which is expected to be defeated - practically the whole opposition opposes no deal, and there are many Tories who'd really rather remain who are certain no deal is a disaster, so that should be a majority. If 'no deal' is voted down, then on Thursday they vote whether to ask for an Article 50 extension, for more time to try and find a solution. If that fails, then 'no deal' happens by default. But it's thought it will succeed; then we have to ask the EU for the extension, and any country can veto it.

It's at that point that no-one knows what will happen. Maybe an EU country would demand a British general election, or a referendum, though they cant' legally force either; maybe they'll demand accepting the draft agreement. We don't know who EU countries would want to negotiate with at that point.

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5. May I confess to really mixed feelings about all this...?

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Tue Mar 12, 2019, 03:59 PM

Mar 2019

...yeah, I know what a fiasco Brexit was/is. I know, I know. But the EU bureaucracy is no prize, and has, thru both genuinely well-meant blunders and pure chickenshit, done plenty of damage to European democracy. And on larger issues--look at how well "austerity" worked out. Ask Greece. And take a good, hard look at the EU's origins. I honestly don't know where I'd stand, if I was a Brit...

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