Canada.
May’s cabinet is deeply divided between those two camps, and time is running out for her to present her terms to the EU.
Last Friday May sequestered her entire cabinet to hammer out a compromise. After a 12-hour meeting, May emerged with a plan the group “collectively” agreed on: The UK would seek a “free-trade area” with the EU for industrial and agricultural goods, preserving its access to EU markets and governed by a “common rule book.”
But there wasn’t a consensus: For Johnson and other hardcore Brexiteers, the plan was too soft. “It seems to me we’re giving too much away, too easily,” Davis said.
So they quit in protest.
Now, May’s entire party is in turmoil, with some members threatening to challenge her leadership if she doesn’t change course. Which means that the UK prime minister may be about to fall — just days before President Donald Trump is set to meet with her.
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/9/17548892/boris-johnson-theresa-may-brexit-resigns
Here’s your small guide to a huge problem.
- By Alex Ward
- on July 9, 2018 2:20 pm
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Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary on Monday over Prime Minister Theresa May’s “Brexit” terms.
Jack Taylor/Getty Images
A huge political fight has erupted in the UK government over Brexit — Britain’s controversial decision to break away from the European Union — and it could bring down Prime Minister Theresa May.
In the last 24 hours, three members of May’s cabinet — Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Brexit Minister David Davis, and the minister for the Department for Exiting the EU, Steve Baker — quit the government in protest over May’s handling of negotiations with the European Union.
Here’s what’s going on: In June 2016 the UK held a referendum on whether to stay in the EU or cut ties with the political and economic bloc.
Pro-Brexit advocates made seven main arguments for why the UK should leave the EU. The key ones were that their country could no longer control its borders and that it put more money into the EU than it received. Leaving the EU, so their argument went, would allow Britain to regain its sovereignty and economic independence.
The result: Fifty-two percent of the British public voted to leave. “Brexit,” the “British exit” from the EU, would take place on March 29, 2019.
Then came the hard part: negotiating a Brexit with EU leaders.
May came to power shortly after the Brexit vote, promising to be a steady hand in the negotiations. She even brought into her government pro-Brexit politicians, including Johnson, Baker, and Davis.
Over time concern grew that May would agree to a “soft Brexit.” That’s the nickname for a model based on Norway’s relationship with the EU: It isn’t in the union but still has access to Europe’s single market. To follow that model, the UK must mostly allow the free flow of goods, services, money, and people.
That’s a no-go for the pro-Brexit crowd, who prefer a “hard Brexit,” like Canada’s relationship with Britain. Under that model, the UK-EU relationship would be governed by international law — not EU law — and Britain could restrict immigration. Basically, the UK would be just another country with no special ties to the EU, just like Canada.
May’s cabinet is deeply divided between those two camps, and time is running out for her to present her terms to the EU.
Last Friday May sequestered her entire cabinet to hammer out a compromise. After a 12-hour meeting, May emerged with a plan the group “collectively” agreed on: The UK would seek a “free-trade area” with the EU for industrial and agricultural goods, preserving its access to EU markets and governed by a “common rule book.”
But there wasn’t a consensus: For Johnson and other hardcore Brexiteers, the plan was too soft. “It seems to me we’re giving too much away, too easily,” Davis said.
So they quit in protest.
Now, May’s entire party is in turmoil, with some members threatening to challenge her leadership if she doesn’t change course. Which means that the UK prime minister may be about to fall — just days before President Donald Trump is set to meet with her.
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/9/17548892/boris-johnson-theresa-may-brexit-resigns
Zagreus
Literati
Excuse me for my ignorance but Brexit seems so stupid to me for the simple premise that if it all goes according to plan... the EU would have a ridiculous amount of leverage to manipulate the UK to whatever it wants.
Theres no way the UK comes out of this unscathed, and I cant see any other way than London having to make the vast majority of concessions for it to even be possible.
Is that what they want? Or are they fantasizing about pipe dreams of the UK having the same sway as the imperial days?
Theres no way the UK comes out of this unscathed, and I cant see any other way than London having to make the vast majority of concessions for it to even be possible.
Is that what they want? Or are they fantasizing about pipe dreams of the UK having the same sway as the imperial days?
CeLLar-DooR
OG
Yes exactly that.
Overall, however, based on some 300 opinions in 12 years on the federal bench, Kavanaugh is considered a pragmatic but conservative judge, who believes in textualism and originalism. He also often weighed in against President Barack Obama's Environmental Protection Agency, including, notably in one case — in which he was in the minority — that said the EPA should have considered costs to power plants.
This could be another thing that upsets the conservative base. In his speech, he also endorsed stare decisis, the practice of following precedent. "We follow precedent," he said. He added that to be a good judge, one has to follow not just the "letter" but also the "spirit" of the law."
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/6261...h-president-trumps-pick-for-the-supreme-court
This could be another thing that upsets the conservative base. In his speech, he also endorsed stare decisis, the practice of following precedent. "We follow precedent," he said. He added that to be a good judge, one has to follow not just the "letter" but also the "spirit" of the law."
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/6261...h-president-trumps-pick-for-the-supreme-court
Marc123
You got it dude!
Oh the leaks lol
CeLLar-DooR
OG
Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
Confirmation hearings are always a joke..
You'll have stray (red state) democrats push him over the top.
I wouldnt vote anyone that trumps appoints for anything.. Id be skeptical of everything he does. Everyone in his cabinet is adversarial to the responsibilities that they have for their appointment..
He will continue along with that thinly veil facade of.. "religious rights" also it is said that he believe strongly in presidential power and that he doesnt believe that a president should be under investigation. Again this is consequential..
Qualifications he checks off all the boxes... but just because one is papered doesnt mean they are right for the country. But this will be the narrative that he is very qualified.. wrote alot of briefs.. blah blah blah.. wasnt out right controversial and firebrand as far as social stances.. but in the end we will see that he listened to his mentor.. kept his head down stayed active..but treaded lightly on the core issues of the country.. and now he will act at trumps behest
You'll have stray (red state) democrats push him over the top.
I wouldnt vote anyone that trumps appoints for anything.. Id be skeptical of everything he does. Everyone in his cabinet is adversarial to the responsibilities that they have for their appointment..
He will continue along with that thinly veil facade of.. "religious rights" also it is said that he believe strongly in presidential power and that he doesnt believe that a president should be under investigation. Again this is consequential..
Qualifications he checks off all the boxes... but just because one is papered doesnt mean they are right for the country. But this will be the narrative that he is very qualified.. wrote alot of briefs.. blah blah blah.. wasnt out right controversial and firebrand as far as social stances.. but in the end we will see that he listened to his mentor.. kept his head down stayed active..but treaded lightly on the core issues of the country.. and now he will act at trumps behest
Focal Point
Negusa Negast
What polls lol