Thursday 3rd October 2019
Posted: Thu 03 Oct, 2019 6:49 am
Morning all.
Interesting. We still have to request an extension, but the Benn Act has already requested one in various circumstances which only needs a letter from the executive to enable the EU to grant one and this is being interpreted as not needing to be Boris but could be a leading civil servant, who would presumably oblige because it's the law.Brexit delay could be granted by Europe even if Boris doesn’t ask for one
Some were pointing this out not long after the bill was passed.Willow904 wrote:https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/03/brexit-d ... ssion=true
Interesting. We still have to request an extension, but the Benn Act has already requested one in various circumstances which only needs a letter from the executive to enable the EU to grant one and this is being interpreted as not needing to be Boris but could be a leading civil servant, who would presumably oblige because it's the law.Brexit delay could be granted by Europe even if Boris doesn’t ask for one
Attorney general says US-style appointments system floated by PM would be 'wholly retrograde step' (Politics Live, Guardian)
He was the one who said it might be necessary. To be fair he said he wouldn't be enthusiastic about it, but it was him who floated the idea.PorFavor wrote:Attorney general says US-style appointments system floated by PM would be 'wholly retrograde step' (Politics Live, Guardian)
Having said it wanted no border in Northern Ireland, now it is proposing two borders.
Corbyn says the reaction from businesses in Northern Ireland has been “very stark”.
Here is a Guardian story about the business reaction to the plan in Northern Ireland. (Corbyn’s assessment is correct.)
So not the final offer then?Tim Shipman
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Alistair Burt now praising Johnson’s tone. One of the 21 rebels sounding warm. Asks if he is still open to further movement. Boris says that’s right but says “we have already moved quite some way”
12:14 PM - 3 Oct 2019
Yes - it is a tactic. I hope the MPs concerned take witnesses.James Forsyth
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Boris Johnson’s new Commons tactic is to offer to meet any MP who expresses specific concerns. Has already done that with Lady Hermon and Yvette Cooper
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But the Tory whips were telling "journalists" they would all vote for it now!PorFavor wrote:The EU's "Brexit" Steering Group is due to publish a report on the proposals this afternoon which will be "damning". Apparently, they have "grave concerns" (Sky News).
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Strong indications the Govt is willing to make further compromises on Brexit deal in order to get to formal negotiations
Boris Johnson repeatedly declines to say that his offer is ‘final’ in the Commons
Ministers tells me the No 10 line that the deal was final was ‘unhelpful’
1:11 PM - 3 Oct 2019
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Strong indications the Govt is willing to make further compromises on Brexit deal in order to get to formal negotiations
Boris Johnson repeatedly declines to say that his offer is ‘final’ in the Commons
Ministers tells me the No 10 line that the deal was final was ‘unhelpful’
1:11 PM - 3 Oct 2019
As one of the worst affected, I thought the 1995 change was fair enough really. I would have got mine May 2018.Willow904 wrote:Making women's pension age the same as men's is right and would have been easy to defend if it hadn't been muddled up with making everybody wait longer to save money, which has made it wrong, basically.
Equality could have been achieved by lowering men's pension age. That way, women's pension age would only have needed to be raised by a couple of years.
They've moved some way backwards as far as I can see. More acceptable to the DUP and the ERG, less acceptable to the EU.RogerOThornhill wrote:So not the final offer then?Tim Shipman
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Alistair Burt now praising Johnson’s tone. One of the 21 rebels sounding warm. Asks if he is still open to further movement. Boris says that’s right but says “we have already moved quite some way”
12:14 PM - 3 Oct 2019
Glad we have this all sorted out now...
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EU parliament says Boris Johnson's Brexit plan not remotely acceptable (Politics Live, Guardian)
Thank you.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Sorry to hear that, PF.
Hope things turn out better than you currently seem to be expecting.
You forgot "interesting" . . .PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Surprising and unexpected.
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Quite.Q: What will you do in the event of no deal?
Varadkar says Ireland would take steps to protect the single market.
But he says that is very different from Ireland signing up willingly to an international agreement that would require these measures. (Politics Live, Guardian - my emphasis)
George Conway, husband to Trump’s adviser Kellyanne Conway and a persistent thorn in the president’s side, has resumed his criticism of the president in an article for the Atlantic.
[George Conway is quoted as saying:] "You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, and you don’t need to be a mental-health professional to see that something’s very seriously off with Trump—particularly after nearly three years of watching his erratic and abnormal behavior in the White House." (US Politics Live, Guardian)
Other people I know have said they've been going through the transfer from DLA to PIP this year. The rollout has been behind I believe, I wonder if there's been a push to catch up. I'll keep my fingers crossed you can have a home assessment, I know some people get them. Or even better that Labour get into government and no one has to worry about it at all any more. That would be nice.PorFavor wrote:I received the letter of doom today. DLA>PIP. If, as I expect, it's going to involve leaving the house for "assessment" then I'm stuffed. I haven't left the house for over a year. I'm stressed! Just thought I'd share that . . .
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... sed-reportNeglected NHS cancer hospital is unfit for purpose, says report
Mount Vernon in Boris Johnson’s constituency is so short-staffed it cannot provide safe care, review finds (Guardian - my emphasis)
PorFavor wrote:I received the letter of doom today. DLA>PIP. If, as I expect, it's going to involve leaving the house for "assessment" then I'm stuffed. I haven't left the house for over a year. I'm stressed! Just thought I'd share that . . .
I feel your pain, sent off my ESA 50 form last week so am now waiting for the date of my own delightful 'assessment'. Once again I'm having to prove I'm batshit crazy. If only this forum counted as medical evidence.PorFavor wrote:I received the letter of doom today. DLA>PIP. If, as I expect, it's going to involve leaving the house for "assessment" then I'm stuffed. I haven't left the house for over a year. I'm stressed! Just thought I'd share that . . .
Indeed it would. It would also be righting a wrong they began in the first place.Willow904 wrote:that Labour get into government and no one has to worry about it at all any more. That would be nice.
Some cheap wine bringing back would be appreciated if you've any room left after stuffing your luggage and pockets with fags.HindleA wrote:I am in Brussels ,"negotiating"the streets.