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Sorting Out The Brexit Chaos

• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Kai Weiss

What has happened in the Brexit debate in the last few months, but in the last week in particular, has caused much astonishment around the globe - indeed, it has left almost everyone with the question of what in the world is going on in Britain.

Just looking back at the at the beginning of last week, Parliament was still debating on Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement from the EU. Should the House of Commons accept the Prime Minister's deal in the so-called "meaningful vote" on Tuesday, or rebuke what May sees as the best she can get from Brussels? Instead, the Prime Minister, having been cornered from all sides, called off the vote, which subsequently led to the threshold of 48 Conservative Members of Parliament needed for a no-confidence vote being reached. May won her party's confidence, but a shocking 117 MPs turned against her. In the end, May's position has mostly stayed the same, though, having neither been particularly strengthened nor weakened, since her leadership can't be challenged again for the next year.

The same might be true for her deal with the EU, which will now be voted on in the Commons in January. By some described as the best compromise that was possible, by (most) others however described as a disaster which would, say the critics, chain the UK to Brussels as a vassal state, it has undoubtedly been a controversial agreement.


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