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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,943
    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,943
    edited October 2019
    Interesting too that while 14% of 2016 Remain voters back the negotiated Brexit Deal only 7% of 2016 Leave voters back Remain now
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    DougSealDougSeal Posts: 11,113
    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Is that not quite close?
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,943
    Leaving with the negotiated Deal now the preferred choice for Leave voters with 46% to 37% of Leavers for No Deal
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    Quite the turnaround on thinking we'll leave by the end of the month, but that makes sense. With a super fast timetable that seems designed to be amended, we should know for certain tomorrow, at least for when the scheduled leaving could happen, even though Remain has not given up the fight yet.
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    DruttDrutt Posts: 1,093
    DougSeal said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Is that not quite close?
    Not everyone who wants a second ref wants the same second ref as the FBPE crowd.
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749
    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    I want to see if Project Fear was justified so I am coming around to "No Deal" myself.
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077
    HYUFD said:

    Leaving with the negotiated Deal now the preferred choice for Leave voters with 46% to 37% of Leavers for No Deal

    So not even half of the referendum leave voters support Boris’s deal? That’s hilarious.
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981

    HYUFD said:

    Leaving with the negotiated Deal now the preferred choice for Leave voters with 46% to 37% of Leavers for No Deal

    So not even half of the referendum leave voters support Boris’s deal? That’s hilarious.
    But 37% plus 46% is 83% so 83% of Leavers do not support Remain therefore we should do whatever Boris wants.

    :D:D
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749
    So just to clear up Boris win in the commons tomorrow on second reading. That’s not the end of it is it, because some like Nandy are backing a second reading to get keys for the deal and take it for a test drive. There’s still not a commitment to buy from all tomorrow’s second reading backers is there? 😼. The test drive might not go well, it might reveal bumps in the road, it might be a complicated drive as well as bumpy ride?
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
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    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    It's a slightly odd question, though, as presumably a lot of people would rather they simply got their own way without a referendum. That would include a fair number of remainers. Indeed, Swinson's policy is that if she found herself as PM she'd simply revoke and remain (with a referendum a fall back in the fairly likely event that she doesn't find herself as PM in a majority Lib Dem Government any time soon).

    The point with a referendum isn't that it's a lot of people's preferred option in itself. What it does is deal with the fact that the two most popular options are remain (38%) and exit with this deal (30%) but neither are close to a majority in the country, and both are challenging with the Parliamentary arithmetic. So it's a pragmatic way out.
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,027
    egg said:

    So just to clear up Boris win in the commons tomorrow on second reading. That’s not the end of it is it, because some like Nandy are backing a second reading to get keys for the deal and take it for a test drive. There’s still not a commitment to buy from all tomorrow’s second reading backers is there? 😼. The test drive might not go well, it might reveal bumps in the road, it might be a complicated drive as well as bumpy ride?

    You mean they just want a chance to kick the liars tyres?
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    Just a sober moment

    At 9.13am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 perished at the school and homes at Aberfan

    And just 8 days later our first son was born and it was such an emotional time across the Nation
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    OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 31,924
    The polling does suggest that Parliament’s confusion represents the country as a whole.
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077

    Just a sober moment

    At 9.13am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 perished at the school and homes at Aberfan

    And just 8 days later our first son was born and it was such an emotional time across the Nation

    Happy Birthday to your son for next week.
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    It would also be entirely kosher for a government to no deal for 1 minute and then immediately join EFTA, for example - I’m sure no deal supporters would be happy with that.
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981

    The polling does suggest that Parliament’s confusion represents the country as a whole.

    The whole thing is a total screw up. It is why I am coming around to No Deal. Let us see if the Eurosceptics are right because I suspect it will take no more than a week to show what a lemon No Deal really is and then we can start fixing the mess.
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909
    egg said:

    So just to clear up Boris win in the commons tomorrow on second reading. That’s not the end of it is it, because some like Nandy are backing a second reading to get keys for the deal and take it for a test drive. There’s still not a commitment to buy from all tomorrow’s second reading backers is there? 😼. The test drive might not go well, it might reveal bumps in the road, it might be a complicated drive as well as bumpy ride?

    We have to apply the PB Offset Rule to any optimism on here that it will pass. PB always massively overestimates the prospects of Brexit bills’ success, so proceed with caution.
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    Just a sober moment

    At 9.13am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 perished at the school and homes at Aberfan

    And just 8 days later our first son was born and it was such an emotional time across the Nation

    Happy Birthday to your son for next week.
    Thank you so much.

