Posted on 01/27/2019 10:42:53 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Only days after a surprise visit to Downing Street, Boris Johnson is predicting a Brexit fightback by Theresa May and a breakthrough in her battle with rebel Tory MPs in crucial Commons votes.
On the eve of a second showdown with MPs on her Brexit proposals, two weeks after her humiliating defeat by 230 votes, the prime minister has received an unexpected boost from Mr Johnson.
After his Downing Street visit last week, it was reported that after long talks with government chief whip Julian Smith, Mr Johnson was close to backing Mrs May's Brexit deal with a time limit on the Irish backstop.
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- A Canada-style deal would mean most imported goods are free of tariffs, but there are additional customs checks. There is no free movement of people and no payments into the EU budget.
Most imported goods like food?
medicine
Is it just me or does it seem like this Brexit thing has been going on forever?
Leave, not leave, leave, not leave and on and on while nothing happens.
Mystery surrounds how the hat came to be in Downing Street,
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-casually-pops-10-13895772
Leave means leave... your hat.
Its been going on forever and a day but now they are getting to crunch time.
So they made him an offer he couldn't refuse?
Move forward with no deal or get out of the way of the train, Boris.
The Canadian type arrangement won't happen until AFTER the UK is a free nation again, standing firm on it's own feet, not while there is a glimmer of hope that the un-elected Brussels Eurocrats can still control them.
The big reason there is this drama, is because Britain was too stupid to delay Article 50 for two years till their financial obligation of 39 billion euros ran out.
So to cover it, they came up with this backstop idea so they have the excuse of effectively staying in the EU to cover those two years.
Idiots.
How desperate can people get?
Ireland dismisses suggestion it should quit EU and join UK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/26/john-humphrys-suggests-ireland-could-quit-eu-and-join-uk
‘Get a grip on Brexit’
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/get-a-grip-on-brexit-businesses-tell-uks-quarrelling-politicians-3442731.html
Blow for May as Ireland stresses it will not yield on Brexit backstop
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/27/blow-theresa-may-ireland-stresses-will-not-yield-brexit-backstop
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