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Post by fretslider on Oct 20, 2019 6:07:09 GMT -5
TORY toff Sir Oliver Letwin was a political outcast last night after he tripped up Boris Johnson within touching distance of the Brexit finishing line. The former minister left MPs spitting with rage as he cynically blocked the PM’s attempt to win Parliament’s approval for his hard-won EU departure deal.
Oliver fronted a Remainer plot to hijack the deal, just as Mr Johnson was convinced he had enough support to get it through.
He launched a procedural ploy that rendered any vote on the deal meaningless and forced the Government to delay Brexit again.
His phone lit up with angry texts and calls from Leavers and Remainers after his amendment was voted through by the rabble alliance of Brexit-wreckers.
One senior Tory said: “Letwin has gone and f***ed it again.”
www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/10173923/oliver-letwin-political-outcast-boris-johnson-brexit/
Make no mistake, this parliament does not agree with what the people said. As their elected representatives it is their judgement of what they think is in their constituents interests that counts, what the people actually want... well, they're a bit too thick to know what they want, aren't they... that's why they elect us.
I'm no Johnson fan - he's uber green and much more - but he is a dogged fighter and even May spoke in his defence. Wow.
Boris Johnson refuses to sign Brexit extension request and instead sends photocopy, saying: 'This is not my letter, it's Parliament's'
Boris Johnson has told the EU that he is “not asking” for a “deeply corrosive” delay to Brexit, as he ordered a senior diplomat to send an unsigned photocopy of the request drawn up by MPs asking Brussels for an extension.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/10/19/boris-johnson-refuses-sign-brexit-extension-request-instead/
What was that the people said? Nevermind...
Boris Johnson was warned on Saturday that he risks a fresh challenge in the courts after he reacted to a humiliating Commons defeat over Brexit by calling on EU leaders to reject any extension of Britain’s membership of the European Union.
After MPs voted by 322 to 306 to withhold approval of his EU exit deal, the prime minister was obliged to write to Brussels by 11pm on Saturday to request an extension until 31 January 2020, in order to comply with the law under the terms of the Benn act.
Johnson had sent three letters: an unsigned photocopy of the request he was obliged to send under the Benn act, an explanatory letter from the UK’s ambassador to the EU and a letter explaining why Downing Street did not want an extension because a Brexit extension would be “deeply corrosive”.
An EU source said that in the call between Tusk and Johnson at 8.15pm Brussels time on Saturday the prime minister had confirmed that the request would be sent within hours. Officials in Brussels said there was no doubt that an extension request would be granted, despite the prime minister’s attempts to throw doubt on such a decision. A decision on the terms could be taken later this month to allow for events to unfold in London.
Tusk will now speak to the EU27 heads of state. “This may take a few days,”
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/19/humiliated-boris-johnson-under-huge-pressure-to-seek-brexit-delay
As ever the EU is in the driving seat, waiting and watching as the Parliamentary dictatorship in the UK struggles to avoid Brexit. And now we wait to see if the majesties will grant an extension.
The rational view is - and more and more people are realising this - once Brussels has been dealt with, that's only half of the battle. Westminster has to be next.
Oliver fronted a Remainer plot to hijack the deal, just as Mr Johnson was convinced he had enough support to get it through.
He launched a procedural ploy that rendered any vote on the deal meaningless and forced the Government to delay Brexit again.
His phone lit up with angry texts and calls from Leavers and Remainers after his amendment was voted through by the rabble alliance of Brexit-wreckers.
One senior Tory said: “Letwin has gone and f***ed it again.”
www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexit/10173923/oliver-letwin-political-outcast-boris-johnson-brexit/
Make no mistake, this parliament does not agree with what the people said. As their elected representatives it is their judgement of what they think is in their constituents interests that counts, what the people actually want... well, they're a bit too thick to know what they want, aren't they... that's why they elect us.
I'm no Johnson fan - he's uber green and much more - but he is a dogged fighter and even May spoke in his defence. Wow.
Boris Johnson refuses to sign Brexit extension request and instead sends photocopy, saying: 'This is not my letter, it's Parliament's'
Boris Johnson has told the EU that he is “not asking” for a “deeply corrosive” delay to Brexit, as he ordered a senior diplomat to send an unsigned photocopy of the request drawn up by MPs asking Brussels for an extension.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/10/19/boris-johnson-refuses-sign-brexit-extension-request-instead/
What was that the people said? Nevermind...
Boris Johnson was warned on Saturday that he risks a fresh challenge in the courts after he reacted to a humiliating Commons defeat over Brexit by calling on EU leaders to reject any extension of Britain’s membership of the European Union.
After MPs voted by 322 to 306 to withhold approval of his EU exit deal, the prime minister was obliged to write to Brussels by 11pm on Saturday to request an extension until 31 January 2020, in order to comply with the law under the terms of the Benn act.
Johnson had sent three letters: an unsigned photocopy of the request he was obliged to send under the Benn act, an explanatory letter from the UK’s ambassador to the EU and a letter explaining why Downing Street did not want an extension because a Brexit extension would be “deeply corrosive”.
An EU source said that in the call between Tusk and Johnson at 8.15pm Brussels time on Saturday the prime minister had confirmed that the request would be sent within hours. Officials in Brussels said there was no doubt that an extension request would be granted, despite the prime minister’s attempts to throw doubt on such a decision. A decision on the terms could be taken later this month to allow for events to unfold in London.
Tusk will now speak to the EU27 heads of state. “This may take a few days,”
www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/19/humiliated-boris-johnson-under-huge-pressure-to-seek-brexit-delay
As ever the EU is in the driving seat, waiting and watching as the Parliamentary dictatorship in the UK struggles to avoid Brexit. And now we wait to see if the majesties will grant an extension.
The rational view is - and more and more people are realising this - once Brussels has been dealt with, that's only half of the battle. Westminster has to be next.