    It was very upsetting with us celebrating our first born with a whole community grieving the loss of their children.

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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077
    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    We can’t ignore 19% but we don’t give a shit about the 48%?
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    More unicorns.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    But will they stil vote Labour to keep out the Tories?
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    ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    do you know why?
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
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    CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,157

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    What's the legal basis for a claim by a party which has no representation in Parliament?
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    It would also be entirely kosher for a government to no deal for 1 minute and then immediately join EFTA, for example - I’m sure no deal supporters would be happy with that.
    It would however be a perfectly reasonable form of No Deal, along with infinite others.
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    It has to be a binary ref with two clear unarguable outcomes (unlike the last one) otherwise it would be a complete waste of 8 months won’t leave us anywhere better than here.

    I am warming to the idea of Boris deal v a CU brexit on the ballot. Does it not honour 2016, point us in clear achievable direction out the impasse, but also leave all to play for and in touching of all directions people would wish to argue and take us?
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Why can’t we do what my ERG supporting MP Marcus Fysh promised me before the referendum that ‘in the unlikely event that we voted leave we would always remain in EFTA/EEA’ no problem with that, this shit could have been done and dusted by June 2018
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    nichomar said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    We can’t ignore 19% but we don’t give a shit about the 48%?
    You got it. That is Tory Arithmetic and Big_G is a Tory to his toes. He and HY are just two chips off the same block.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    edited October 2019

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Yes, I've never quite understood this issue about the courts being involved in a new referendum choice, and thought that long before I came around to supproting a referendum. I can see all manner of legal isssues around rules and actions taken, but if parliament says it is option A and option B, why would there be redress for those who wanted option C? What is a reasonable choice to include is a political question.
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation

    How do you feel about it being Dominic Grieve policy
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749
    I have a question I don’t know the answer to. WA, PD, future FTA, what is the most legal lock on agreements being made?

    Is watering down pay and conditions in order to be competitive post brexit really secured never to happen by being in the WA, therefore issue moving it out WA to PD?
    Or is there always potential for us to diverge post brexit to low tax low regulation libertarian pirate island regardless what is in the WA and PD too?

    How much of a lock on future post brexit government is the WA?
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    nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    So Bozo get it done mantra isn’t supported by a majority of the country .

    All he cares about is his stupid deadline . Of course if he thinks that won’t happen he’ll ditch the bill and play the martyr.
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077
    kle4 said:

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    But will they stil vote Labour to keep out the Tories?
    Unclear to be honest. Its all very abstract at the moment. I think an election is needed to focus minds.
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
    Not my problem to be fair. It would be for the electoral commission and what is this 'if' he said it. He did
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    ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    I think all these 2nd referenders need to have a long hard think. Which charismatic neverender is going to lead the campaign against Boris?
    I can think of no one, that has the status and the trust that Boris's side have in him (do not believe in the trust thing look at the above 51% think we will leave on 31st Oct).

    I suppose Femi will put his hand up to take the beating.
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    MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 50,095
    edited October 2019

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    I chatted to one lass today, nose ring, very young daughter - was intuitively expecting an earful.

    "Hell yeah I'm Tory. If Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister, I'm leaving the country...."

    You can never tell what is waiting behind that front door. One reason I love canvassing.....
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    nichomar said:

    Why can’t we do what my ERG supporting MP Marcus Fysh promised me before the referendum that ‘in the unlikely event that we voted leave we would always remain in EFTA/EEA’ no problem with that, this shit could have been done and dusted by June 2018

    I agree. The way Brexit should have been handled was to negotiate peliminary agreements with EFTA that, if we left the EU, we could have joined EFTA. The current process is too long, but with care it would have been in everyone's interest to manage it as a near seamless transition, prep the Heads of Agreement, trigger A50, leave on the agreed date and the next day be in EFTA.

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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    do you know why?
    Just lots of claims of how useless he is.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation
    Why? Why would a court be able to tell parliament what it must include as a political choice in a vote?
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    williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 48,027

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
    Not my problem to be fair. It would be for the electoral commission and what is this 'if' he said it. He did
    The electoral commission would have nothing to do with determining the options on the ballot. That’s a political decision.
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,532
    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.
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    Cyclefree said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    What's the legal basis for a claim by a party which has no representation in Parliament?
    Dominic Grieve has led the opposition to brexit and he is a former attorney general

    He would not say it if he did not believe it
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    FlannerFlanner Posts: 407

    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    do you know why?
    Virtually all my family - on both sides of our marriage - live in Liverpool/Birkenhead. Like practically all working class families, we voted Labour since we got the vote (like practically all working class families, no-one of either sex was able to vote before 1918) till I saw - temporarily - the point of Thatcher in 1979.

