So Boris has done the unthinkable

[johnny9fingers]

And instead of throwing the GFA under a bus, he is going to throw the Unionists out of the window, excepting that throws the GFA under a bus as well. The GFA guaranteed both communities a say in their futures.

The Unionists are going to kick up a stink.

Saturday’s sitting in Parliament is going to be quite a spectacle. I guess we are going to have a second confirmatory referendum with the option of staying.

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[mallorys_camera]

The Brexit deal is like the number 10 story here in the States this morning, far below Trump's hilarious buddy note to Erdogan (which, I gotta say, reads like a Saturday Night Live parody.)

Is it likely to be confirmed?

[johnny9fingers]

I’m not sure the figures add up for him to get it past the House; but it may be that Labour, the SN and LibDems will try to get amendments, most of which will include a second referendum. But he may be able to juggle the numbers.

I’d bet on a second referendum now, but not more than £20.

[mallorys_camera]

Would a second referendum be likely to come out, Stay?

[johnny9fingers]

I think so; and if that were the case I think things might get a bit sticky.

But not as sticky as a no-deal.

[johnny9fingers]

Update:

Juncker has stated there won’t be an extension.

Boris may just get this through. Jesus wept. Nothing Boris manages to do surprises me any more. Some bastards really do throw sequential double-sixes.

I do hope Juncker was not speaking for the EU when he suggested no extension was available.

[tcpip]

> I guess we are going to have a second confirmatory referendum with the option of staying.<

For the sake of sanity, I hope this does happen. But optimism of the heart, pessimism of the head and all that.

[johnny9fingers]

It looks to be a close-run vote today. Boris could well still get it through the house.

Of course, I hope he doesn’t and that we get a second referendum, but it isn’t clear that will be the way things will pan out.