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This is true. But she currently doesn't have anywhere near enough votes to pass the deal - let alone over-ride the speaker. The time wasting in December has finally caught up with the PM. Saint86 - I remember seeing a poll with those stats, but I can't remember (or find) it in the Guardian. The problem with these polls, on both sides, is that the sample numbers are simply too small. Personally even though I am a staunch Remainer, I can just about cope with the Deal - however No Deal is simply not acceptable. It would be catastrophic for this country. The Political class that you mention includes the ERG and Brexiteers as much as The Independent Group etc. The reason a 2nd ref hasn't been called yet is because there has been a genuine, if flawed, attempt to respect the 1st one. If 80% of the electorate had voted to Leave, I suspect we would have done so very quickly. The problem is that whenever people mention the 17.4 million; 52% etc (in which you have varying ideas of what Brexit should or could be I might add); they discount the 48% who voted to Remain. The reason the PM has searched for compromise is because from the very outset the country has been divided, and she has tried to find an agreement that the majority of people could support. Unfortunately her red lines and her unwillingness to consult across Parliament on the plan before enacting Article 50 has meant she could never command any majority. I also think that Corbyn and the Labour party have been trying to play a political game rather than actually acting in the countries best interests - this idea of not helping your enemy etc has meant that both sides are so entrenched that it would be politically suicidal to reach out in any meaningful way. I came to the conclusion that a 2nd referendum was almost inevitable after the first defeat of the Meaningful vote in January, mainly due to the scale of the defeat. If she had lost by less than 100 - you could see a way out by using the deadline as a means to pressure the Brexiteers and Labour MP's in Leave constituencies into supporting the deal. But because it was such a massive loss, it meant that she would only get one more go and the scale of the challenge was to big to overcome. The EU are unwilling to negotiate any further on the Deal; the Attorney General will find it very difficult to change his advice to satisfy the DUP and ERG without further changes. Therefore the only realistic options in terms of amending the motion so it gets passed Bercow are the two I outlined above. A short extension is fine, but for what reason...if she can't change the deal, we end up back at square 1 and probably more likely to end up with No Deal. However MP's have already spotted that danger and I would suspect Labour would then attach the Kyle/Wilson amendment to the motion to force a 2nd ref on the deal. A referendum on a Hard/Soft Brexit will not work because it again ignores the 48% from the original referendum. Even a No Deal v Remain is preferable because at least it reflects the split in the electorate. There is no easy fix and I am quite prepared to be proved wrong, however it is important to remember every time you see Mogg, Johnson, and the rest of the ERG bleating on TV about the loss of Brexit, it was their choice to vote against the only deal on the table.

Revoking Article 50 is the Hydrogen Bomb option. As would a prorogation of Parliament. In both cases, I could see civil unrest. Realistically (and it would be up to Bercow and the Clerks to decide if this constitutes 'Substantial change') the PM can only bring back the deal for a third time if she amends it in one of two ways: 1. Pass the deal with an amended departure date - whether that is 30th June or a date further in the future 2. Pass the deal and we will hold a final confirmatory referendum (with an extended date of departure). If Labour swung behind the latter, it would pass the deal (245 MP's), plus the Independent Group, Lib Dems, SNP etc etc it would overwhelmingly be enough to get the deal through. If May and the Government can't get something sorted by the weekend, it is pretty much the only option remaining on the table. The likes of Rees-Mogg, Farage, Boris and the ERG will cry and moan, but it will also present an opportunity to get rid of May. She will have to lead the campaign to Leave the EU on the deal. No matter the result, she will be forced to resign.

There was a piece on the One Show not to long ago about the RNLI Sea Search and Rescue. They showed how difficult it is to spot someone in the water even when the seas are calm and you have good visibility. At night, with a bit of a swell it is nearly impossible. When you factor in the sea temperature and the length of time since anything has been seen, unfortunately this is not going to end well.

It doesn't look good! At this point you are hoping for a miracle.

