I have decided to call #EUCO on #Brexit (Art. 50) on Thursday. We will not renegotiate the deal, including the backstop, but we are ready to discuss how to facilitate UK ratification. As time is running out, we will also discuss our preparedness for a no-deal scenario.— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) December 10, 2018
The Brits are going to replay that scene and discuss it for years to come. I didn’t know they could not pass laws unless that object was in the assembly room. “Put it back!” will be a famous, even heroic phrase.
It’s somewhat like the Tabernacle in a Catholic Church.
Now $hit’s getting interesting.
May is done!
In our congress the Congressional Sergeant At Arms can be instructed to take our Mace and display it during a disruption.
Far from the first time this has happened. More famously, I would suggest, was when Michael Heseltine swung the mace in the chamber in 1976 (on a comparitively minor matter- ‘pairing’). It helped secure his nickname of ‘Tarzan.’
He later went on to be Deputy Prime Minister under Major but will always be remembered as the man whose leadership challenge sparked the end of Margaret Thatcher’s time in Downing Street.
They need time but not after the deadline. If it isn’t done right, then watch for Brexit 2.0.
German car makers and French and Italian wine makers aren’t gonna like “no deal” one little bit.In fact,the Irish are gonna be very,*very* seriously hurt.
Perhaps he felt he needed some mace to walk safely to his car without getting mugged!