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• Greg. Tingey commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  Back to topic: Welsh & N Irish & Scottish assemblies/Parliaments are demanding or at least asking strongly for a place at the table during the Brexit negotiations. Which is probably a good sign, like Brexit is actually too complicated to work ... Provided it's spun out for as long as possible of course....
• Elderly Cynic commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  Scotland has a strong case - inter alia, none of the culprits want it to challenge the UK in an international court for refusing a second referendum. Wales much less so, and Gibraltar doesn't have much more chance than Cornwall. The situation of Northern Ireland is a right royal mess (no news there), and there are strong grounds for saying that Eire must have a seat at the table. The word clusterfuck is a euphemism....
• Greg. Tingey commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  Agreed 150% The only hope is, that the longer this is spun out, the more likely it becomes that Brexit will implode before it happens, if you see what I mean....
• Ioan commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  Interesting. It seems that UKIP's major donor wants the party's manifesto to advocate a Swiss-like referendum system for the UK's constitution https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/23/to-deliver-the-brexit-we-voted-for-ukip-must-rise-again...
• Greg. Tingey commented on Constitutional crisis ahoy!
  May visiting NornIron today.. I wonder if the excuse ( And probable fact ) that re-re-jigging the "Border controls" between N/S Ireland & even worse along the Eng/Scots border will crash the whole thing, as administratively impossible. One hopes so. { Latter case: Eng / Scots: Flights: Require full pass-port-&-immigration checks. Road: All roads x-ing the border to have customs/immigration posts. Rail: All trains stopped for full passport & immigration checks (ARRRRGH! ) Landscape: razor-wire along the full lenght of the Cheviot ridge & an immigration post where the Pennine Way crosses. Somehow, I think someone will revolt before that...