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2019-03-27

UK Dysfunction | Brexit Or Not, Final Days Or Kick The Can Again? (video)

Time Left Under First Extension of Brexit Date, London time: 11:00 P.M., Friday, 12 Apr 2019

Original Countdown to Brexit: 11:00 pm UK time on Friday, 29 March 2019

UPDATES at Emergency European Summit on Brexit, Wednesday, April 10--EU leaders agreed to extend UK's exit date until October 31, 2019.
9-10 Apr 2019: Before an emergency European summit on Wednesday (Apr 10), UK Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Paris and Berlin on Tuesday (Apr 9), to "make the case for extending article 50" to Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel.

8 Apr 2019:
4-5 Apr 2019: Talks between Labour and the government over Brexit aren’t going anywhere, reports @JGForsyth (Apr 5).

Theresa May asks for Brexit extension to June 30; EU could offer a year.
See also: EU's Juncker Warns UK Parliament To Reach Brexit Deal by April 12 (video)

2-3 Apr 2019: Wednesday House of Commons and Prime Minister's Question time.
Bring it on! May has to go!
1 Apr 2019, results of 2nd Day of Indicative Votes (no proposal approved):
Five reasons to love Brexit

"The 29th of March, 2019, should have been our independence day but as Brexit struggles on, Asa Bennett reminds readers of the five reasons they voted for Brexit in the first place."--The Telegraph video above published Mar 29, 2019.

 Friday 29 Mar 2019, UK Prime Minister Theresa May put her 'Brexit deal' to MPs for a vote for the third time, and it was defeated 344 "no" votes to 286 "aye." May said the defeat of her strategy had “grave” implications for the country, while the European Commission said an economically damaging no-deal split is now “a likely scenario.” See also Theresa May faces her day of reckoning on Brexit - and is warned it will not end well--telegraph.co.uk. Highlights from the EU Withdrawal Agreement Debate (video).

Editor's note 29 Mar 2019: the best or  "least dirty shirt" option at this point appears to be the default option, leaving with no deal on April 12, in view of the inability of the government or parliament to come up with an acceptable alternative, since uncertainty is starting to negatively impact the UK economy (video). Under a No Deal Brexit the UK would leave the EU on  April 12th on WTO terms. Though a "no deal" Brexit is disliked by a majority in the HoC, it still remains the "default option" under the Brexit legislation passed following the referendum on June 23, 2016. See also Brexit: Yanis Varoufakis (video) on May's mistakes and the best road ahead.

Why May's 'Deal' Was Rejected 3 times? It Wasn't Really Brexit.
Links:
Mar 27, 2019 update after the indicative votes, Peston LIVE video via Twitter.

Mar 27, 2019, House of Commons video, MPs' voted on a series of options to try to find a path forward, even though the "indicative votes" would not be binding on the government as it goes against the Tory manifesto. No alternative path gained a majority:
The statutory instrument proposing a new exit day for the UK to leave the EU has been passed. House of Commons voted 441 to 105 in favour. This amends the definition of “exit day” to ensure it is 22 May or 12 April depending if the Commons approves the "Withdrawal Agreement."

Mar 26, 2019 video: UK lawmakers once again frustrated Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for Brexit. On Monday evening MPs voted to take control of the parliamentary agenda. They're now set to hold a series of indicative votes on the country's departure from the EU, in an effort to find a solution backed by a majority. May has said she won't be bound by the results, but observers say this latest development shows just how much authority she's lost  over the Brexit process. See also ERG lawyers dispute May's delay (thread).

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2018-12-11

UK Brexit Agreement Vote: Now A 'No Deal Brexit' or Renegotiate


Countdown to Brexit: 11:00 pm UK time on Friday, 29 March 2019

For latest UPDATES go to: Brexit Breakthrough? UK Nears 'No Deal' Brexit Deadline, March 29, 2019.

House of Commons video, Tuesday 12 March 2019--May's 'Deal' Rejected 242-391--Motion: Debate on a Motion relating to Section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; 

Parliament naive to rule out no-deal Brexit, UK lawmaker says

Lord Digby Jones, formerly the U.K.’s trade minister and director general of the CBI, discusses the January 29th votes of Parliament on a number of Brexit amendments. CNBC International TV video above published Jan 30, 2019.

