Re: Who should be the next PM
Originally Posted by
ruthio
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Did anyone hear Hunt this morning?
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Hunt said he wanted to change the withdrawal agreement that Mrs May negotiated with the EU - despite the bloc repeatedly refusing to re-open talks on the document.
He also pledged to create a new UK negotiating team - drawn from all sides of the Tory Party, plus members of Northern Ireland's DUP - to "give the EU the confidence that any offer can be delivered through Parliament".
He seems to think that when the EU said, "That's it, take it or leave it..." they didn't really mean it.
Does he live on a different planet?
He thinks they will be happy to renegotiate.
What do you think?
Hi
I think that the EU are fed up with the whole thing, have accepted that we are leaving and want to move on.
I cannot see them renegotiating the withdrawal agreement but would be open to changing the Political Statement as regards the future relationship.
The contenders for the PM job can huff and puff and make as many wild promises as they want.
The fact is the Parliamentary Arithmetic has not changed and only the Peterborough Bye Election coming up.
Farage can threaten to disrupt the EU Parliament, however if he does the EU will retaliate.
Whoever is the new PM will be one going back to the EU to ask for changes and the default position, agreed by the EU, is that we leave on October.
The best thing the new PM can do is to up the planning for No Deal, we are still a long way from being ready and vindictive Mrs May has put the whole thing on hold.
We will not have an effective, functioning Government until the end of July.
This is not a good place to be with Brexit Date looming again and a disruptive Parliament.