the EUs position was not at all legally dubious, Scotland would have been going from being a part of a nation that was a EU member to being a independent nation, as such it would not under EU law and treaty have inherited membership from its parent nation.

they arent voting on party lines because the issue splits both parties

if scotland had voted for independence in 2014 it would have become a independent country, the EUs position was that it would not retain membership of the EU and would need to join the queue to reapply, this is mostly to avoid setting a precendent for Catalonia etc.

now that would have been a epic cluster fuck that would have cost the EU £100billion+ both directly and indirectly and left 5000000+ EU citizens in a very uncertain position vis a vis residency rights etc, as well as directly contravening EU law and several treaties.

paelleon would be a better comparison if you read the EU, Major was a boot strap conservative,a working class kid from brixton. universally agreed by his political enemies to be a decent, honest and honourable man and genuinely trying to improve standards of living, He was unable to rein in infighting in his own…

eh Major wasnt actually all that bad, he was one of those involved in removing thatcher and personally took a significantly less harsh line, and was less of a arsehole than both his predecessor and successor.

not really, the precedent is clear, the queen signs whatever the prime minister asks her to in his role as head of the democratically elected government, to refuse would change the situation from the PM trying to subvert democracy to the queen trying to subvert democracy, as it stands there are legal challenges that…

there going to be a constitutional crisis, thats pretty much certain, but if she didnt sign the progogation order she would effectively be taking a side and possibly risking being forced to abdicate, depending on the fallout, by allowing it she essentially hands off responsibility for dealing with johnson to the…

there going to be a constitutional crisis, thats pretty much certain, but if she didnt sign the progogation order she would effectively be taking a side and possibly risking being forced to abdicate, depending on the fallout, by allowing it she essentially hands off responsibility for dealing with johnson to the…

one of the problems is that the EU has never been willing to negotiate in good faith and has been seeking the economic punishment of britain from the begining, their objective has always been to either achieve a brexit so soft that the only thing that really changes is that the UK no longer has seats in brussels or so…

yeah although to be fair the irish are being a bit stupid at this point as well, if I were the irish prime minister I would be screaming at this point to drop the fucking backstop, because if it doesnt go no deal will pass parliament, and if there is a NO DEAL brexit then the hard border that the backstop is meant to…

it isnt really, unemployment is low, housing is a bigger issue, the chances of anybody under 25-35 owning their own home anywhere south of birmingham is the lowest its been in 50 years but thats as much due to the complete failure to replace social housing stock since the late 70s as anything else.

its a lot more complicated than that, there are genuine not racist issues with the EU that do present perfectly valid reasons for leaving.

I think the issue is that in some ways animals particularly like pets are in a category with children.

on the bright side in that respect Sir Kims career isnt being cut short by much, he has been in the UK diplomatic service for 42 years and was due to leave his post in december anyway, and it sounds very much like the FO is determined to find him another role somewhere, partly because he is considered to be well liked…

even if it did the child was still in the detention center for weeks with the infection and her mother seeking medical care.

you are missing the point, the child got sick in a detention center, the child then over the course of several weeks got progressively worse as her condition was repeatedly ignored despite the mother repeatedly trying to get her treated. That should not happen, there was a duty of care it was not met, the…

dude you started the thread by going ‘fuck her’ about a grieving mother, whose child died as a result of medical neglect, a certain amount of hostility is to be expected.

and the child still caught the infection while in custody, and still received care far below what would be the minimum standard in any prison in the western hemisphere let alone that which should be expected in a facility holding minors.