1 March 2019: EU ready to give Britain more guarantees 'backstop' is temporary: Barnier--reuters.com: “We know that there are misgivings in Britain that the backstop could keep Britain forever connected to the EU,” Michel Barnier said in an interview with Germany’s Die Welt newspaper. “This is not the case. And we are ready to give further guarantees, assurances and clarifications that the backstop should only be temporary.”
"The question the Brexiteers should have posed Remainers is complex: do you want to remain within and support closer European Political Union; accept closer integration and political union, adoption of the Euro, and take on board the presently undefined liabilities the Union will eventually have to accept across the Union? In other words, are you prepared to write unlimited cheques to facilitate regional policies and politics, pay Danegeld for crisis such as immigration, and effectively assume the costs of dis-functional populist politics in places like Italy, Eastern Europe, Greece, and dare I say it.. France."--Bill Blain, morningporridge.com 28 Nov 2018.
See also:
  • Don't Expect The EU To Cave On May's Brexit Deal Until The Very Last Minute--"EU diplomats have pointed to a last-minute summit set for March 21 and March 22 - just a week before Brexit Day - as the likely time when a deal may finally be struck."--zerohedge.com.
  • Delaying or canceling Brexit ‘unconstitutional,’ lawmaker says--U.K. Member of Parliament John Baron discusses the possibility of delaying Brexit or holding a second EU referendum--CNBC International TV video published Jan 29, 2019.
  • "No Deal" Remains In Play--zerohedge.com.
  • The Brexit legal challenges that could force Britain to leave without a deal--spectator.co.uk
House of Commos LIVE video Tuesday 29 Jan 2019 Debate on Motion - Section 13 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

UPDATE Jan 29: UK Prime Minister Theresa May has support for a renegotiated "deal":

House of Commons LIVE video Monday 21 Jan 2019: European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 --Rt Hon Theresa May MP, The Prime Minister (Maidenhead, Conservative)--statement and motion on the UK Government's next steps for Brexit.

Run Down the Brexit Clock: "... prospect of a no-deal Brexit on March 29 remains in play after the British Parliament emphatically rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement with the EU. Although it is tempting to reset the clock and give negotiations more time, that instinct must be resisted ..."--Yanis Varoufakis, Jan 16, 2019, project-syndicate.org and @yanisvaroufakis.
"... the Eurozone, and maybe the wider European Union (EU) is far from being a happy place ... one cannot rule out another economic crisis. I say this as the UK exports goods and services worth €209 Billion ($237 Billion) to the EU and imports from the EU trade worth €342 Billion ($388 Billion). The UK accounts for 16.8% of all EU exports. That is a too big a hit for a bloc the size of the EU to take without a problem rippling through the economy ..."--Forbes.com.
UK House of Commons video Tuesday, 15 January 2019: vote 432-202 against Theresa May's 'Brexit deal' with the EU, the worst parliamentary defeat for a government in recent British history. Brexiteers and supporters of EU membership joined forces to vote down the deal. See also Brexit: parliament rejects Theresa May's deal | YouTube.com / FT.com video.

'Brexit Deal Vote' analysis:  432 MPs voted against the deal (434 including two tellers), including 118 Conservative rebels, 250 Labour MPs, all 35 SNP MPs, all 11 Lib Dem MPs, along with the 4 MPs from Plaid Cymru, the 1 Green Party MP and 5 Independents, and lastly 10 members of DUP who otherwise support the Conservative government. Add back the 118 Conservatives and 10 DUP members, and May's government will withstand the "confidence vote" 330 to 304--UPDATE Jan 16: Theresa May wins the U.K. confidence vote, 325-306. 

See also 'Brexit Deal' Vote January 15, Varoufakis on the Euro at Oxford Union:
Theresa May’s fatal error was to accept a two-phase negotiation: a divorce agreement followed by a new trade deal. “This was a declaration of war because Barnier said: ‘You will give us everything we want: money, people, Ireland. And only then will we discuss what you want.’ Well, that isn’t a negotiation, that’s a travesty. And Theresa May agreed to play along.”--Yanis Varoufakis in “The EU declared war and Theresa May played along”--newstatesman.com.
Best path forward now:  re-negotiate withdrawal agreement or leave with "no deal" March 29, 2019, under WTO trade rules.

