The big unanswered question

[OwlHoot]

Is this Parliament more Brexiterish than the previous one, i.e. has the proportion of Remainer MPs reduced?

If it hasn't then we're almost back to square one, whatever BoJo pontificates about.

[eek]

Is this Parliament more Brexiterish than the previous one, i.e. has the proportion of Remainer MPs reduced?

If it hasn't then we're almost back to square one, whatever BoJo pontificates about.

Nope Boris has a majority of 70 which means he's going to get his deal through.

and then the deal will be softer than the ERG want because Brexit will be finished and Boris has got the job of PM that was all he wanted.

[xoggoth]

Given that Tory MPs who opposed Brexit were kicked out, it seems unlikely that many Tory candidates who do would have been selected.

[jamesbrown]

WA is done now, part one is done.

Next fight is the long-term relationship.

Either he goes for a bare-bones Canada-style FTA, with a quick-ish turnaround and all the associated level playing field provisions, or he goes for a soft Brexit. Obviously, after some bluster, it's going to be the latter. But we won't be calling the 2-year extension to the implementation period an extension to the implementation period. We'll be calling it the glorious addition to getting Brexit done period.

And, mostly, no one will care.

[eek]

WA is done now, part one is done.

Next fight is the long-term relationship.

Either he goes for a bare-bones Canada-style FTA, with a quick-ish turnaround and all the associated level playing field provisions, or he goes for a soft Brexit. Obviously, after some bluster, it's going to be the latter. But we won't be calling the 2-year extension to the implementation period an extension to the implementation period. We'll be calling it the glorious addition to getting Brexit done period.

And, mostly, no one will care.

What I'm expecting is Boris will even junk any freedom of movement restrictions. He will just implement limitations on welfare payments (nothing for the first 2/3 years) and bluster that it has reduced immigration - probably with a point types system that looks difficult but in reality still allows people from the EU in...

[jamesbrown]

What I'm expecting is Boris will even junk any freedom of movement restrictions. He will just implement limitations on welfare payments (nothing for the first 2/3 years) and bluster that it has reduced immigration - probably with a point types system that looks difficult but in reality still allows people from the EU in...

Quite possibly. I wouldn't be surprised. He's a well-known liberal w/r to immigration, despite the rhetoric.