Brexit

This aspect of today's events is a major low point. A deal that's dead anyway being wheeled through by the departure of its author is worthless. Yet two principal brexiters (and WHY do we keep chummily calling Johnson by his first name?) who said it made us a slave state and put a suicide vest around the UK would now support it because it means she'll bog off. No interest in what's best for the country, just a focus entirely on their grubby party machinations. These two stinking hypocritical slimeballs are adored by puppy-like followers; how can those people possibly now look to either of these two self-interested bloodless sacks of cold offal?

As to the votes, I found it interesting. The proposals mapped to the range of preferences I've heard brexiters express. It shows the futility of attempting to brexit; no majority would ever be satisfied.

The Tories in general acted appallingly last night - still treating the whole thing like a game.

Good on the Speaker for trying to keep them in check, he's been one of the rare voices of sanity in this mess.

Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg yesterday gave up any and all pretence that any of this is about literally anything other than their own self interests and careers, it's high time we treated these hypocritical, self-obsessed gasbags with the contempt they deserve.

What is Rees Mogg's majority?

Was getting excited there. Still, could be Chukka's redemption?

After yesterday’s vote where the house couldn’t agree on one of the amendments, Boris the Boa and Jacob the Stick Insect, have done a complete U turn and not now going to back Theresa May, must be buoyed by the failure of consensus last night and their ambitions seem to be boosted by the hope of a no deal.

For the record Boris the Boa isn’t interested in what type of Brexit happens, he is only interested in one thing and that is nothing to do with Brexit.

What a great concept, some superb responses to this - future brexit exam questions

Well not necessarily given that the referendum didn't specify a leave date. I don't remember March 29 2019 actually being on the ballot paper.
The wishes of "the people" could still have been followed if the Government had taken a bit of time to work out what Brexit actually meant before activating Article 50.

We might've been out today, possibly, had the government not been prevented from bulldozing their way over parliamentary sovereignty - the very thing brexiters saw as being compromised by staying in the EU.

Funnily enough, that we're not leaving today is partly thanks to the tory brextremists of the ERG. They've helped to ensure the possibility of a long delay and very soft brexit.

What do you believe "the people's wishes" are?