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What it means is, if a vote of no confidence is taken on the first day back in September, the earliest possible election date would be October 24th.
And to take a vote of no confidence on the first day back in September, it would have to be tabled today.
If the confidence motion was tabled any later than today, the general election that followed would be pushed back beyond Brexit day
If the confidence motion was tabled any later than today, the general election that followed would be pushed back beyond Brexit day
The point they're getting at is that after today it will no longer be possible to have a general election before October 31st.
That's all.
But it doesn't matter because it never matters . . .
That's all.
But it doesn't matter because it never matters . . .
Question. Why would it not be possible to call a general election, and crash out of Europe while we were doing that?
Because any government that did that would lose that election.
Because any government that did that would lose that election.
