Profile picture
Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
@nicktolhurst
, 5 tweets, 1 min read Read on Twitter
++BREAKING NEWS++

Multiple sources now reporting that May asked civil servants whether presssure could be brought on the Queen to “encourage her” to block any article 50 extension or soft brexit if parliament voted for these against the wishes of cabinet or May.

More to follow.
This would of course mean forcing the monarchy into a full scale constitutional crisis by forcing the Queen to choose between her majesty’s appointed government and the sovereignty of parliament.
Decline how? The Queen would be forced into a position of having to choose.

There would be no simple way out.
I was about to start a thread on this but I see @paulmasonnews got there before me. There are few better threads on this out there than his but papers also starting to tackle this.
The Telegraph has another take on this (of course..) but it’s clear that this could only have come from cabinet. Backbench MPs have no power to force a constitutional crisis only the govt has.

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @nicktolhurst see all

Profile picture
Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
@nicktolhurst
++BREAKING: Hard Brexit MP's Putin money laundering ties++

Marcus Fysh, one of the proponents for the hardest of #Brexit, revealed to have extensive ties with Money laundering Russian oligarchs and mafia through highly secretive Cyprus companies.
2/
Yet another hard brexiter with Putin ties - this time involved with a company: West Sea Investments Ltd at present hid under the name London Wessex Ltd in the Members' interests register.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem…

& this is where it gets horrifying as the very same company...
3/
 the same company is behind one of the biggest laundering heists in history through West Sea Investment owners - two Cypriot firms: Vaspaco Properties Ltd & Belserve Consultants Ltd - which from 2005 to 2009 laundered the $230m from the so-called “Magnitsky fraud”.

Who was...
Read 6 tweets
Profile picture
Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
@nicktolhurst
1/
 OK this might upset a few people, but here goes...a very small thread on why the New Independent Group could actually be a horrific idea and may well finish off the UK as a (relatively) liberal functioning democracy.
2/
 Problem is 2fold: FPTP combined with traditional UK party culture.
Tories and Labour have always been broad churches - with highly centralised control to ensure the extremes dont get out of hand - there have been exceptions in crisis - but compared to many countries its worked
3/
 In the present crisis both traditional centres of Labour & Tories have been weakened through entryism/radicalisation. Add to this a party which attracts centre/moderates MPs to defect we have a recipie for increasing radicalisation of governing parties - not decreasing.
Read 5 tweets
Profile picture
Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺
@nicktolhurst
"Companies bidding for work with the British government are being asked to affirm that they support #Brexit as part of the tendering process"

theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
"Shortly after A50 was enacted companies that tendered for govt contracts were made to sign declarations that they were pro Brexit or no contract These threats are part of the reason its taken so long for major firms to express their growing concerns re #brexit".
See @hawkred7
Today Theresa May is in Grimsby speaking yet again to a "captive audience" of workers who can hardly show dissent before their Tory supporting employers who have invited May there.

Both Sky & BBC will be broadcasting these silent employees watching our PM address them live.
Read 3 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Sotiri Dimpinoudis
@sotiridi
#Breaking:Just in #Venezuela is experiencing a nation wide Power outage! For almost 1 hour! Maduro regime is claiming sabotage at the power station. The #Caracas airport control tower is working on generators to keep flight landing and departing.
#Breaking: Just in - Reports that generator in the biggest "Hospital de Clínicas" in #Caracas in #Venezuela has failed to start the power in the building.
#Update: Traffic in #Venezuela and in #Caracas is a complete mess. Not enough police officers in the country to guide every important traffic stop.
Read 223 tweets
Profile picture
IndoPacific_SCS_info
@China_SCS_info
#Breaking - Some defense sources report #Indian air strikes across the Line of Control in Muzafarabad, #Pakistan. Indian air force briefing expected later today. Pakistan said Indian jets dropped their payloads & "fled". More confirmation of details needed.
There are also reports of dual, air and ground Indian strikes in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir. No official word yet. Waiting for updates. Stay tuned.
There are also reports that 2 Pakistani JF-17s fighter jets have been shot down.
Read 246 tweets
Profile picture
BNL NEWS
@BreakingNLive
BREAKING: Reports of a massive chemical attack in Douma, Syria. AFP reports that at least 30 civilians have died, more than 1000 people possibly affected.
BREAKING NEWS: Up to 100 dead, many injured following a chemical attack in Douma, Syria.
DEVELOPING
BREAKING NEWS: Joint Chiefs of Staff prepares possible Syrian attack options and target lists, to present to Trump within hours, following the chemical attack in Douma - military officials say.
Read 55 tweets
Profile picture
Lesley Miller
@LesleyMillercyp
#Brexit 1
Cadbury moved factory 2 Poland 2011 with EU grant.
Ford Transit moved 2Turkey 2013 with EU grant.
Jaguar Land Rover recently agreed 2 build a new plant in Slovakia with EU grant, owned by Tata, same company who trashed our steel industry & emptied workers pension funds.
#Brexit 2
Peugeot closed its Ryton (was Rootes Group) plant and moved production to Slovakia with EU grant.
British Army's new Ajax fighting vehicles to be built in SPAIN using SWEDISH steel at the request of the EU to support jobs in Spain with EU grant, rather than Wales.
#Brexit 3
Dyson gone 2 Malaysia, with EU loan. Crown Closures, Bournemouth (Was METAL BOX), gone 2Poland with EU grant,employed 1,200.
M&S manufacturing gone 2far east with EU loan.
Hornby models gone. In fact all toys & models gone from UK along with patents all with EU grants
Read 28 tweets
Profile picture
Pete North
@PeteNorth303
#Brexit as a concept is increasingly drifting from having anything whatsoever to do with the mechanics of leaving the EU. It is now primarily a culture war and both sides will totally ignore the details except for when they are temporarily convenient.
The consequence of this is that our future relationship with the EU will be just as readily ignored as our activities as a member. They said Brexit would make us isolated, self absorbed and insular but it seems that was always the case and there are no signs of that changing.
As ever the details will be delegated to officials and civil servants while our establishment politics drifts further into its cycle of decline, unable to usefully influence external events making us entirely passive and reactive to events rather than self-interestedly engaged.
Read 17 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Parque #Hamedan #US #Pantex #Winning #LiftingTheVeilOfLies #UK #Trump #PulwamaAttack #Caracas #brexit #Brexit #UNSC #GiletsJaunes #China #Venezuela #ProtectMueller #JustSaying #Israel #Maduro #BelgiumJokes #HollyWeird #BREXIT #IranProtests #Pentagon
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!