tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post7174583781043471477..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Brexit in CrisisPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57882250166077285532018-11-22T09:43:35.521+00:002018-11-22T09:43:35.521+00:00May is like Mr Burns when he was told by the docto...May is like Mr Burns when he was told by the doctor he had all illnesses, but he was still alive because they were balancing each other out, like when too many people try to squeeze through a doorway at once and get stuck.<br />The irony is that if May wasn't presiding over such chaos, she'd have been out long ago.<br />The logic of a second referendum is inescapable. If a majority no longer want to inflict collective self-harm, it is surely incumbent upon the government to double-check.<br />Add to that, there IS NO solution that will satisfy the DUP - et voila! Only a referendum or a general election can resolve this deadlock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464135855185678187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-82957648516882560822018-11-22T09:21:39.611+00:002018-11-22T09:21:39.611+00:00"And the way some hard remainers have latched..."And the way some hard remainers have latched on to May's sudden invocation of abandoning the whole thing is indicative of a sort of restless desperation": or of active campaigners reacting to an encouraging development. What do you advocate, Phil? Sitting back and letting events take their course?Jim Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642992463679646250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-57428026116767869362018-11-22T07:45:36.512+00:002018-11-22T07:45:36.512+00:00All true. I still think a referendum is more likel...All true. I still think a referendum is more likely than you appear to - if she loses the vote calls for another one will be very loud, and it could be presented as a three-way vote with stv, which would not split leave or remain. However, referendums take a long time to organise - there are 18 weeks from today and the quickest usually takes 40 weeks (it took 60 weeks to sort the last one and 100 weeks to sort NE devolution). <br /><br />I recently told someone: 70 per cent some kind of deal, 30 per cent referendum (which will be tight), and I think this is about right. I don't see there being another election. Speedynoreply@blogger.com