IF you’ve had enough of Brexit votes in the Commons, then look away now.
This week’s three-day grind ended with MPs making their opinions known on opposing Theresa May’s deal, opposing No Deal, and backing a delay of up to three months.
In law, we still leave on March 29 — with or without a deal.
Mrs May must ask the EU permission to delay the exit date. She intends to do that next Thursday. But not before she asks the Commons — for a third time — if they will back her deal.
If they do, it will be a short extension until the end of June, to allow relevant exit preparations.
If they don’t, there could be a far longer extension — possibly years. This has been Mrs May’s plan for some time now.
She hopes that in the next few days Tory Brexiteers will drift back to her — faced with the reality of Brexit on her terms, or a delay of possibly years.
Ex-Cabinet minister Esther McVey yesterday came back into the PM’s fold and suggested fellow Eurosceptics would join her. The Chancellor is trying to talk round the Democratic Unionsts too.
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Meanwhile, Labour and the SNP are niggling at each other over whether opposition parties should pursue a softer Brexit or a second EU referendum.
Maybe, just maybe, the PM will turn it around by Tuesday’s ‘Meaningful Vote 3’.
The only referendum talk after that will be the SNP’s constant demands for IndyRef2.
Let down again
NOT everything bad that happens on the railways is ScotRail’s fault.
Track firm Network Rail must shoulder its fair share of the blame for delays due to issues like signalling faults.
But anger over staffing shortages on trains belongs squarely at the door of ScotRail operator Abellio.
Cancellations due to a lack of drivers have been ongoing for months now.
Yesterday, the firm axed 14 journeys on busy routes. No wonder people are raging.
Abellio is in the midst of preparing two emergency “improvement plans”.
These were ordered by the Government due to failings including — you guessed it — train cancellations. It’s almost as if ScotRail bosses don’t give a damn.
Either that, or they don’t know how to run a railway.
Video nasty
OUR hearts go out to those affected by the terrorist attack in Christchurch.
It was a devastating event, driven by a horrendous ideology.
The horrific video spread around the world in a flash, and the tech giants of Google and Facebook seemed to barely lift a finger.
No responsibility shown, no desire to make it right, nothing but half-baked apologies and weasel words.
The Home Secretary is right about the social media firms. Enough is enough.
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