No proposal about the way to Brexit seems to get majority support in British Parliament!
No proposal about the way to Brexit seems to get majority support in British Parliament!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pdH9FnGrs, 11 min. 9 secs, published by CNN on 27th March 2019
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The indicative vote topics and vote counts are given here (you have to click on 'Results of indicative votes ballot, in order' link in it): https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/27/brexit-latest-news-live-debate-indicative-votes--to-vote-on-alternative-votes-as-speculation-mounts-may-could-announce-plans-to-quit-live-news .
Note that the No Deal vote got only 160 votes FOR and 400 votes AGAINST and so was defeated by a ***big*** margin of 240 votes in a total of 560 votes.
So British Parliament wants a Deal but they can't get a majority of members behind any Deal proposed so far!
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In response to a comment on my associated FB post, https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/2448920988657797, I wrote (slightly edited): It is a tough situation for the elected members, I think. They want to obey the referendum result (which perhaps was a mistake as a means to arrive at the decision of whether to stay in the EU or get out of it). But they also want to protect the long-term interests of Britain and the British people vis-a-vis the EU. Let's hope it all works out in the coming weeks and that Britain exits the EU with a deal that has the backing of both the British Parliament and the EU.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pdH9FnGrs, 11 min. 9 secs, published by CNN on 27th March 2019
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The indicative vote topics and vote counts are given here (you have to click on 'Results of indicative votes ballot, in order' link in it): https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/27/brexit-latest-news-live-debate-indicative-votes--to-vote-on-alternative-votes-as-speculation-mounts-may-could-announce-plans-to-quit-live-news .
Note that the No Deal vote got only 160 votes FOR and 400 votes AGAINST and so was defeated by a ***big*** margin of 240 votes in a total of 560 votes.
So British Parliament wants a Deal but they can't get a majority of members behind any Deal proposed so far!
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In response to a comment on my associated FB post, https://www.facebook.com/ravi.s.iyer.7/posts/2448920988657797, I wrote (slightly edited): It is a tough situation for the elected members, I think. They want to obey the referendum result (which perhaps was a mistake as a means to arrive at the decision of whether to stay in the EU or get out of it). But they also want to protect the long-term interests of Britain and the British people vis-a-vis the EU. Let's hope it all works out in the coming weeks and that Britain exits the EU with a deal that has the backing of both the British Parliament and the EU.
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