Cross-party move to stop the clock on hard Brexit
Ministers and senior MPs in talks to extend 29 March deadline if May’s deal fails
Senior Tory and Labour MPs are planning to force the government to delay Brexit by several months to avoid a no-deal outcome if Theresa May fails to get her deal through parliament in January, the Observer has been told.
Cross-party talks have been under way for several weeks to ensure the 29 March date is put back – probably until July at the latest – if the government does not push for a delay itself. It is also understood that cabinet ministers have discussed the option of a delay with senior backbench MPs in both the main parties and that Downing Street is considering scenarios in which a delay might have to be requested from Brussels.
One senior Tory backbencher said: “I have had these discussions with ministers. They will not say so in public but of course the option of a delay has to be looked at in detail now. If we are determined to avoid a no deal, and the prime minister’s deal fails, we will have to ask to stop the clock, and that will give time for us to decide to go whatever way we decide thereafter.”
The Conservative MP and former attorney general Dominic Grieve said he believed that even if May got her deal through, there would probably be insufficient time to push all the necessary legislation through parliament to allow Brexit to happen smoothly and that a delay might well be necessary. But if her deal were voted down, the need to take up the option of a delay would become a “certainty”. He said: “I think that if she does not get her deal passed, a delay would be inevitable to give more time to avoid a no deal, and also there is the possibility that there would be a referendum, so this would allow for that.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/29/cross-party-stop-the-clock-hard-brexit-no-deal-29-march
I just wonder if these "tories" fully understand what will happen if they implement this racists fiasco in the country .............I guess most of them do not understand that in the aviation industry, the British get a lot of things coming in by air and there economy is based on aviation>
And the aviation industry is and has been trying to warn these idiots what will happen if they keep chugging along with this plan...........pharmaceuticals and fresh items will stop coming in, cargo from air carriers will be hindered, and the price of products will go up, like fresh vegetables for example......................these idiots haven't figured this out yet...................unbelievable...................
The following are snippet's examples from Aviation Weekly on this issue...................
The Unclear Path Toward Brexit
Flybe, the largest regional carrier in the UK—and Europe—is not doing well. The carrier recently issued a profit warning, is cutting routes and aircraft, and restructuring the network. And now it is up for sale. One major reason management is now seeking new investors is the instablility caused by Brexit, the UK’s move to leave the European Union at the end of March 2019. Uncertainty about future demand makes Flybe a poster child for the absurdity of Brexit and its ...
European Commission Issues No-Deal Brexit Air Transport Plan
LONDON—Contingency proposals put forward by the European Commission would only guarantee the temporary continuation of “basic” point-to-point air transport services between the UK and the European Union (EU), in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The Commission proposed a series of contingency measures Dec. 19 covering areas where a no-deal Brexit “would create major disruption for citizens and businesses” when the UK leaves the EU on Mar. 29, 2019. Air transport ...
http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/european-commission-issues-no-deal-brexit-air-transport-plan