 What's next after the January 15th vote against May's 'Brexit Deal'? "A statement and motion on the Government's next steps for Brexit will be tabled on Monday 21 January. It will be debated Tuesday 29 January."

Jacob Rees-Mogg:
Continuing news via brexitcentral.com  |  @BrexitCentral -- A Better Deal and A Better Future (pdf) supported by Tory Brexiteers.

Recap:
'Brexit Deal' Debate & Vote LIVE: the UK House of Commons resumed debate on UK Prime Minister Theresa May's EU Withdrawal Agreement on 9 Jan 2019, for 5 days of debate, ending with a 'meaningful vote' on Tuesday 15 January 2019.


2018:
UK ramps up no deal Brexit preparations – troops on standby: Channel 4 News video published Dec 18, 2018: Three and a half thousand troops are on standby, while letters to 140,000 businesses are warning them to prepare for the worst. The government says that although pursuing Theresa May's Brexit deal is still its top priority, it's now begun ramping up its preparations for no deal. Details of where £2bn in funding will be spent have been revealed, while advice for the public will be rolled out over the coming days on everything from potential traffic chaos to credit card fees.

May and Juncker clash over Brexit deal (Dec 14, 2018 video): European leaders told Theresa May that a renegotiation was not possible. Frustrations boiled over during a "robust" exchange between Theresa May and the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, after he had complained that her demands were "nebulous and imprecise."
"We will meet on Thursday and Friday [Dec 13-14] for the last European Council this year. Given the seriousness of the situation in the UK, let me start with Brexit. The intention is that we will listen to the UK Prime Minister's assessment, and later, we will meet at 27 to discuss the matter and adopt relevant conclusions. As time is running out, we will also discuss the state of preparations for a no-deal scenario."--Invitation letter by European Council President Donald Tusk to European Council members ahead of their meetings on 13 and 14 December 2018.
Reminder: Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman (hardly a 'Brexiteer') on the Bank of England's 'scare tactics'--
".... What’s puzzling about the scenarios shown in [the Bank of England's {BoE)] Figure 1 is that they show these disruptions going on for multiple years, with barely any abatement. Really? Britain is an advanced country with high administrative capacity — the kind of country that history shows can cope well with huge natural disasters, and even wars. Would it really have that much trouble hiring customs inspectors and installing computers to recover from an 8 or 10 percent drop in GDP?
"And even in the short run, I wonder why Britain couldn’t follow the old prescription, “When all else fails, lower your standards.” If laxer enforcement, special treatment for trusted shippers, whatever, could clear the bottlenecks at the ports, wouldn’t that be worth it, despite the potential for fraud, as a temporary measure?
"That said, it’s truly amazing that Britain finds itself in this position. If the downsides are anywhere close to what the BoE asserts, given the risk — which we’ve known for a long time was substantial — of a hard Brexit, it was an act of utter folly not to have put in backup capacity at the borders. We can’t possibly be talking about all that much money, and the Brexit vote was more than two years ago. What has the UK government been doing?
"All in all, it’s quite a spectacle. Whether you’re pro-Brexit or anti, you should be horrified and outraged at how the issue has been handled."--Paul Krugman in the NewYorkTimes.com 30 Nov 2018.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018 #ComeWhatMay --vote outcome:
UK PM Theresa May survives "confidence vote" (video) by members of her Conservative Party--For 200, Against 117.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May's 'Brexit Deal' was to have been voted upon by the House of Commons in December (2018), is worded in one very long sentence for the House of Commons debate and vote:
"That this House approves for the purposes of section 13(1)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the negotiated withdrawal agreement laid before the House on Monday 26 November 2018 with the title 'Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community' and the framework for the future relationship laid before the House on Monday 26 November 2018 with the title 'Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom'." More info here. See also Legal Note (pdf) and UK Parliament videos and What people in the UK think are the biggest issues facing the EU | statista.com.
Editor's note: original post title "UK Brexit Agreement Dead? Now A Hard Brexit or Capitulation to EU? "

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