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The hitch with that is that the Conservative government doesn't have a majority without the support of the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, and th
by smacktoward 7y ago
The hitch with that is that the Conservative government doesn't have a majority without the support of the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, and the DUP's central, defining issue is that Northern Ireland is and should always remain part of the UK. So the government can't yield an inch on Ireland, because the minute they do the DUP will withdraw its support and the government will promptly collapse.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoThey already collapsed (self-inflicted). Thanks to today's resignation and withdrawing the whip from all tonight's rebels, the government is now 20 votes short of a majority. Expect a vote for a general election tomorrow.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoAnd don't be surprised if MPs vote against it.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoWell if I were Labour lead, and seeing as the idiotic Fixed Term Parliament Act requires a super-majority to end a term early, I'd try and keep the impotent Johnson in office as long as possible. Three more years of a government unable to do anything should tear the Tories apart nicely, and perhaps see them unelectable for 30+ years. If they can't get a super-majority, I think they might be stuck with waiting until term, absurd and broken though that is. The Lib Dems weren't thinking at all when they pushed for fixed terms.