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BREAKING: Queen approves Brexit delay law (Original Post)
Roland99
Sep 2019
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brooklynite
(94,553 posts)1. That means that Parliament MAY actually approve a new Election.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)6. Not if there is a chance the new government would reverse
The law immediately. They would first wait for an official delay before risking losing the oppositions majority.
hlthe2b
(102,272 posts)2. Well, there was some speculation Boris would (illegally) fail to present it to her, so there is this
and perhaps his bluster about defying the law now that it is law, is just that.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)3. And proroguement happens in about 6 hours
Interesting times
Recursion
(56,582 posts)4. Dominic Cummings (Boris Johnson's Steve Bannon) was quoted today:
"I don't care if ----ing Belfast falls into the ----ing sea."
Ladies and gentlemen: Irish Reunification, brought to you by the Tories.
The propertied class would go apoplectic.
Go n-eirí an t-ádh.