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turbinetree

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Wed Dec 12, 2018, 11:52 AM Dec 2018

UK Disarray: May To Face Vote To Oust Her Amid Brexit Chaos

Source: Talking Points Memo

By JILL LAWLESS
December 12, 2018 8:22 am

LONDON (AP) — A no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May Wednesday threw U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt.

May vowed to fight for the leadership of her party and the country “with everything I’ve got” after opponents who have been circling for weeks finally got the numbers they needed to spark a vote among Conservative Party lawmakers.

The threat to May has been building as pro-Brexit lawmakers within the Conservative Party grew increasingly frustrated with May’s conduct of Brexit and the divorce deal she has agreed with the European Union.

The challenge throws Britain’s already rocky path out of the EU, which it is due to leave in March, into further chaos and comes days after May postponed a vote to approve the divorce deal to avoid all-but-certain defeat.

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Justice Secretary David Gauke said: “I think it’s vital for the country that she wins tonight.”

He said that if May lost, “I don’t think we will be leaving the European Union on the 29th of March.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/world-news/theresa-may-no-confidence-vote-tory-brexit-uk


Hey Gauke, did you by some chance, talk to the workers in the Airbus plants what they think of Brexit, or for that matter Airbus for example, and did you by chance have a discussion with the air carrier FLYBE, what they think of your Brexit plan...................I bet you one donut that you didn't.................not once did you speak with them..................Did you by chance also speak with the owners of the airlines in your country that are foreign players that hold stock and bonds in the airlines......................I bet you didn't.................your Brexit model of bull shit is just that..........................right wing fascist bull shit.......................and you really need to adjust your ....................

Your gross domestic product (GDP) is going to fall....................and then your right wing shit and May's and your right wing Tory party will say that it's the people on social programs fault.................................correct..................

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