UK PM May - Back my Brexit deal and let Britain 'turn a corner'

By William James

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks outside 10 Downing Street after a confidence vote by Conservative Party members of parliament, in London, Britain December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers on Monday to back her Brexit deal, promising that it would allow the country to "turn a corner" and let the government focus on solving domestic problems such as housing and a skill shortage.

 

May made the appeal in a New Year's message little more than two weeks before a make-or-break vote in parliament on her plan for Britain's exit from the European Union which is due to happen on March 29.

 

The vote, which May postponed in December to avoid defeat, will be a pivotal moment for the world's fifth-largest economy: it will determine whether Britain follows her plan for a managed exit and relatively close economic ties, or faces massive uncertainty about the country's next step.

 

"New Year is a time to look ahead and in 2019 the UK will start a new chapter. The Brexit deal I have negotiated delivers on the vote of the British people and in the next few weeks MPs (members of parliament) will have an important decision to make," May said in a video released by her office.

 

"If parliament backs a deal, Britain can turn a corner."

 

Attempting to appeal to those within her Conservative Party who have criticised her leadership, and responding to criticism from opponents that Brexit has stalled her domestic agenda, May stressed her desire to move beyond the EU exit debate.

 

“Important though Brexit is, it is not the only issue that counts," she said, highlighting policies to address a lack of housing, skills shortages and strengthen the economy. "Together I believe we can start a new chapter with optimism and hope."

 

The vote on May's Brexit deal with the EU is scheduled to take place in the week beginning Jan. 14.

 

May is still seeking reassurances from Brussels that a deeply unpopular fallback arrangement within her proposed deal, over the Northern Irish border, would only be temporary.

 

It seeks to prevent the return of a hard border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland if a better solution to keep trade flowing freely cannot be agreed.

 

The so-called backstop is the main obstacle between May and a victory in parliament, costing her the support of dozens of members of her own party and the small Northern Irish party that props up her minority government.

 

The government and businesses are ramping up preparations in case a deal cannot be reached to smooth Britain's exit from the bloc, amid warnings of delays at borders and disruption to supplies of medicines, food and components.

 

(Reporting by William James; Editing by Alison Williams)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-01-01

I guess stepping off a cliff edge is in a sense turning a corner.

She would succeed where the French nation hasn't (despite trying for approx 1000 years), and the German Nation and its allies have had 2 attempts at doing in the last century, and that is turn the UK into a vassal state, lorded over by aforementioned nations. Have all those people dies in vain, just so Theresa May can tie the UK into europe with what must amount to total capitulation to the EU. Run, not by elected officials, but by people that have managed to be placed in these positions of power within the EU set up by their cronies.  (1066 was the last successful attempt by the French). No deal is better than the one that she has put forward, after all she is a staunch remainer.  

23 minutes ago, mickmac said:

She would succeed where the French nation hasn't (despite trying for approx 1000 years), and the German Nation and its allies have had 2 attempts at doing in the last century, and that is turn the UK into a vassal state, lorded over by aforementioned nations. Have all those people dies in vain, just so Theresa May can tie the UK into europe with what must amount to total capitulation to the EU. Run, not by elected officials, but by people that have managed to be placed in these positions of power within the EU set up by their cronies.  (1066 was the last successful attempt by the French). No deal is better than the one that she has put forward, after all she is a staunch remainer.  

I do so miss those jingoistic movies they used to run on Sunday afternoon TV.

 

Though at the time I thought them entertainment, others seem to have swallowed them as ‘education’.

Happy New Year one and all!

 

I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!

 

Sympathy and empathy are the  2019 watchwords!

Yes, but it's a vertical corner. 

 

This is an excellent lecture provided by a Pole. It's a year old but timely.

 

I ask leavers here the same question he asks his audience; on the day after leaving what is the single thing that you want to do which you were unable to do as a member of the EU?

 

no conferring....

13 minutes ago, Grouse said:

Happy New Year one and all!

 

I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!

 

Sympathy and empathy are the  2019 watchwords!

Be nice! Happy New Year.

1 minute ago, Grouse said:

 

This is an excellent lecture provided by a Pole. It's a year old but timely.

 

I ask leavers here the same question he asks his audience; on the day after leaving what is the single thing that you want to do which you were unable to do as a member of the EU?

