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So it's the Friday before the Week of Big Brexit Votes and you want to get your head around it all?
Come with me
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Come with me
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Let's start with the problem: Parliament is blocked
Here's one thread about that
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Here's one thread about that
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And another one, this time with diagrams and everything.
Basically, when everyone looks weak, there's little incentive to compromise
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Basically, when everyone looks weak, there's little incentive to compromise
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If that's the context, then you'll also want some sense of the possible paths.
We looked at this earlier in the week
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We looked at this earlier in the week
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And given that we're now hard up against the deadline of 29 March, it's also useful to have a sense of one key aspect of that, namely the #EP19 elections
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All of which leads us nicely (wrong word, BYKWIM) to the question of whether a no-deal could occur by accident
Yes
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Yes
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And if no-deal does happen, how ready are we?
Well, the contingency notices offer a mixed picture, but gaps certainly exist
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Well, the contingency notices offer a mixed picture, but gaps certainly exist
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I pulled several of these bits together in a blog post yesterday, if you prefer non-Twitter environments
blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2019/…
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blogs.surrey.ac.uk/politics/2019/…
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Lots more than this, obviously, but hopefully this is all of use to you in the coming week. Happy to deal with any Qs on it
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In sum
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