Flying Squid with Goggles
3rd September 2019, 05:23 PM
Here (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/03/british-lawmakers-boris-brexit-1479989) is a starter - Politico unfortunately isn't a very high quality source even for American politics, so I'm more than a little suspicious of it for explaining British politics.
So if I'm following this:
22 of the conservatives broke with Johnson over a bill that would require the government to avoid a no-deal Brexit?
Having lost the vote, Johnson may call for a new election (and this may have been his plan all along)
Polls show it's likely that the conservatives will maintain a razor-thin majority in Parliament in such a new election?
The Brexit deadline is still not altered, but the my-way-or-the-highway approach Johnson has taken so far has been clearly rejected
Parliament will still be prorogued for five weeks, so a vote of no confidence is off the table?
I'm really not sure I understand any of this, and may have some basic facts wrong...
So if I'm following this:
22 of the conservatives broke with Johnson over a bill that would require the government to avoid a no-deal Brexit?
Having lost the vote, Johnson may call for a new election (and this may have been his plan all along)
Polls show it's likely that the conservatives will maintain a razor-thin majority in Parliament in such a new election?
The Brexit deadline is still not altered, but the my-way-or-the-highway approach Johnson has taken so far has been clearly rejected
Parliament will still be prorogued for five weeks, so a vote of no confidence is off the table?
I'm really not sure I understand any of this, and may have some basic facts wrong...