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What a mess.

What on earth is happening?  The latest wheeze is remainers trying to pass a law to make no deal unlawful. I know I am not a legal expert but how could a law be passed before 12th April?.What a dreadful, dreadful mess with no apparent solution and everyone more and more entrenched.Be so glad when it's all over

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2780d6 Comments

Won't we all Barbara.  Unfortunately, as Jacob Rees-Mogg has recently said, any form of Brexit would be 'a process rather than an event', so we'd have a long time to wait.

Clare Noeken ● 2780d

Indeed, what too many people forget is that this is just the beginning : negotiations will take years . We'll probably all be dead by the time it's settled. What a cheerful thought.

Richard Carter ● 2780d

It is a mess, yes. I don't personally understand why anyone would have voted for this. But here we are.

John Gorst ● 2780d

Not just voted for it but blaming everybody else because it’s going pear-shaped. A no deal exit will do huge economic harm yet people are still clutching at it. Too many prefer the simple solutions on offer (no deal exit, WTO terms) and ignore the obvious complexities.  All complexity costs money. Ask anyone in business. The simple fact is that no form of Brexit is a net positive for the UK and castigating MPs trying to stop the most damaging version of it is in my view no help at all.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2780d

Bills can go through in one day if there is the political will (it has happened on rare occasion) but on the other hand the barrister Jo Maugham has noted some issues with this Bill:https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1113047756355010565

James Elder ● 2780d

He does indeed highlight what is wrong with it. Main issue to my mind being May's reaction.

Lucille Grant ● 2780d