If he loses the vote tomorrow, calls for an early general election and is still PM then yes.
he can’t call a general election - he needs corbyn’s support to do that.
Is corbyn stupid enough to fall for this? If he tables a vote of no confidence and wins he can demand to form a govt (he just lies to the queen like May and Johnson did) and then he can sort out a delay to no deal and choose the election date.
Calls for…
I hope not.
He’s far from guaranteed to win a NC vote if Tory MPs knew it would result in a Corbyn government.
Suppose I should probably just wait and see, but if they lose and then table the motion for a GE, does that somehow override the ability Corbyn et al will have won to control parliamentary business and thus pass the new anti-no-deal bill?
Also, I think I read that it’s a constitutional grey area on whether Corbyn automatically gets a crack at forming a government if Johnson doesn’t ask the Queen to let him (after the confidence vote). So that could be another fun thing.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1168578482642804736
https://mobile.twitter.com/hilarybennmp/status/1168560830222393344
The problem with having no single written constitution is that most of the answers depend on precedence and convention.
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So de Pfeffel is what only a month into his churchillian political dynasty and he’s already brought in poochie.
https://mobile.twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1168587490934054914
https://mobile.twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1168598555575107585
https://twitter.com/iabo77/status/1168630647948226560?s=21
Labour seem to actually get it. All the noises are that if Boris tries to call an election if (when) Benn’s Bill passes tomorrow, Parliament will deny it and force him to carry on. Leaving our self-styled bumbling idiot with four options: get a deal and pass it before Oct 31 (lol), attempt to subvert an Act Of Parliament (lol), resign (all the lols) or swallow his pride and request an extension. It’ll be fun while it lasts, but he’ll get his election eventually and I’m still convinced he’ll win it. Prove me wrong please UK!
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The EU is considering whether to categorise a no-deal Brexit as a major natural disaster akin to flooding, fires or earthquakes, a move that would release emergency funds to the member states most affected.
The plan would allow EU officials to distribute cash from the bloc’s solidarity fund, set up in 2002 in response to that year’s severe weather. About €500m (£450m) can be accessed every year but unspent cash from the previous year is also available if required.
The proposal highlights the contrast between the preparations being made by the EU and those of the UK government
…of Conservative remainers who backed the party in 2017, 47% are now intending to vote for another party. A majority of these voters will now support the Liberal Democrats with the party set to gain seven seats from the Conservatives.
The Tory party would keep only 77% of its supporters from the last election, with 18% going to the Brexit party or Ukip. The survey suggests that Jeremy Corbyn could suffer even more, with the net loss of 20 seats.
Labour would lose 22% of its 2017 remain voters, many of them former Conservatives, to the Lib Dems and 25% of its 2017 leave voters to the Brexit party, it suggests.
Here is the timetable for events in the Commons this afternoon. After the first two entries, all the timings are provisional, for reasons explained below.
2.30pm: Dominic Raab takes Foreign Office questions.
3.30pm: Boris Johnson gives a statement on the G7. Commons statements normally run for about an hour, but John Bercow, the Speaker, likes to call all MPs who want to ask a question, and he regularly lets questions to the PM run for two hours or more. But assuming they wrap up after two hours, that takes us to …
5.30pm?: Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, gives a statement on no-deal Brexit preparations.
6.30pm?: Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, gives a statement on education funding.
7.30pm?: Chris Philp moves a motion under the 10-minute rule for a bill on clean air. (Although called a 10-minute rule bill, the debate can last up to 20 minute, although normally these speeches last about five minutes.)
7.35pm?: Sir Oliver Letwin submits a request for an SO24 (standing order 24) emergency debate on a no-deal Brexit. After a very short speech, Bercow will either allow or disallow the debate. No one expects him to say no.
7.40pm?: MPs begin the debate on the SO24 motion. It can run for up to three hours, or until 10pm - whichever comes first.
10pm?: MPs vote on the motion.
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