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Reading the excellent @ConUnit_UCL blog post on what happens after new Tory leader is appointed:
constitution-unit.com/2019/06/30/six…
And then trying to put that into my latest #BrexitDiagram...
constitution-unit.com/2019/06/30/six…
And then trying to put that into my latest #BrexitDiagram...
Imagine the following happens:
1) Johnson chosen 23 July
2) 3 Tory MPs cross House, Tory+DUP has no majority any more
3) Queen cannot appoint Johnson as a result, 2 weeks to find a solution
1) Johnson chosen 23 July
2) 3 Tory MPs cross House, Tory+DUP has no majority any more
3) Queen cannot appoint Johnson as a result, 2 weeks to find a solution
Two routes from this are pretty obvious:
1) Johnson softens his Brexit position, and tries to win confidence back
2) No solution found so UK heads for General Election
1) Johnson softens his Brexit position, and tries to win confidence back
2) No solution found so UK heads for General Election
But there *could* be a third route, something about which there has been little thinking:
3) Someone else - a kind of caretaker PM (Lidington?) - can command a majority in the Commons
BUT to *do* what?
3) Someone else - a kind of caretaker PM (Lidington?) - can command a majority in the Commons
BUT to *do* what?
Could such a person make a better effort at cross party talks & actually take the UK towards a Brexit deal?
Or would Commons then move towards a 2nd Referendum, it now being clear the Commons is in a crisis?
Ideas how it would play out would be very welcome!
#Brexit
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Or would Commons then move towards a 2nd Referendum, it now being clear the Commons is in a crisis?
Ideas how it would play out would be very welcome!
#Brexit
/ends
