Hopefully, at least one of the remaining 27 members of the EU will find the courage and integrity to reject any extension. Enough with the bad faith dealings from Brussels and the incompetent dealings from May.
Steve Hilton has the right of it, I think: May has done her best, but from the wrong mindset. She opposed Brexit from the outset, and so instead of seeing Brexit as a golden opportunity for Great Britain and negotiating from that stance, she has seen Brexit as a great danger, damaging to Great Britain, and she has attempted to negotiate her nation's surrender.
No more. Clean break. A no-deal Brexit will not do the damage the panic-mongers screech; it's clearly better than a bad-deal Brexit, and a clean break is necessary now.
I agree. It's time for a new beginning. The UK might want to consider further changes, too -- its current regime's record on human rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms, or the right to self defense, is shockingly bad.
Sadly, yesterday, the EU voted to give Great Britain an extension--with options and conditions.
Option 1: If the UK parliament votes for the withdrawal agreement next week, it can delay exiting until May 22 to ratify the text. Option 2: If it does not approve the deal, the EU will offer a shorter extension until April 12. If it rejects the deal and takes the shorter extension, it can then decide whether to seek a much longer delay and vote in the European elections or leave on April 12 without a deal.
To which I replied on my blog: The withdrawal agreement the Parliament is expected to vote on is the same one it’s rejected twice before. The EU isn’t serious about that thing being accepted on the third try.
This is a sham offer, designed only to drag things out; Brussels is continuing to deal in bad faith. The continent has, perhaps, one or both of two motives for this disingenuousity. It’s still looking to make an example of Great Britain as a warning to other member nations that might be thinking of leaving. It’s looking to dismember Great Britain by taking Northern Ireland out of the nation with its demand of an open, unguarded border between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
If the Brits have any sense at all left (an increasing question), they’ll reject the deal and go out from the EU on schedule, on 29 March, and with no deal at all. No amount of time is going to get them a better deal, incessant delay will only give the Remainers on both side of the Channel time to find a way to keep Great Britain trapped in the EU cage.
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Hopefully, at least one of the remaining 27 members of the EU will find the courage and integrity to reject any extension. Enough with the bad faith dealings from Brussels and the incompetent dealings from May.
Steve Hilton has the right of it, I think: May has done her best, but from the wrong mindset. She opposed Brexit from the outset, and so instead of seeing Brexit as a golden opportunity for Great Britain and negotiating from that stance, she has seen Brexit as a great danger, damaging to Great Britain, and she has attempted to negotiate her nation's surrender.
No more. Clean break. A no-deal Brexit will not do the damage the panic-mongers screech; it's clearly better than a bad-deal Brexit, and a clean break is necessary now.
Eric Hines
I agree. It's time for a new beginning. The UK might want to consider further changes, too -- its current regime's record on human rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms, or the right to self defense, is shockingly bad.
I hope this is true.
Sadly, yesterday, the EU voted to give Great Britain an extension--with options and conditions.
Option 1: If the UK parliament votes for the withdrawal agreement next week, it can delay exiting until May 22 to ratify the text.
Option 2: If it does not approve the deal, the EU will offer a shorter extension until April 12.
If it rejects the deal and takes the shorter extension, it can then decide whether to seek a much longer delay and vote in the European elections or leave on April 12 without a deal.
To which I replied on my blog: The withdrawal agreement the Parliament is expected to vote on is the same one it’s rejected twice before. The EU isn’t serious about that thing being accepted on the third try.
This is a sham offer, designed only to drag things out; Brussels is continuing to deal in bad faith. The continent has, perhaps, one or both of two motives for this disingenuousity. It’s still looking to make an example of Great Britain as a warning to other member nations that might be thinking of leaving. It’s looking to dismember Great Britain by taking Northern Ireland out of the nation with its demand of an open, unguarded border between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.
If the Brits have any sense at all left (an increasing question), they’ll reject the deal and go out from the EU on schedule, on 29 March, and with no deal at all. No amount of time is going to get them a better deal, incessant delay will only give the Remainers on both side of the Channel time to find a way to keep Great Britain trapped in the EU cage.
Eric Hines
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