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1. Henry Edward Hardy (hhardy01@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2019 02:10:54 EDT Henry Edward Hardy

   "[May] has become such an enfeebled husk that she dares not sack ministers who refuse to obey a three-line whip. Discipline in her party has broken down to the point where it is a headline news event when she actually manages to win a vote. Cabinet collective responsibility has so collapsed that the chancellor can float a rival Brexit proposal on the floor of the Commons while the prime minister sits beside him doing an impression of someone chewing a mouthful of wasps."

   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/17/well-done-brexit-ultras--the-european-union-has-never-had-more-power-over-britain

   1. M. Grégoire (mpjgregoire@mastodon.club)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2019 06:01:42 EDT M. Grégoire

      in reply to

      @hhardy01 The indecision of Parliament and the break-down of Tory unity are real, but *The Guardian* somehow omits the hostility of Labour MPs to Jeremy Corbyn as a reason why the chaos continues.

      Personally, I tend to think the H of C ought to accept PM May's deal, but that is a very low confidence opinion.

      #Brexit #ukpol

      1. Henry Edward Hardy (hhardy01@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2019 09:32:43 EDT Henry Edward Hardy

         in reply to

         @mpjgregoire

         Brexit and all the shenanigans associated with it gave a huge, historic opening to Labour, which all factions, Bennite, Blairite, Trot, Corbynista and Watson, have utterly failed to appreciate or use to the party's benefit.

         If Labour had a single policy, *any* policy, on Brexit, such as Leave, Stay, 2nd vote, Norway or Norway Plus, it has the balance of power to enact that policy and should by rights be the party in power now.

         But Tory and Labour are both torn and factionalized.