    All loathe Corbyn. Some will vote LD as a result: others will hold their noses and vote Labour anyway.

    Why? Because, viewed objectively, he's a Tory plant. Totally out of touch with ordinary people, he's just another attitudinising posho. Only far more malevolent
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    I will give an anecdote now; talking to my fellow post-graduate students, Corbyn is very unpopular, even in the North East. I was surprised.

    That is good news
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483

    I think all these 2nd referenders need to have a long hard think. Which charismatic neverender is going to lead the campaign against Boris?
    I can think of no one, that has the status and the trust that Boris's side have in him (do not believe in the trust thing look at the above 51% think we will leave on 31st Oct).

    I suppose Femi will put his hand up to take the beating.

    ‘boris and trust’ you’re having a laugh
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    Scott_P said:
    Eh, could be worse. But principal authorities have to give five clear days for papers, even if it is a lot more pages than that, and while I know parliament doesn't have to give such time and has debated key elements for years, the question is how much time will remainers manage to tack on to the three days, rather than how can they possibly get through a couple hundred pages of legalese in time?

    Then again, people have been able to determine the worthiness, or not, of the much long WA, within minutes, or sometimes even in advance!
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645

    Cyclefree said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    What's the legal basis for a claim by a party which has no representation in Parliament?
    Dominic Grieve has led the opposition to brexit and he is a former attorney general

    He would not say it if he did not believe it
    But was it a legal point or that he thinks it morally should be included? No lawyer here, but I cannot see what the justification would be on such a political quesiton.
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    ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    nichomar said:

    I think all these 2nd referenders need to have a long hard think. Which charismatic neverender is going to lead the campaign against Boris?
    I can think of no one, that has the status and the trust that Boris's side have in him (do not believe in the trust thing look at the above 51% think we will leave on 31st Oct).

    I suppose Femi will put his hand up to take the beating.

    ‘boris and trust’ you’re having a laugh
    Why do 51% above think we will leave on 31st Oct if people have such distrust in Boris?
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    HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 116,943
    edited October 2019
    Foxy said:

    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.

    More Remainers, 14%, back the Boris Deal than the 7% of Leavers who back Remain and just 39% for Remain is a catastrophic decline of 9% for Remainers from the 48% they got even in 2016.

    The Boris Deal is clearly the acceptable compromise for most voters

    https://twitter.com/Survation/status/1185485189914464256?s=20
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy
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    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    A 2nd reading debate is about the principles not the detail.
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    nichomar said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    We can’t ignore 19% but we don’t give a shit about the 48%?
    You got it. That is Tory Arithmetic and Big_G is a Tory to his toes. He and HY are just two chips off the same block.
    Hold on. HYUFD has very different views and my source is Dominic Grieve who made the comment in an interview and was adamant it had to be included

    I am not surprised the remain camp are kicking off as it does give a referendum a whole new meaning and no doubt a headache for the electoral commission

    As with all things Brexit nothing is as simple as it seems
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    Foxy said:

    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.

    I note no one cares about labelling things as a surrender anymore.

    Any option will be very unpopular with millions upon millions of people. We can argue with which one will be the most popular, but quibbling 'viability' seems like another con trick about how things will be easy with picking another option. Easier, I believe that. But all options will provoke fury.
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
    Not my problem to be fair. It would be for the electoral commission and what is this 'if' he said it. He did
    In fairness, you called for it to be on the ballot. But you can’t define it or say why. So I think you’ve lost this particular argument.
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483

    nichomar said:

    I think all these 2nd referenders need to have a long hard think. Which charismatic neverender is going to lead the campaign against Boris?
    I can think of no one, that has the status and the trust that Boris's side have in him (do not believe in the trust thing look at the above 51% think we will leave on 31st Oct).

    I suppose Femi will put his hand up to take the beating.

