No Deal Brexit goes down

[malaise]

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non-binding vote.
Tomorrow's vote to beg for an extension.
Ultimately there will have to be an election and a new referendum.

[Raster]

1. There should be a new election and referendum....

...Britain was sold a bill of goods. STOP BREXIT!

[irresistable]

2. I hope so. Brexit is insane.

[oasis]

3. Pooty poot and Orange Turd will be pissed!

[octoberlib]

4. Non-binding, which is bullshit. What a mess!

Since we're also living in a dumpster fire, remainers have my sympathy.

[zipplewrath]

5. Eat their cake and have it too

It would seem the problem here is that the Pro-Brexit folks want to eat their cake and have it too. They were sold a bill of goods in which they could leave, with no real consequence. It just isn't going to happen. At the very least there will need to be a hard border in NI.

It would seem that the only real option here is an extension, a "final" deal on exit, and a referendum on whether that deal should be accepted. You want exit? Vote FOR a hard border in NI.

[Johnny2X2X]

7. The hard border with NI means violence

That border will result in people shooting at it and bombing it, 100% guaranteed.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Eu unlikely to grant extension without the promise of another public vote

EU has no reason to coddle the UK. Now they will tell them either you leave now with no deal and suffer the consequences, or you promise to hold another nationwide vote if we give you an extension.

[Recursion]

13. Farrage has been meddling in Hungary and Italy. Steve Bannon too.

They aren't going to get an extension at all.

[nitpicker]

8. Link to BBC

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/13/brexit-mps-to-vote-on-leaving-the-eu-with-no-deal-politics-live

[KPN]

9. Good news. There is hope that sensibility is

regaining a toehold.

[barbtries]

11. i hope so.

my understanding, which is slight and comes from a short conversation on Twitter, is that Parliament could have reversed the decision to leave or call a second referendum at any time. it's good that No Deal has gone down at least. I would like to see the UK stay.

how much longer do you figure May has left?

[Mariana]

19. Pariiament can still reverse the decision to leave, I believe.

The referendum wasn't binding. The EU has said they'll allow the UK to remain and everything can be as it was. If Parliament simply vote to repeal Brexit, Brexit doesn't happen.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[barbtries]

21. that is basically what the guy on twitter told me.

why is it that there is this compunction to run toward a cliff and off of it? I do have a British friend. She's lived in the USA for over 30 years but never naturalized (married to an American). She is double distraught with what's going on there, and here. Brexit will be a disaster, but the worst case scenario was just rejected at least.

[Mariana]

22. We're holding out hope for a last minute repeal of Brexit.

My husband is English and he can't believe the stupidity.

[Recursion]

12. They're going to crash out. Farrage has been lobbying Orban

Any extension will require unanimous EU approval, and Hungary and Italy won't grant it.

It's all over but the shouting: the UK will exit without a deal in 2 weeks.

[NightWatcher]

14. Just scrap it. Re-vote and dump the whole stupid idea

[roamer65]

15. If the U.K. leaves the EU, it won't be the UK anymore.

Scotland will start the process of secession and NI will begin unification talks with Dublin. What will we call just England and Wales?

[zipplewrath]

16. Don't be so sure about NI

There are still a significant number of "loyalists". They may be a minority, but they will be a significant minority. The current power sharing agreement will make it difficult for them to be forced out of the UK.

[apnu]

17. Why the UK decided this Brexit thing on a simple majority is beyond me.

That's a moments decision that has far reaching affects and they did it on a simple majority?

That was but the first of 1,000 head scratching decisions the UK made.

And these people recently had a world spanning Empire? Wow.

[zaj]

18. They should hold a new vote in Parliment

Yes, is approval of latest proposal
No, is a new national referendum where the public votes on a new

LEAVE EU under latest proposal
STAY in EU

Effectively revoting on Brexit but facing a reality in the vote.

[SoCalDem]

20. Can't they just use the Emily Litella plan

and pretend the whole thing was a nutty plan...Blame Cameron and go back to normal business?