CNN: The UK enters a historic week with no idea how it will end
Theresa May has embarked on many crucial weeks in her two-and-a-half-year premiership, thanks to Brexit, but these coming days look set to be the most decisive yet.
"We are going to live through an extraordinary week, writing an extraordinary page of our history, and not one of us knows the words on that page, what we will be reading on that page, in seven days' time," British constitutional expert Peter Hennessy said Sunday.
The focus will be the vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening on the Prime Minister's Brexit deal -- nearly two months after the withdrawal agreement was struck with the European Union.
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Update #1: Crunch week begins for Brexit vote - BBC News (Live)
Update #2: British PM Theresa May makes last-ditch appeal to save Brexit deal (France 24)
WNU Editor: What's my take. The people spoke in a very clear referendum on what they wanted. The government should then give what the people want, and to then live with the consequences of that decision. This long and torturous route to a deal with the EU has made no one happy, and it will be defeated tomorrow. Plan B is then simple, leave with no deal, and sort the mess that comes after that.
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Well, some people might argue it wasn't that clear at all.. and quite tumultuous, with fake ads (the bus example, promising hundreds of millions, if not billions in savings), a politician murdered, and even suspected Russian involvement... and it was very close indeed, nothing wrong with holding a second referendum, but it should be clear that if majority still wants this, that it gets done and quickly and what the exact costs and timelines would be... you need to know this BEFORE voting, and much of it was nebulous at best, and in many cases, as pointed out above, their were extremely false promises made.. on the flip side, it was an election that also saw foreign involvement.. Barack Obama famously said "if you go for Brexit, you have to go back in the line" when it comes to negotiations with the USA.. that was pretty hardcore to do for a US president, and a weirdly strong departure from how close allies, especially as close as the UK, are treated..
That 'Back in the line' statement was so bad, we need to keep the U.K. tight and treat them with a better status than say France or Germany. We will/may need them with respect to China and the S China Sea, Immigration and more.
People who want a second referendum only want one so they can vote 'no' and its these people who have either changed their mind or want a second vote simply because of all the negative PR that has been put forward by the EU against a Brexit.
Deception, bullshit and lies from both sides.
It doesn't matter - the people voted, give them what they want.
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