Duplicity | 89 comments (89 topical, editorial, 1 hidden)

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So, as everyone said earlier, the date the EU choose - short extension or until 31st Jan 2020, decides whether the UK has an election or not.
— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) October 24, 2019

by generic on Fri Oct 25th, 2019 at 11:40:59 AM EST

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This is all getting a bit circular

A change from the usual pear shape I suppose

The EU will delay its decision on the length of the Brexit extension until next Monday or Tuesday after France piled pressure on MPs ahead of a vote on Boris Johnson's demand for a pre-Christmas general election.
During a meeting of EU diplomats, the French ambassador stood alone in arguing that it was not the right time to agree a three-month delay, in a move that will be welcomed in Downing Street.
Only after the vote on Monday should the EU decide to "go short, to push for ratification, or long to privilege a general election", the ambassador told the other member states, according to a diplomatic note.

So...
Parliament gets to decide between :

Boris's election before Christmas
Hard Brexit at Halloween

Looks like Macron's got Boris's back.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Fri Oct 25th, 2019 at 02:50:51 PM EST
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MEMORABLE QUOTE (4.00 / 2)

"Somebody's got to be the bad guy"
~ my Robert, when I chastised him for disciplining the four-year-old who wouldn't talk to her grandfather over the phone.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Oct 25th, 2019 at 03:48:28 PM EST
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Duplicity | 89 comments (89 topical, 0 editorial, 1 hidden)