So what now? (Tea. The answer is tea. The whole country is drinking a LOT of tea.)

[elisi]

Brexit: Theresa May's deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat

(Not that I expected this to pass, but ye gods, the incompetence of... everything.)

ETA: Nice summary:

Whatever the results, there are now three options - leave the E.U. with no deal (most of parliament doesn’t support this), remain in the E.U. as is (most of parliament doesn’t support this without a mandate from the country), renegotiate a deal (no one believes it’s possible) /8

— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) January 15, 2019

Comments

[shadowkat]

Well I haven't looked at the news all day, so maybe this is what's happening? Either way, good luck with it all.

Not yet. The Doofus won't back off the dumb wall, he throws proposals including the wall, they throw proposals that don't include the wall. The problem is we have a guy who came from a family owned construction/real estate development company in charge. His idea of negotiation is -- if you don't agree with this one thing -- I'll walk away. No compromises. Which you can do with a family run business. You can't do it in a democratic government. Meanwhile the Republican Senators and Congressmen are terrified of overriding, because they could lose their base. So they are basically having a stare down contest or contest of wills, waiting to see who gives up first. Trump is convinced that everyone will forget the shutdown and praise the fact that he stood firm, meanwhile the newly elected Congress is determined not to let him have that wall no matter what. Neither side will compromise on the stupid wall. I sort of wish they'd allow it, have it fail miserably, and then have the American people sue Trump to repay the 5 Billion out of his pension, speaking fees, and paid security detail.

[elisi]

I sort of wish they'd allow it, have it fail miserably, and then have the American people sue Trump to repay the 5 Billion out of his pension, speaking fees, and paid security detail.
Good idea, except he doesn't have that kind of money. He's a really terrible businessman...

[shadowkat]

Yep, he has 150 bankrupticies...every time it falls through he declares bankruptcy. That's not going to work here. I'm predicting impeachment hearings in late 2019, early 2020. And it will be much worse than Watergate.

[elisi]

And it will be much worse than Watergate.
Uh-huh. I can't wait.

[shadowkat]

I'm just hoping it doesn't tank our economy along with it. But something tells me it's going to.
2019 is going to a really hard year.

[elisi]

I hear ya. The government is driving our economy off a cliff and we can just watch and hope that someone stops them before it's too late. :(

[shadowkat]

LOL! Our governments appear to be in a race to see who can do it first. At this point, it's a toss-up, on who will win.

[elisi]

Like a real-life Upper-Class Twit of the Year!