    ‘boris and trust’ you’re having a laugh
    Why do 51% above think we will leave on 31st Oct if people have such distrust in Boris?
    The only thing you can trust Al to do is ensure that he will do what’s best for Al
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    CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,157

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation

    How do you feel about it being Dominic Grieve policy
    On what legal basis? If Parliament passes a law saying that there is to be a referendum and sets out the two options, what is the legal basis for someone wanting another option to challenge that? You can't just go to court unless there is some legal basis for your claim. What is the legal basis for such a challenge? Mere disappointment does not create such a claim. Nor does the fact that Dominic Grieve voted for it.

    The reason Gina Miller succeeded was because there was a claim that rights granted to UK citizens via an Act of Parliament could not be taken away other than by another Act of Parliament. The Supreme Court agreed with that. Nigel Farage saying "Oi! My preferred option should be on the ballot." does not create a legal claim as far as I can see. Happy to be told how I may be wrong on this.
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    TudorRoseTudorRose Posts: 1,662
    kle4 said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation
    Why? Why would a court be able to tell parliament what it must include as a political choice in a vote?
    Ultimately Parliament won't choose the question, the Electoral Commission will. I guess their decision could be challenged in law but I imagine they would want the question to be legally watertight before they published it.
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077
    I see why Grieve wants to include no deal but I fear it is not learning from the mistakes of the first referendum.
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749
    Scott_P said:
    What page are the puzzles on. I normally start on the puzzles.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    That's really not that many pages to read overnight. The complexity of legislation and its significance is a stronger point against the haste.
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    CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,157

    Cyclefree said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    What's the legal basis for a claim by a party which has no representation in Parliament?
    Dominic Grieve has led the opposition to brexit and he is a former attorney general

    He would not say it if he did not believe it

    You are I think confusing politics with law. There may be a good reason politically to have this option on the ballot. (I disagree but that's by the by.) There is no legal reason for having it on the ballot if Parliament decides otherwise.
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,903
    7 pages of retained workers rights from EU law. Don't see much evidence of "stripping workers rights" there.
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
    Not my problem to be fair. It would be for the electoral commission and what is this 'if' he said it. He did
    The electoral commission would have nothing to do with determining the options on the ballot. That’s a political decision.
    If faced with the issue it would have to resolve it
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,532
    kle4 said:

    Foxy said:

    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.

    I note no one cares about labelling things as a surrender anymore.

    Any option will be very unpopular with millions upon millions of people. We can argue with which one will be the most popular, but quibbling 'viability' seems like another con trick about how things will be easy with picking another option. Easier, I believe that. But all options will provoke fury.
    Yes, now that BoZo has complied with Surrender Act, he seems less keen on using that sobriquet.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    TudorRose said:

    kle4 said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation
    Why? Why would a court be able to tell parliament what it must include as a political choice in a vote?
    Ultimately Parliament won't choose the question, the Electoral Commission will. I guess their decision could be challenged in law but I imagine they would want the question to be legally watertight before they published it.
    They choose what the wording of the question/options will be, parliament would draft the Act setting out what the choices would be. If parliament do not include something, that might be very infuriating, some would even say unfair, but it's politics which determines the options.
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    Wulfrun_PhilWulfrun_Phil Posts: 4,597
    Separate YouGov tables from the same poll of 20/21st October also give latest Westminster VI totals for the four largest parties, allowing VI %s to be worked out before stripping out Other Parties/DK/Non Voters.

    https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/epib6jirg7/YouGov - Brexit deals Results.pdf

    As below showing total and % including DK(with previous poll from 14/15 October in brackets: total with % both including and excluding DK/Non-Voters):

    i.e.
    Con: 439 26.0% (430, 26.5%, 37%)
    Lab: 264 15.6% (259, 15.9%, 22%)
    LD: 227 13.4% (213, 13.1%, 18%)
    BXP: 127 7.5% (131, 8.1%, 11%)

    Total 1689 100% (1625, 100%)

    Depending on how much of the balance is other parties as opposed to DK/NV, I judge that the headline VI will (if it is ever published) be something like Con 36, Lab 21.5, LD 18.5, BXP 10, Green 6
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,532
    kle4 said:

    Foxy said:

    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.

    I note no one cares about labelling things as a surrender anymore.

