Make Me P M Or I'll Sqweam And Sqweam And Sqweam.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/17/corbyn-labour-no-deal-brexit-mps-flirting-with-disaster
After even Collaborator Oliver Letwin declared he'd rather no deal than let Agent Cob into No 10, is Jezza getting desparate?

[Peter Pedant]

o god I thought the thcweaming was being done by one of our very own screamers on AB !

phew ! on with the morning papers!

[naomi24]

He's trying to grab what he sees as an opportunity - probably the only one he'll get - and I think he knows that.

[jim360]

Corbyn is at least right about one thing: assuming there's a successful vote of No Confidence, then he's first in line to step in and try to form a new government. What MPs who were thinking about voting for a VONC do with that information is up to them. I can't say I blame them for their hesitation, but it doesn't exactly bode well if Remain-supporting MPs can't unite even for a short time.

[Ken4155]

Think you'll find it was 'thcream and thcream', TTT. Violet Elizabeth Bott thpoke with a lithp:-)

[davebro]

The wild cards in all this are the MPs of both major parties who have said they will not stand down at the next General Election - but they won't be the only ones losing their seats!

Any loyal Tory would rather stab their eyes out with a hot iron than see Corbyn in No. 10.

[davebro]

/will not stand down/
WILL STAND DOWN

[Jackdaw33]

If I were Boris I would preempt all this by seeking a GE as soon as Parliament reassembles, to be held on 30th October. That would put the cat among the pigeons!

[mushroom25]

unlikely Jackdaw, he'd need a two thirds majority to get his election, which he won't get if the election date is that close to leave day.

[Mozz71]

//Any loyal Tory would rather stab their eyes out with a hot iron than see Corbyn in No. 10.//

That's the best pro-Jezza argument I've seen. He's got my vote.

[Jackdaw33]

He doesn't have to announce the date there and then

[dannyk13]

Jack, a GE requires six weeks notice.

[Jackdaw33]

Are you sure about that? In 1974 Heath called an election with onlyk 3 weeks' notice.

[Old_Geezer]

It would bode even worse for democracy and the citizens were Remain-supporting MPs to unite, even for a short time, to insult the referendum and the public they pretend to represent.

[Buntz]

Alas what the whole of the lower house seem to have forgotten is that they were placed there by the people to represent the people's wishes, not their own beliefs, ideologies, egos or, personal ambitions. There was a democratic process by which (however slender a majority) the people said we must leave the EU.

[ichkeria]

I don’t think Jeremy Corbyn is serious about being PM until after a No Deal has crashed the economy so he hopes. And he can win the election that surely would follow.
Why would he want to be PM now? He says he does of course but he reminds me of someone asking in a way that he knows will be rejected.

[ichkeria]

If Boris Johnson lost a no confidence vote and then refused to call an election after the two weeks of failed attempts to form an alternative government that would inevitably follow, and then tried to do so in the throes of a No Deal Brexit, he would be displaying a degree of political recklessness of which I doubt even he is capable.

[dannyk13]

Jack, sorry, apparently it is now five weeks.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-general-election-snap-corbyn-brexit-vote-no-confidence-a9022336.html

[mushroom25]

//Are you sure about that? //

under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, Parliament must dissolve 25 working days before the date of a general election.

[mushroom25]

if a vote of no confidence were tabled on the 3rd September (the earliest it could happen) and voted on the same day, and carried, the house would have 14 days to seek an alternative government. only on paper though, effectively they've only got until the 13th (maybe 9 days at most) because the house clears off for the conference season after that. if on the 13th the house can't agree, then the PM calls an election, at the date of his choosing. But it must be no fewer than 25 working days after the announcement. which means it cannot happen before 24th October, assuming that the conference recess counts as working days. if it doesn't, it'll be even later. the EU would likely (but not certainly) grant an extension if an election were called, but would the PM request it?

[dannyk13]

Mushroom, from the article in the link:-

That means there have to be five weeks between calling an election and polling day.