£5 Million is such a weirdly low figure you have to wonder if there isn't some sort of automatic buy-out clause involved? If so, a 25% sell on clause (or something similar) could be negotiated too. Despite Leeds doing very well at the moment, it is worth keeping an eye out to see how long they can keep it up. Bielsa is notorious for burning teams out and with the continued Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday routine plus a few injuries it isn't a foregone conclusion that they will get promoted. Also, Leeds still aren't able to throw money around. They aren't like Wolves. Personally I don't have a problem with testing the waters with a bid like this - after all he is only 18 and had half a season in the Championship.

Like every other football manager you mean? Some players work in systems and others don't. Combine this and the fact that Cedric only has 18 months left on his contract it seems sensible to offload him now. It appears that we are looking at a specific age profile of player when you consider the rumours that are around. Cedric will be 28 in August, if he were to sign a new contract it would likely take him to 32/33 on a high wage - how many clubs would be looking to buy him and be able to meet his wage demands?

16th!!! You ok they Dalek?

Of course I respect the ladies decision. It is incredibly brave to be an apostate in Saudi Arabia.

The problem is that many see Islam as a monolithic faith were all its adherents believe the same thing. This is partly fed by media and I suppose a lazy assumption by us, however in the same way that certain Christian countries are more devout than others, the same goes for Muslim countries. There are so cultural considerations that need to be taken account of - a Saudi family will treat this situation entirely differently to say an Iranian one. It has very little to do with Islam, rather tribal and family loyalties and historic cultural views.

Can't think of many better than him. Despite how things ended, I don't hold a grudge. In reality we could all see that he was 'too good' to stay at Saints. Same as Mane really. I do look back at the last season with Koeman and think it was a missed opportunity. Probably missing one or two players in terms of squad depth but could or should we have broken in to the top 4 that year? VVD is still one of my favourite players to watch, Lovren can f*** off though

Jezza stuck between a rock and a hard place here. He can bring down the Government and/or force a General Election, but likely would be in the same position as May with no majority. He clearly doesn't want to stay in the EU, but knows that without campaigning for a 2nd referendum he isn't certain of victory. There is a small chance of a UKIP/Lib Dem surge actually costing him if he makes the wrong decision. The Labour Party has not been 'torn apart' in the same way as the Tories because he has kept very quiet and not offended either side. However at some point he will need to make a decision and currently the only one that pretty much guarantees power would go against everything he believes in. Ouch!

I don't think he was available! Poch, Koeman, Puel and Pellegrino and Hughes were all out of work. He was employed by Ingolstadt and then Leipzig during the period.

"There will be no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside" David Davis (10th October, 2016). "The day after we vote to leave we hold all the cards and we can choose the path we want." Michael Gove (9 April, 2016). "There will continue to be free trade, and access to the single market". Boris Johnson (26th June, 2016) "Getting out of the EU can be quick and easy - the UK holds most of the cards". John Redwood (17th July, 2016) "To me, Brexit is Easy". Nigel Farage (20th September, 2016). "The free trade agreement that we will have to do with European Union should be one of the easiest in human history". Liam Fox (20th July, 2017). Going back to immigration issue, which is likely to have been the main factor in many peoples minds when opting to vote Leave - clearly if you have concerns about immigration you are not automatically racist. However, I can talk from my own experience of speaking to friends, colleagues, family members that an element of racism played a large part in their decisions. I can remember having to explain on numerous occasions that leaving the EU would not stop people from Africa or India coming to the UK.

The whole mess could have been avoided if Cameron had realised that the threat from UKIP was not as bad as he feared and that Labour heartlands all over the country were losing support to Farage and co too. Increasingly can see a 2nd referendum being arranged and the last 2 years being a giant waste of time and energy. 2 years that could have been spent trying to fix Social care, the justice system etc.

I would like to point out that although the Premier League has many faults, at least it is competitive. Compare it to the Bundesliga (Bayern have won the last 6 Championships); La Liga (since 2000-01; only Valencia (twice) and Atletico Madrid have managed to break the dominance of Real and Barca) and Serie A (where Juventus have won the last 7 championships). Even with Man City's recent dominance, they are going to be significantly challenged by Liverpool this season, with any one in the League able to beat the top 6 - even Saints (although it has been a while).