    Any option will be very unpopular with millions upon millions of people. We can argue with which one will be the most popular, but quibbling 'viability' seems like another con trick about how things will be easy with picking another option. Easier, I believe that. But all options will provoke fury.
    Certainly so, but can a Deal backed by less than 1 in 3 voters really be The Will of The People?
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    kle4 said:

    Cyclefree said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    What's the legal basis for a claim by a party which has no representation in Parliament?
    Dominic Grieve has led the opposition to brexit and he is a former attorney general

    He would not say it if he did not believe it
    But was it a legal point or that he thinks it morally should be included? No lawyer here, but I cannot see what the justification would be on such a political quesiton.
    Fairness to the total leave vote I assume

    However, the panic from remainers is not surprising and when having a go at me, they need to listen to Dominic Grieve. He is the one who said it
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    GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,077
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 19,909
    egg said:

    Scott_P said:
    What page are the puzzles on. I normally start on the puzzles.
    I’ll read it later for a report on the Sheffield Utd vs Arsenal match as my wife’s commandeered the telly to watch the bloody baking.
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    PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 75,903
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    nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    kle4 said:

    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    That's really not that many pages to read overnight. The complexity of legislation and its significance is a stronger point against the haste.
    Although I must I must admit I am impressed at the number of people in the UK who have clearly read the current WA and fully understood it to be able to express an informed opinion on the subject.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    Foxy said:

    kle4 said:

    Foxy said:

    How viable and popular will The Surrender Deal be when it cannot get the support of even half of Remainers, and only 30% overall? Remain is more popular at 38%.

    I note no one cares about labelling things as a surrender anymore.

    Any option will be very unpopular with millions upon millions of people. We can argue with which one will be the most popular, but quibbling 'viability' seems like another con trick about how things will be easy with picking another option. Easier, I believe that. But all options will provoke fury.
    Yes, now that BoZo has complied with Surrender Act, he seems less keen on using that sobriquet.
    Amusing, but doesn't change that no one really cared that he used the word, and while you may not have cared he did, a lot of other people, MPs even, pretended they did.
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    Ishmael_ZIshmael_Z Posts: 8,981
    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    Are you saying you couldn't read and assess a 110 page document on a subject with which you are intensely and professionally familiar, overnight? Really?
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,131

    FPT
    Barnesian said:
    » show previous quotes
    Withdrawing the extension request increases the chance of No Deal if the WAB overruns as it probably will. Hence Letwin's amendment.

    Gove is pretending there is still a risk of No Deal. There isn't. An extension will be offered and accepted. Gove is playing games with our money. £millions.

    I said:
    I think that a sense of perspective is required. The cost of an extension is in excess of £200m a week. That's quite a lot of money so some pontificating liars can run their fantasies just one more time. I mean its not as if what is laughably called a debate is going to change a single mind or vote is it? No one is even pretending that.
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    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    There is no such thing as No Deal. Any departure from the EU will require several agreements.

    Unicorn No Deal should not be on the ballot.
    I fear you will be disappointed.

    It is Dominic Grieves policy and he will have a big input if it happens

    Indeed he said in a recent interview 'it has to be on the ballot'
    I am arguing with you not Grieve (although if he said that he too is wrong). Explain how we vote for something impossible with infinite outcomes.
    Not my problem to be fair. It would be for the electoral commission and what is this 'if' he said it. He did
    In fairness, you called for it to be on the ballot. But you can’t define it or say why. So I think you’ve lost this particular argument.
    I don't think so but we may never know
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    Beibheirli_CBeibheirli_C Posts: 7,981
    egg said:

    Scott_P said:
    What page are the puzzles on. I normally start on the puzzles.
    :D:+1:
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    Scott_P said:
    Wasn't that always in there from the May days?
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    CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,157
    Pulpstar said:

    7 pages of retained workers rights from EU law. Don't see much evidence of "stripping workers rights" there.

    That is a consequence of the fact that the entire corpus of current EU law has been made part of British law. That tells you nothing about what will happen in future.

    The concern on the Labour side, as I understand it, is any level playing field requirements are only in the PD and therefore will depend on what might be agreed in future. They are not guaranteed, as they were in May's WA. So once out a British government could change any of the rules on workers' rights, environmental standards etc if so minded. They could change them by watering them down or increasing them of course. What would happen would be in the control of the British Parliament.

    Labour's concern is really that they fear Tory policies and it shows that they think that the Tories would win any election.

    What neither have fully grasped is that both parties will be constrained by what may be necessary to achieve those fabled trade deals. But that is another story that no-one is much focusing on at the moment.
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    eggegg Posts: 1,749

    egg said:

    So just to clear up Boris win in the commons tomorrow on second reading. That’s not the end of it is it, because some like Nandy are backing a second reading to get keys for the deal and take it for a test drive. There’s still not a commitment to buy from all tomorrow’s second reading backers is there? 😼. The test drive might not go well, it might reveal bumps in the road, it might be a complicated drive as well as bumpy ride?

