Brexit: Prime Minister Theresa May cancels critical vote and there is widespread chaos

Brexit: Prime Minister Theresa May cancels critical vote and there is widespread chaos

The House of Commons was the scene of mayhem today after unexpectedly Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she had postponed a vote on the Brexit Deal she had negotiated with the European Union. After  more than 3 hours speaking in the House of Commons the Prime Minister left the debating chamber and it was up to the Leader of the House to try and deal with a barrage coming from all sides questioning what had just happened.

It was reported that Prime Minister Theresa May was on her way to Europe to try and get a helping hand to save whatever is left of the Conservative government. A very sombre mood took over the remaining members of the Cabinet still sitting in the House of Commons that couldn't hide their despair. A Conservative MP compared the British Government to a group of children that had run away and were hiding in the toilets.

Fearing a disastrous defeat in the House of Commons that could have immediately triggered a Motion of No Confidence that could have meant the end of her career as Prime Minister, Theresa May told the House of Commons that she had postponed the vote to try and deal with the issue of the backstop contained as a key part of the deal that practically everybody rejects and it was said that the Prime Minister was on her way to Europe to try and salvage whatever could be salvaged of the deal that has unified Members of Parliament of all political parties against the Conservative Government.

Yesterday, I compared Theresa May to Neville Chamberlain. She was talking about reassurances that would lead everybody to support the deal but she was reminded of the fact that reassurances without legal force would do nothing to change what has been a political disaster of major proportions. Unless the legal text of the deal is modified to get rid of the backstop, the deal would be totally unacceptable for both Brexiteers and Remainers.

She started her Premiership on a winning note but she made a fundamental mistake when she called an early election and lost her Parliamentary majority in the House of Commons forcing her to depend on the support provided by DUP. As if this wasn't enough, she then lied to the DUP and agreed a deal that went against what she had promised to the DUP. Tonight, the negotiators of the European Union hold the key that could either save or sink Prime Minister Theresa May. Smelling blood, the Labour Party went on the attack and now the fate of Britain could be decided by the Courts as voices asking to disallow the call for the implementation of Article 50 grow ever louder. Yesterday, there was the talk about calling a second Referendum on EU Membership. If the Opposition to Brexit manages to block the full implementation of Article 50 everything would back to square one without even having to win a Referendum and the decision made by the British Electorate in 2016 would be de-facto ignored. 

Brexit: To be or not to be

Brexit: To be or not to be

The crisis that arose out of an impossibility is reaching a new climax. You cannot be and not be at the same time. You cannot be out of the EU and in the EU at the same time.

Brexiteers want an all out which is the real OUT and not the fake OUT proposed by Remainers that want to stay in by pretending that being out can be also mean to be in.

If you stay in the Common Market, if you stay in the Customs Union, you cannot possibly be out. If the price to stay in the Common Market and in the Customs Union is to continue following EU Rules, you cannot possibly be out. Out must mean out. Out means total freedom. Partial out means becoming a colony of the EU. 

What will happen to Prime Minister Theresa May? Well, there are several possible outcomes. She can manipulate the Conservative Party but has to also be able to persuade the Opposition for a deal with EU to be approved by the House of Commons. She could face a leadership challenge and fail to get enough support or she could face a leadership challenge and be removed from office. She could face a vote of No Confidence in the House of Commons and this would mean that the Conservative will have to choose a successor. Some mention the possibility of an advanced General Election but we must remember that the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition that took office in 2010 change the way General Elections are called and created the concept of Fixed Term Parliament. Legislation would have to be approved in the House of Commons to be able to call an advanced General Election. Are there enough votes in the House of Commons to call an advanced General Election?

Angela Merkel stated this evening that there won't be any other deal, thus closing the door to any negotiation. Therefore, for the British Parliament, this is case of 'take it or leave it'. If the House of Commons rejects the deal presented by Theresa May and supported by EU, there is not going to be any deal. Remainers keep fantasising about a new deal that is not actually on the cards because EU has already rejected the possibility of any other deal.

EU is profoundly anti-democratic. EU is run by what we could call Democratic Centralism - the way the Communist Party operated in the Soviet Union = Decisions taken inside a cabinet in total secrecy without any Parliamentary scrutiny. Britain is a Parliamentary Democracy and Brexit means being a Parliamentary Democracy. Having Brexit means maintaining the democratic way of life. If you are given the choice between being in a Parliamentary Democracy or in a Soviet Democratic Centralism, what would you choose?