Theresa May: 'Uncharted Waters' If Parliament Rejects Brexit Deal

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo/The AP



By SYLVIA HUI
December 9, 2018 10:10 am
LONDON (AP) — With a crucial parliamentary vote on Brexit looming, British Prime Minister Theresa May warned lawmakers Sunday that they could take Britain into “uncharted waters” and trigger a general election if they reject the divorce deal she struck with the European Union.

May is fighting to save her unpopular Brexit plan and her job ahead of a showdown in Parliament on Tuesday, when lawmakers are widely expected to vote down the deal she negotiated with Brussels. Her Downing Street office insisted that the vote will go ahead despite speculation that the government may be forced to delay it.

A defeat in the vote could see Britain crashing out of the EU on March 29, the date for Britain’s exit, with no deal in place — an outcome that could spell economic chaos.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, May said rejecting her deal would “mean grave uncertainty for the nation with a very real risk of no Brexit or leaving the European Union with no deal.”

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[The Liberal Lion]

1. This is little more than scaremongering

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Not really - it's true that no-one can tell what will happen if they vote her deal down

It's true a hard Brexit would be unchartered waters, and really bad for the economy, plus the Irish border; so would Parliament deciding to stop Brexit, as would having another referendum to ask about stopping it (both of those would infuriate a large number of Leave voters). And the EU has said they won't re-open negotiations - perhaps the most 'charted' option would be persuading them to re-open them after all. But that means the British parliament throwing itself on the mercy of the EU - just what Leave voters didn't want.

[WestMichRad]

2. Hey girl, ya'll sailed into uncharted waters 2 1/2 years ago...

...when you decided that the election results had to represent the will of your citizenry. Everything since then has been a consequence of that choice you made.

At any time you could step up and decide that Brexit is not in the best interests of your country... if you really stand for the best interests of your country. It appears that you don't have the courage to do so.

[cstanleytech]

12. Exactly. nt

[GeorgeGist]

3. Uncharted waters began ...

June 23, 2016.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I don't get it.

Haven't the circumstances shown that 1) there was interference by outside sources, and 2) many of the British people have changed their minds about the vote? If so, shouldn't they either 1) scrap the Brexit, or 2) vote on it again?

[KPN]

7. I know. It's like they have the same problem we have with Individual 1s illegitimate Presidency.

There is no constitutional remedy. .... Sounds like a lot of BS to me, just an average person like 90 percent or more of all of us.

[pandr32]

5. Aren't they already navigating uncharted waters?

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. My thoughts exactly. It's all "uncharted".

That being said, it was stupid to put themselves in this situation to begin with. Imagine if we had a binding referendum in the US for lowering income taxes. It would pass, and THEN everyone would find out what a shitstorm it would cause.

[KPN]

6. Really? "...a very real risk of no Brexit?" Sounds like a no brainer to me. End the unchartered

waters. Reject the deal. Geezuz, can the world's right-winger nationalists get any stupider?

[djacq]

9. Wasn't Brexit a misinformed vote to begin with?

“Uncharted” seems well over exaggerated.

[rockfordfile]

10. They should get rid of the Brexit crap to begin with

The Russians seem to support Brexit.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. Why wouldn't the Russians like Brexit? If the EU can be broken up, so can NATO. nt

[cstanleytech]

13. They are not saying that the Russians do not like it rather that they do and its because it weakens

the EU which Russia wants because it probably has its eyes on grabbing more territory from its neighbors which having a strong EU would make more difficult.

[roamer65]

15. Bullshit. Call a new referendum.