Posted: Jun 16, 2017 3:54 pm
fisherman wrote:Talks collapsing would IMO provide clarity of the terms of UKs exit from the EU and the new relationship with the EU, meaning that both houses would then vote to accept or reject the "deal". Not sure either house would affirm the government's view that walking away with would be the correct course of action.
Yes, even if May did walk out, the UK doesn't just leave: the two year clock's still in effect, and after the Article 50 Supreme Court ruling, exit almost certainly has to be ratified by both houses of Parliament. The DUP won't under any circumstances go along with a walkout, either (a hard border would destroy them in N.I.).