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Posted on 01/12/2019 3:35:04 PM PST by NRx
Labour MPs have been told to prepare for Jeremy Corbyn to table a dramatic and immediate vote of no confidence in Theresa May’s government as early as Tuesday evening in an attempt to force a general election if – as expected – she suffers a heavy defeat this week on her Brexit deal.
Messages have been sent to Labour MPs, even those who are unwell, to ensure their presence both for the “meaningful vote” on the prime minister’s Brexit blueprint on Tuesday and the following day. Labour whips have told MPs the no-confidence vote is likely to be tabled within hours of a government loss, with the actual vote taking place on Wednesday.
The news comes before what promises to be one of the most tumultuous 24 hours in recent parliamentary history in which, barring another delay, May will put her Brexit deal to parliament despite deep and widespread opposition across the Commons, including from many MPs inside her own party.
A senior shadow cabinet member said: “There is now recognition that we cannot wait any longer. If May goes down to defeat and she does not resign and call an election, this is the moment we have to act.”
Senior Tories said on Saturday that they could not see how the prime minister could win the meaningful vote “in any circumstances” and that a defeat by less than 100 would now be regarded as the best she could hope for. But even if she suffered a loss of closer to 200, which many Tories fear could be the case, Conservative MPs and ministers still expect her to stagger on and seek to bring an improved offer back to the Commons for a further vote within weeks.
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It is doubtful that Labour will pass a no confidence vote. The Conservatives, even those who hate Theresa May are not going to vote to bring down the Government. Nor will the Democratic Unionist Party, which has had a Confidence and Supply agreement with the Tories, vote to force an election that Labour could win.
May is bad, but a Corbyn led Labour Government would be far worse.
“Labour set to call vote to topple Theresa May’s government “
Topple the hag.
Can you explain this in Yankee English?
I’ll give it a go:
The Leader of the opposition will use the repeated failure by May’s government to win the vote in the house (commons) on her brexit deal as an excuse to table a no confidence vote in the PM.
Effectively a coup to force a general election in which the leader of the opposition hopes the people will elect his cranky ass into office.
It usually results in a lame-duck administration for the rest of the term.
However Ms May is unpopular in the extreme so her own party MPs may vote with the opposition, against her,and remove her from both the party leadership and PM roles.
Because the vote was triggered by the opposition and not her own party a general election could/should be triggered.
Errr,yeah. Something like that.
“Theresa May” is Brit-speak for Paul Ryno.
Thanks NRx. May should have been dragged out of 10 Downing and lynched by an angry mob back when she called for unnecessary early elections.
So tell me again. Which party is more or less sane and which party is more or less the Brit equivalent of Chuckie and Nan?
As much as I love the Brits as people the country as a whole is one rolling Dunkirk.
She took office 13 July 2016.
I wonder how much she had to do with the dossier Intelligence operation against candidate Trump?
“Democracy always fails in the end.”
Everything of this Earth does.
Both parties are well to the left of Pelosi and Schumer.
In fact, the lack of a rightist party in the UK is one of their biggest problems.
“senior Labour figures accept they are unlikely to win a no-confidence vote”
“there will be insufficient time before Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March to hold an election.”
“we must consider... campaigning for a second referendum as this is party policy.”, said a Labour MP
...So trying to get a second referendum on Brexit is really what they are after, or a “Brexit” in name only, where the UK cannot sign their own trade deals (permanent customs union with the EU).
“Which party is more or less sane”
That would be the Tory (Conservative Party). They are like the old Blue Dog Democrats.
The Labour Party are the Socialist/Communists. Their leader is to the Left of Bernie Sanders.
Yeap, Beaubo summed it up perfectly.
Even the House of Lords is sliding down the rabbit hole.
“Democracy always fails in the end. Always.”
True. In fact, Karl Marx considered Democracy as the first stepping stone on the path to Communism. In order to submit to majority rule, individuals must first abandon their sense of liberty, then there is no rule they will not submit to.
Correct cause, wrong leader.
Kick her out Great Britain!
Jeremy Corbin as PM? England has gone nuts if this happens. Time for Scotland, Wales, Corning and Northern Ireland to secede while the going’s good.
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