Brexit

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Jaicee said:

Not unlike Theresa May's similar deal with the EU,

- similar but with some important changes

this one too was rejected by the UK parliament yesterday

-nope. still hasn't been voted on

while roughly one million protesters

-tens of thousands not a million

against Brexit demonstrated outside, waving EU flags and signs with slogans like "I'M 17 AND BREXIT STOLE MY FUTURE"

- how has Brexit stole anyone's future assuming you're not a corrupt MP being lobbied by big business or Jo Swinson's husband who's "charity"  received £3.5 million out of £4 millions from the EU in donations last year

and "UK AND NORTHERN IRELAND AT PEACE, NOT IN PIECES" and pulling floats like one of "Demonic Cummings", demanding a second Brexit referendum in the largest protest action organized by the People's Vote campaign to date. Jo Swinson, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, and and actor Patrick Stewart (perhaps best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation) were among those to address the crowd.

- oh best cancel the biggest democratic vote in British history if Professor X is against it. 

The defeat of Prime Minister Johnson's Brexit deal in the parliament was met by jubilation in the streets and legally obliged Johnson to send a letter to European leaders requesting an extension of the Brexit deadline until January 31st of next year.

- The vote hasn't been put before the House yet. It was an amendment.

He was legally required to send such a letter after the parliament crafted and voted for the Benn Act early last month in response to Johnson suspending parliament until after October 31st, the current Brexit deadline. The UK's Supreme Court subsequently ruled that Johnson's suspension of parliament was illegal and ordered MPs back to work, which is why the aforementioned vote could be held yesterday in the first place.

- The UK Supreme Court is a recent invention created by treasonous politicians. It will be abolished and we'll go back to our old system once Boris wins the election. Challenging the Prime Minister's actions is one thing. Challenging the actions of the Crown signed their death warrant.

Johnson has always maintained that he would obey the Benn Act, yet also persisted in committing himself to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on October 31st anyway, leading to confusion over how he might respond to a last-minute Brexit deal being voted down by the parliament. We now know the answer: he responded by sending not one, but three letters to EU leaders:

1) a cover note from Britain's EU envoy explaining the government was simply complying with the law,
2) an unsigned photocopy of the text that the law forced him to write, and...
3) a third letter in which Johnson outlined his opposition to an extension.

The move has proven massively controversial and could draw legal challenges. The opposition Labour Party's finance minister, John McDonnell, for example, said that Johnson "is now treating parliament and the courts with contempt" by sending out the two additional letters, as they clearly weren't in keeping with the spirit of the Benn Act. Repeating his predecessor's failed strategy of simply holding the same deal up for multiple votes, Johnson has said he intends to hold a second vote on this same deal next week.

- Boris obeyed the Law. This isn't news.

Immediate economic disaster awaits if Brexit occurs at the end of the month as scheduled without a deal. Social disaster that awaits if there is anything other than a Brexit deadline extension.

- No it doesn't. Anyone who knows anything about trade knows how little an effect Brexit will have. Free trade, lower prices and improved productivity make a country richer (economically) not poorer.