If the BBC's accounts are to be believed (.. & this following a speech made by Boris just hours ago, following a 'surprise' Cabinet meeting ..) ... the latest thinking is that Boris wants to measure the extent of rebellion still in the Conservative ranks.Originally Posted by Kathianne
We're in for some very 'lively' moments, imminently, in the Commons. Boris has tried to outflank the way things may go, by warning his people that disloyalty to the Boris line will earn the rebels deselection as Conservative MP's. This he'd follow up with a snap election, which may be settled BEFORE the end of October !!
Boris, it seems, calculates that betrayers from within the Conservative Party may be enough in number to make his intentions nearly impossible to realise. The calculation would be that Boris has sold himself to the British electorate as THE politician who's listened to their wishes (as expressed in the 2016 Referendum), and so is THE person most willing to represent them.
So, he'd hope to go into an election, win it, replace the deselected MP's with those loyal to the pro-Brexit Conservative manifesto, and have a properly workable majority comprising properly loyal Party members. Armed with all this, he'd have got rid of meaningful impediments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49558596
Ideally, Corbyn would be wrong-footed, big-time. He'd have to issue a Party manifesto at odds with the preceding one ... and with people knowing that Labour's manifesto pledges aren't necessarily worth a damn. His 'vote of No Confidence' could only lead to a change in the Parliamentary status quo, which a General Election would deliver, anyway ! AND ... Corbyn would have to face all those pro-Brexit constituencies who voted Labour, who'll now feel betrayed.The government is expected to table a motion to hold a general election on 14 October if it is defeated by MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit on Tuesday.
Boris Johnson said he did not want an election, but progress with the EU would be "impossible" if they won.
Tory rebels are joining forces with Labour to bring a bill designed to stop the UK leaving the EU on 31 October without an agreement.
It would force the PM to request a delay to 31 January 2020 in that event.
A senior government official said a motion for an election would be put forward if MPs take the first steps towards passing legislation to block no deal this week.
The prime minister is confident he would win the required two-thirds majority for the motion to be passed, the official added.
Speaking outside No 10 earlier, Mr Johnson insisted that with MPs' backing, he would be able to achieve changes to the UK's current Brexit deal - negotiated by Theresa May and rejected three times in the Commons - at an EU summit on 17 October.
But he said if MPs voted to block no deal they would "plainly chop the legs out from under the UK position".
The truly amusing thing is that Corbyn is clearly DESPERATE for an election !! His lust for power has been plain to see, for a long time. He's blinded to anything and everything that threatens his dream of acquiring the PM job.
We live in interesting times ...
.... chaotic as hell ... !!! ......
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