BTW, while I think about it, that bit is factually incorrect. They do NOT seek 'self determination'. They want to retain the pound as a currency which, in the same way that adopting the euro means for eurozone countries, means you DON'T have complete self-determination because you're reliant on a central bank NOT in your own control. If they were honest, they'd want to have their own 'scottish pound' OR go into the eurozone. THAT, they don't want to do. In fact, one could almost say they want to, 'have their cake and eat it'.
Does the DUP have enough to get them into a coalition? Can't see any of the others doing forming anything with the Tories after what they did to the Lib Dems.
Hung parliament is their way of trying to tell us please dont let brexit be that hard and we of course cant let that happen. But yes for us coalitions are a good thing and the norm
The whole basis of the EU is 'shared sovereignty' and sharing control among different political entities.
Barely...but managing to achieve anything in government, (like a 'hard brexit', say), is a TOTALLY different matter.
You're reading tea leaves. While a major election issue, it was far from the sole one. If nothing else it will throw a spanner in the Brexit talks timeline, methinks. May will likely have issues passing a budget, and forming a government, but whoever finally does will be in control negotiating Brexit.
Actually, FYI, brexit was rarely mentioned. It was domestic matters that played the biggest part, particularly the tories austerity policy whilst cutting taxes for the rich.
The youth decided this vote coming out in droves for labour forcing this result. It has begun to shine though what brexit really means and in fear of further cuts to the social budgets they have come for this result so that whoever gets to negotiate might get a soft brexit. Proposed hard brexit is why May lost this election. Now since from an EU pov there can be no soft brexit or special deal this result is basically good for nothing. The only options are May and hard Brexit or another election with Labour winning and another referendum. Hence my comment dont think a hung parliament would change anything concerning the brexit talks.
If they really felt like that they would have voted for the Lib Democrats the only party to really oppose Brexit. Corbyn was not very dedicated to the remain campaign.
Yeah if the libdems werent pro business and pro cuts to the social budgets. And if the alternative is hard brexit then "not quite remain" is still to be prefered by those voters
The voters have accepted Brexit, Corbyn if he had would won he would have negotiated a hard exit. That is not what motivated the young. The promises of more spending paid by Magic (the Sanders formula) is what motivated the young to vote for Labor, and the dislike of May and the Tories of course.
I don't think they'll require much explicitly. They'll take the de facto veto on Northern Ireland policy.
It's part of the good friday agreement that the westminster government has to remain neutral between the nationalists and loyalists. It'll probably just be some extra dosh for schools, hospitals, roads, etc. etc.
It's what happens when nationalism replaces 'real' politics. When the only issue is whether someone is against somebody else, things usually go to shit... as the tory party in relation to the EU proves
I don't know where you get that from. He said the precise opposite... that he'd negotiate a deal that favoured jobs and growth rather than some arbitrary 'political' requirement the tories would insist on. It wasn't 'magic'... it was taxes raised on the top 5%, corporations and some borrowing for investment.
Post brexit regrets it is. That is why the election now. The more brexit uncertainty hits home hard, the more Tories have to lose. Another snap election and the incumbent government will lose even more On Survation poll, note Remain is ahead of Leave on the Q of EU referendum - 51:49 for staying in the European Union. Brace, chaos ahead.— Jakub Krupa (@JakubKrupa) June 10, 2017
The talk now is that the tories will use the DUP in a similar way to the way they used the lib/dems, to chuck out those parts There's no question but that, as people have become more aware of what's involved they've moved to thinking they might change their mind if the same question was asked again But, of course there are dangers with that as well so I think, at this stage, another referendum isn't a good idea. Frankly, it's more likely to just piss people off so it's better we move to something like an EEA-style arrangement, maybe with some minor modifications.
Our prayers for you guys getting such a thing Uk politics has got German Catholics praying: during mass in Berlin, priest calls to "pray for the people of Britain at this difficult time"— Damien McGuinness (@damienmcguin) June 11, 2017
I suppose it would be churlish to point out we're mostly protestant. Well, the ones that even believe in god that is which isn't many, tbh.
You would be catholic if it wasnt for a Thuringian pastor. Berlin also only has a 15% share of catholics. Anyways 873983582632644609 is not a valid tweet id