‘I feel totally scunnered, a citizen of nowhere’
Well, thanks, politicians. This morning I feel totally scunnered, a citizen of nowhere. We are all being played, no deal is the endgame where the wealthy will make financial killings. That’ll be the warm up act to destabilisation of the EU and God knows what after. The arms dealers must be rubbing their hands with glee. And we all are collateral damage, at best. I loathe politicians. tlswimmer
‘What we are seeing is no more than the twitching of a corpse’
We are witnessing a government that is intellectually and morally bankrupt. The PM flies to Brussels on a completely pointless trip, to speak to people who do not want to talk to her, because she has to be seen to be doing something. The government uses dubious tactics to fend off legitimate challenges, the Labour opposition proves once again just how impotent it is, and the Tory press tout it as a triumph for the government. What we are seeing is no more than the twitching of a corpse. Terry Potter
‘Our MPs have joined in a form of collective insanity’
Watching this yesterday, it appears that, with a number of notable and honourable exceptions, our MPs have joined in a form of collective insanity, earnestly discussing the number, size and temperament of the unicorns Treeza must bring back from Brussels, all the while ignoring the detailed report that declares the whole of the European continent to be a unicorn-free zone. It must be clear to almost everybody that ‘alternative arrangements’ on the backstop roughly translates as ‘we’ll blag it and hope no-one notices’, which may be OK in Westminster but could lead to violence in NI and Ireland. MrCosmopolite
‘I feel ashamed at the arrogance and stupidity of this country’
To the extent that I’m British I can only feel ashamed at the arrogance and stupidity of this country. To the extent that I’m not, I can only feel angry about my decision to live here and commit money and effort to the place. The sooner I can get out the better, but as it is for business, so it is with families: the costs and losses involved in doing so are considerable. LastNameOnTheShelf
‘Remainers have been ignored again’
So parla-la-la-iament has voted for the latest fantasy to avoid the Tory Party from splitting. May has another two weeks being PM. Jacob Rees Mogg is another two weeks nearer his dream of a no-deal Brexit so he and his other hedge fund friends can make themselves richer unfettered by any EU directives. And vote-leavers can live happily ever after, even if they are poorer. Us remainers have been ignored again and if, as expected, the EU refuse to reopen negotiations then the blue press will have the headline they always wanted - that it is all the EU’s fault. It looks like we will be forced to go it alone before we can see who is right or wrong. TheDudleyOmmer
‘Corbyn is dust, Labour is finished’
Please - going back to Brussels is nonsense. Labour in opposition totally outmanoeuvred in the political playground by the current prime minister. Corbyn is dust, Labour finished. Theresa May won’t stand for re-election and so it will go on post no-deal Brexit. Spencer Leonard Wain
‘I don’t think the UK has ever had such a shit government and opposition at the same time’
I watched the votes yesterday and I don’t think the UK has ever had such a shit government and opposition at the same time. The Tories have been disastrous negotiators and May has less compassion and humanity than my secondary school PE teacher. Labour have sat and watched like flies nestled on their favourite turd whilst Corbyn looks about as much of a leader in waiting as Private Pike. RichPo
‘The real battle will be when May comes back on 14 February’
The Tories only squeaked a very narrow majority for a switch to the right by imposing a three-line whip on the party, meaning that any minister or junior minister who voted for Cooper-Bowles or against Brady would lose their government job - and any backbench Tory MP who did so would leave themselves open to deselection by their constituency party, egged on by Tory Central Office. The real battle will be when May comes back to the House on 14 February with whatever limp ‘alternative arrangements’, if any, she has been able to cobble together. If the nutters in the European Research Group won’t buy it, the Tory Remainers may have one last chance to demonstrate that they do actually have a backbone - if indeed they do. cripes2
‘Labour’s role has been absolutely woeful’
How is it possible that Corbyn comes out the bigger loser from last night’s latest episode of the Brexit farce? It surely requires a leader of exceptional ineffectiveness to have presided over last night’s debacle. The Labour party’s role has been absolutely woeful throughout Brexit, right from its failure to campaign strongly for remain in 2016. NowThatYouAsk
‘The EU will not move on the backstop’
The serious miscalculation here is that Britain hasn’t recognised the cost to the EU of the single market losing its integrity. In the eyes of the EU, having a blurry border in Ireland sets a precedent that makes their other external borders impossible to defend. This poses a greater cost and a greater risk to the whole of the EU than does a no-deal Brexit and for this reason they will not move. London has miscalculated. stuart255
‘Can we sink any lower?’
The UK signed up to the Good Friday Agreement after years of hard work to bring about and sustain peace in Northern Ireland and Ireland. Yesterday we saw parliament vote to refuse to accept May’s deal with the EU if we don’t have the right to renege on the GFA, which apparently parliament wishes to do, otherwise why kick up such a monster fuss over something we don’t want to do. So, parliament wants to scrap the GFA so we can make some trade deals. Can we sink any lower? MrEVoice
