cyprusgrump wrote:Kikapu wrote:Well, if you insist that you know what was in the minds of the MPs, then your conclusion is dismissed and this concludes that.
I'm not insisting that at all...
I'm just saying that MPs voted for Article 50 and we must assume that they knew what they were voting for. Or do you think they just randomly walk through a Ayes or Noes lobby at the end of every debate...?
Yes, the MPs voted to enact article 50 to trigger the UK’s removal from the EU. But article 50 merely states for the sides to negotiate an withdrawal agreement and not much else, and the EU and the UK had negotiated the withdrawal agreement in the 2 year period, therefore, as far the EU is concerned, they have lived up to article 50‘s instructions. Now, the fact that the British parliament has voted down the agreed withdrawal agreement, that is non of the EU‘s business. It is up to the UK to ratify that agreement, and if they don‘t, then I don‘t know how the UK can legally leave the EU without a deal in the form of a no deal Brexit. I believe if a no deal Brexit is attempted by the UK, which the majority MPs are against it and the courts are on their side, the British high court would stop no deal Brexit when it is challenged, regardless if it means to overturn the 2016 referendum. Democracy is not absolute and anything voted by the majority would still needs to meet legal challenges. Brexit is far from being a done deal and BJ‘s visit to Europe this week has made him admit that the onus is on the UK to “fix” the withdrawal agreement May signed with the EU and not the other way around. Looks like BJ got “pussy whipped” by Merkel as he was treated like a school boy told to go back and to finish his homework, the withdrawal agreement.