Plenty have over the past few years. Clearly a mistake to sign him and for that fee. (Also, to be pendantic, Danny Ings will become our record signing)

Stupid article. As others have said it applies to all but the top 6 teams (and you could even argue everyone but Citeh, Utd, Liverpool and Chelski). The cost to the club if we had 'gone for it' and failed would have been catastrophic! Financial fair play rules mean that unless you have a incredibly rich multi-billionaire/state aid (see Man City) then you cannot compete with the established top six teams on a long term basis. Even Arsenal and Spurs have struggled. Even if we had managed to get into the Champions League in the Leicester Championship winning season, we wouldn't have been able to sustain it unless we totally went bonkers with spending. Our model changed when the supporters got p*ssed off by selling our best players. We then started to give long term deal to average players (who were never attracting the attention of the big 4/5 clubs) and not adequately replacing people like Pelle. I know we all want Saints to win every match and trophy going, but we have to be realistic. The Premier League and the disparity in the clubs is huge in terms of spending power. I prefer to have a football team I can support, preferably in the Premier League rather than watch them all into admin and spend decades in League One (at best).

Unfortunately due to not going to as many games as I would have liked to over the years my 5 are going to be pretty random: 1. Gabbi's equaliser at Wembley 2. Lambert v Pompey (in FA Cup) 3. Le Tissier v Villa (1994 - away) 4. Fonte v Coventry 5. Hooiveld v Coventry I would like to add the following goals which I went proper ape-sh*t over either in the pub or at home 1. Long v Liverpool 2. Gabbi v Swansea 3. Rasiak v Derby 4. Chaplow v United (FA Cup) 5. Ormerod v Watford (FA Cup)

It may be tedious or boring to you, but often it is precisely this apathy that allows things to become normalised. We are a long way from the historical parallels that I have seen mentioned on this thread, but clearly there is a problem in the Labour party and particularly in the Cult that has developed around Corbyn.

Wins against Brighton and Palace, how is everyone’s mood?

Bielsa, for all his brilliance and Leeds' early form, does have a tendency to kill off his teams by March. Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday will eventually catch up with them. A couple of injuries will only thin out the squad further. Watch them implode, end up in the playoffs and lose at Wembley.

We moved away from our business model, mainly due to fans (understandably) getting fed up at selling all our best players to Liverpool. To counter this we offered long term contracts to players with little re-sale value - blocking moves to Wanyama, Schneiderlin and VVD (although we relented the following season) sent a message to potential players that we aren't the same club as before ie) offering a launch pad to a top 4 team. Our squad cost £300,000,000 - but this has been financed by players sales that must get close to that amount. The thing is that wins against Brighton and Palace change the mood drastically. You can't legislate for a player doing something stupid like Hojberg, overall the style of football is much better than last year; clearly Hughes' is trying to find his best 11 but I am not worried at the moment.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-facebook-state-owned-social-media-bbc-iplayer-privacy-labour-public-ownership-a8504151.html What world does he live in? Not everything can be solved by the State!

Well after yesterday, I can't decide if it will be paying off a porn star and Playboy model and breaking campaign finance law or Collusion with a foreign power (Russia) to alter the democratic process of the election or obstruction of justice that will bring an end to Trump's presidency. My guess at the moment will be the obstruction of justice, caused by the campaign finance violation. Everyone else will go down for Russia.

The crucial bit is Politician. Politics is the game of power. He currently doesn’t have it. If he added his weight behind a second referendum he would pick up enough votes to comfortably win the next election. I agree the cultish element are very naive to think that he is anything other than anti-EU (like the good socialist he is). I am fully aware of his past views and beliefs, but currently the only way that he can realistically win the next election is by supporting a second referendum. He wouldn’t even need to campaign for it - it literally is as simple as pushing the Government into a position where they have to go back to the people. It so blindingly obvious, but he is incompetent as a Politician.