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ZeroSomeBrains

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4. Interesting
Wed Dec 5, 2018, 06:20 PM
Dec 2018

I'm in the US so I don't know everything regarding how elections are triggered in the UK but even if they just do a reshuffling of leadership wouldn't they have to get a Brexit deal that satisfies the members of parliament? Many of the parties aligned with May sound like they want an election so it seems like things are moving towards an election from my standpoint.

As for Corbyn I think he's in a tough position in relation to Brexit. He was against Brexit but once it happened he feels like he has to fulfill the wishes of UK voters even if tje decision was a horrible mistake. If he kills Brexit with another referendum then does the right-wing feel more emboldened and think they had Brexit stolen from them? I'm rooting for some way where the UK stays in the EU and that Corbyn can win so that a leftist government can implement some reforms that some of us in the US are pining for like a tax on carbon and UBI.

I hope so YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #1
I don't see May and the UK Tories' current problems as "the left winning", I'm afraid. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #2
Interesting ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #4
If you're finding it hard to follow in the US, it's not much easier for us in the UK! Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #10
Thank you ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #14
Thanks for the good wishes! Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #16
Yeah the Depressing Situation in the World is Real ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #19
Well, at its best, that's what DU is good for. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #20
Terrific, informative post BannonsLiver Dec 2018 #15
Thanks. Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #18
These things seem to be cyclical... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #3
Authoritarianism is a horrible problem right now ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #6
Poland, Hungary, Israel, Turkey... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #22
Technically all of our days are numbered grantcart Dec 2018 #5
Interesting post malaise Dec 2018 #7
Saying Corbyn is the "front-runner" is a bit optimistic muriel_volestrangler Dec 2018 #8
Thanks for the in-depth analysis ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #9
What message ? Labour have many messages, such is the division. The only positive is that Keir OnDoutside Dec 2018 #13
From what I hear on economics it's very progressive ZeroSomeBrains Dec 2018 #17
From what I've seen and heard up here, Denzil_DC Dec 2018 #12
Yes but it depends on the size of her loss in the vote next week. She would have been gone ages ago OnDoutside Dec 2018 #11
May's problem is with her own Party members; not seeing any strength on the part of Labour... brooklynite Dec 2018 #21
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