Re: Brexit 2: Happy Halloween
To sum up the day's events:
Parliament rejected election dates of 9 and 11 December but approved 12 December. The date is fixed so BoJo can't change it once parliament is dissolved.
The House of Lords are expected to either wave the bill through or attach some sticky amendments to it. Both outcomes seem equally likely now. The HoL might decide to let the lower house do whatever it wants.
Parliament will dissolve next Wednesday. It is unknown at this time whether the new speaker will be chosen on Monday as scheduled or if that will have to wait until after the election.
10 Tories who had the whip removed have had it restored. Among the 11 not welcomed back are the aforementioned Ken Clarke as well as Dominic Grieve and Rory Stewart.
In case there wasn't enough drama surrounding this, someone pointed out that the election might happen in the middle of a strike by the postal workers. The head of the CWU said "Lots of people asking if postal workers would take strike action during a general election. To be clear - we will do whatever it takes to defend our members."
To sum up the day's events:
Parliament rejected election dates of 9 and 11 December but approved 12 December. The date is fixed so BoJo can't change it once parliament is dissolved.
The House of Lords are expected to either wave the bill through or attach some sticky amendments to it. Both outcomes seem equally likely now. The HoL might decide to let the lower house do whatever it wants.
Parliament will dissolve next Wednesday. It is unknown at this time whether the new speaker will be chosen on Monday as scheduled or if that will have to wait until after the election.
10 Tories who had the whip removed have had it restored. Among the 11 not welcomed back are the aforementioned Ken Clarke as well as Dominic Grieve and Rory Stewart.
In case there wasn't enough drama surrounding this, someone pointed out that the election might happen in the middle of a strike by the postal workers. The head of the CWU said "Lots of people asking if postal workers would take strike action during a general election. To be clear - we will do whatever it takes to defend our members."
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