 

no conferring....

Whisper, whisper, mutter, mutter...........

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

 

This is an excellent lecture provided by a Pole. It's a year old but timely.

 

I ask leavers here the same question he asks his audience; on the day after leaving what is the single thing that you want to do which you were unable to do as a member of the EU?

 

no conferring....

MAY-hem explained:

 

Edited January 1, 20197 yr by evadgib

From a "bloke in a pub" ☺️

 

4 hours ago, evadgib said:

From a "bloke in a pub" ☺️

 

Wetherspoons, helping the workshy spend their welfare. 

6 hours ago, Grouse said:

 

This is an excellent lecture provided by a Pole. It's a year old but timely.

 

I ask leavers here the same question he asks his audience; on the day after leaving what is the single thing that you want to do which you were unable to do as a member of the EU?

 

no conferring....

Happy New Year to one and all, differences of opinion notwithstanding. I celebrate it here near Edinburgh - the place to be for New Year, many say, (Gratuitous Advertising!) before returning to CM in LOS. 

A point that the speaker makes early on is correct. You have no possibility of understanding how the EU works from reading the British press.

I can't think of an answer to the above question. Running a small exporting business (Still) my life will just be more complicated by additional paperwork.

26 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Wetherspoons, helping the workshy spend their welfare. 

You must be out of ammo for your usual ND ????

Unintentional discharge (firearms) - Wikipedia

Edited January 1, 20197 yr by evadgib

7 hours ago, Grouse said:

Happy New Year one and all!

 

I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!

 

Sympathy and empathy are the  2019 watchwords!

Oh, you have switched sides then?

Didn't she try that line at the last GE,"give me the majority to give you the Brexit you voted for".Now she is trying the same thing with the MPs,I shall follow Grouse and be nice while sitting back and watch the cluster implode or explode.happy New year and all being well I shall be on the beach in Jomtien January 17.

Off-topic post removed.  

15 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I guess stepping off a cliff edge is in a sense turning a corner.

  Good idea,  ideally from the White Cliffs of Dover . Dame Vera ,  singing ,,  we wont  meet again,

   Those members in the back row , join in the chorus ,  along with the labour front row members, 

    Harmoney ,, at  last .

Edited January 1, 20197 yr by elliss

Personally i would prefer no deal and "turn a corner"

19 hours ago, Grouse said:

Happy New Year one and all!

 

I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!

 

Sympathy and empathy are the  2019 watchwords!

"I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!"

 

And you've already broken your resolution! ????

32 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

"I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!"

 

And you've already broken your resolution! ????

How? 

6 hours ago, dick dasterdly said:

"I have resolved to stop being unkind to morons!"

 

And you've already broken your resolution! ????

 

5 hours ago, Grouse said:

How? 

Read the part of your post that I emboldened.....

On 1/1/2019 at 9:03 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

I do so miss those jingoistic movies they used to run on Sunday afternoon TV.

 

Though at the time I thought them entertainment, others seem to have swallowed them as ‘education’.

 

Indeed. And some seem to have not paid attention during history lessons and then believed the Hollywood version.

 

 

40 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Indeed. And some seem to have not paid attention during history lessons and then believed the Hollywood version.

 

 

Here is a case in point. The movie in which Errol Flynn plays a part in "Winning the war in Burma", based on a single commando operation. Apparently some UK audiences walked out of the cinemas when this film was shown!

 

"Even though it was based on the exploits of Merrill's Marauders, "Objective Burma" was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom after it infuriated British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and drew protests about the Americanization of an almost entirely British, Indian, and Commonwealth conflict."

On 1/1/2019 at 1:32 PM, evadgib said:

From a "bloke in a pub" ☺️

 

I suspect that the types who frequent Wetherspoons would be baffled by the menu. Poor souls.

2 hours ago, dick dasterdly said:

 

Read the part of your post that I emboldened.....

So which moron have I insulted?

11 minutes ago, Grouse said:

So which moron have I insulted?

 

 

Only yourself.........................each time you post.

1 hour ago, LucysDad said:

 

 

Only yourself.........................each time you post.

That is a flame.

 

Tread carefully....

2 hours ago, Grouse said:

So which moron have I insulted?

I knew it could never last.

6 minutes ago, nauseus said:

I knew it could never last.

I did try! Honestly!