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Showing Original Post only (View all)'People Are Really, Really Hoping This Theory About David Cameron and Brexit is True' [View all]
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/people-are-really-really-hoping-this-theory-about-david-cameron-and-brexit-is-true--bJhqBql0VZPeople are really, really hoping this theory about David Cameron and Brexit is true
David Camerons decision to resign before enacting Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty...
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While panic ensues, one persons musings in the comments section of the Guardian has an interesting hypothesis on these complications:
If Boris Johnson looked downbeat yesterday, that is because he realises that he has lost.
Perhaps many Brexiters do not realise it yet, but they have actually lost, and it is all down to one man: David Cameron.
With one fell swoop yesterday at 9:15 am, Cameron effectively annulled the referendum result, and simultaneously destroyed the political careers of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and leading Brexiters who cost him so much anguish, not to mention his premiership.
How?
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The referendum result is not binding. It is advisory. Parliament is not bound to commit itself in that same direction.
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If he runs for leadership of the party, and then fails to follow through on triggering Article 50, then he is finished. If he does not run and effectively abandons the field, then he is finished. If he runs, wins and pulls the UK out of the EU, then it will all be over - Scotland will break away, there will be upheaval in Ireland, a recession ... broken trade agreements. Then he is also finished. Boris Johnson knows all of this. When he acts like the dumb blond it is just that: an act.
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'People Are Really, Really Hoping This Theory About David Cameron and Brexit is True' [View all]
Hissyspit
Jun 2016
OP
In your last paragraph… If he runs for leadership of the party… Are you refering to Cameron?
midnight
Jun 2016
#1
Boris Johnson, like Trump, if elected HAS to follow through on Brexit (or Trump 'tearing up'
pampango
Jun 2016
#12
The EU says that they're treating the referendum as binding and are going to follow it anyway.
craigmatic
Jun 2016
#19