Over the Hills and Far Away: The Aggregation Battle Looms
"Please shoulder your pens!"
28 January 2020 - 01:48
"Please shoulder your pens!"
"So, when the EU says that not everything can be agreed by 31 December 2020, that is fine. The only constructive way out ... is to agree what can be agreed, and find an equitable transition for those issues that remain."
"The real catalyst for change, however, came on 3 September. Twenty-one ultra-Remainer Conservative rebels supported an emergency motion taking control of the Commons timetable, to pass a bill blocking a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. ... Johnson promptly responded by withdrawing the Conservative whip from the twenty-one."