    We have to apply the PB Offset Rule to any optimism on here that it will pass. PB always massively overestimates the prospects of Brexit bills’ success, so proceed with caution.
    Even if you are MP highly sceptical you will purchase the deal, you’ve still got to open the box tomorrow and have a look at it. Even the DUP should be happy to do a bit of that?
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    rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 58,161
    nichomar said:

    kle4 said:

    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    That's really not that many pages to read overnight. The complexity of legislation and its significance is a stronger point against the haste.
    Although I must I must admit I am impressed at the number of people in the UK who have clearly read the current WA and fully understood it to be able to express an informed opinion on the subject.
    Weak plot. Insipid characters. Lacks direction.

    Not one of @SeanT's best frankly.
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    Big_G_NorthWalesBig_G_NorthWales Posts: 60,251
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    Cyclefree said:

    egg said:

    HYUFD said:

    So opponents of EUref2 now outnumber supporters by 46% to 40%.

    Shows the People's Vote marchers are increasingly out of touch

    Actually that’s quite close in the current rush to stamp a deal.

    If the deal fell and 2nd ref was announced do you think that polling would stay same or flip in big way?
    It could but it would depend on the circumstances

    However, this poll confirms no deal would have to be on the ballot. You cannot forget 19% of the electorate and the support for deal - no deal - remain referendum would be interesting
    No deal doesn’t mean anything. It’s make believe and can mean anything to anyone. There’s no way it can be on the ballot paper.

    If it won, we’d be in the exact same position as we are now with no idea of what version of no deal the people want.

    Think rationally.
    This is the remain argument but it has to be on any ballot as confirmed by Dominic Grieve

    Indeed Farage would be in the Supreme Court immediately if his party was so disenfranchised

    This is just another example of remain trying to influence the ballot for their own cause
    And what on earth would the Supreme Court do about it? Parliament is sovereign, if it had voted for a referendum on certain terms the Supreme Court can do nothing about it.
    Sorry.

    A judicial view would be launched preventing the implementation

    How do you feel about it being Dominic Grieve policy
    On what legal basis? If Parliament passes a law saying that there is to be a referendum and sets out the two options, what is the legal basis for someone wanting another option to challenge that? You can't just go to court unless there is some legal basis for your claim. What is the legal basis for such a challenge? Mere disappointment does not create such a claim. Nor does the fact that Dominic Grieve voted for it.

    The reason Gina Miller succeeded was because there was a claim that rights granted to UK citizens via an Act of Parliament could not be taken away other than by another Act of Parliament. The Supreme Court agreed with that. Nigel Farage saying "Oi! My preferred option should be on the ballot." does not create a legal claim as far as I can see. Happy to be told how I may be wrong on this.
    I would not attempt to contest your opinion but if it is so contraversial the source of the comment is a former attorney general so I have no reason to doubt him
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,131

    Just a sober moment

    At 9.13am on the 21st October 1966, 116 children and 28 perished at the school and homes at Aberfan

    And just 8 days later our first son was born and it was such an emotional time across the Nation

    It's one of my wife's earliest memories. She has never forgotten the absolute horror. I was a year younger and I think my parents kept me away from it. Just a terrible, terrible thing.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 53,924
    32% of people won't countenance a few weeks to implement an agreed deal.

    I'd like to identify these people so I don't accidentally hire them.
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    kle4kle4 Posts: 91,645
    nichomar said:

    kle4 said:

    nichomar said:

    110 pages gets second reading tomorrow! Long live tory democracy

    That's really not that many pages to read overnight. The complexity of legislation and its significance is a stronger point against the haste.
    Although I must I must admit I am impressed at the number of people in the UK who have clearly read the current WA and fully understood it to be able to express an informed opinion on the subject.
    Personally I read around 3/4 of the original WA and understood very little of it, but professional legislators are I hope better at understanding inpenetrable legalese and these are matters which they are familiar with, or bloody well should be. Not so familiar the government's timetable is not a pisstake, it clearly is and only about narrow partisan political posutring, but a bit of perspective does not go amiss.
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    nico67nico67 Posts: 4,502
    MPs are expected to read the WAIB and put forward amendments all in the space of a few hours .

    Committee stage will be rushed through tomorrow! This could backfire spectacularly.
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