Moggy wrote:Rocsteady wrote:That is an utterly crushing defeat for May. She'd be gone by now in any other era.
She’d have been gone after her failed snap election in any other era.
It does seem like 2016 just broke all norms.
Most PMs would have resigned after such a snap election strawberry float up.
Most Tory leaders would have resigned with 30% of MPs telling you to go.
Most PMs would have thought maybe the biggest parliamentary defeat in modern times on their key, historic bill might have been enough to call it a day.
Instead it's like May has just kept saying "I don't technically have to quit though, do I?" each and every time.
satriales wrote:captain red dog wrote:Once he loses the VOC, then for me he has to stick to his words and back a second referendum or he will lose my support at least.
Ditto.
I suspect Labour were always planning to support a second referendum anyway once a general election was called, but when the VOC fails they need to make their position clear.
Oh come on! Why second guess the obvious reluctance to back a second referendum as anything but reluctance?