<nettime> Clock reset Re: It is the table

["André Rebentisch" <tabesin@gmail.com>]

Excellent.

As MPs discussed with Cox legal effects on potential outcomes in the
case of bad faith moves by the EU concerning the UK requested backstop,
let me raise attention to the following:

The UK Parliament could unilaterally revoke Article 50 and - as any
member state - could trigger the process again anew.

Nothing in the Art 50 says that the agreement has to be reached after 2
years. In fact the UK could have exited a year ago with an agreement.
The ambitious deadline is for the hypothetical failure to reach an
agreement scenario (informally called no-deal).

In fact the UK could revoke Art 50, then reopen the whole "deal" for
parliament scrutiny and expand the scope, and once it has an agreed
Parliament position in substance trigger Art 50 again to negotiate. That
would also allow for new elections in between.

As it sounds like reversing Brexit a "clock reset" is delicate but
technically feasible.

/A

Am 13.03.19 um 16:05 schrieb Andreas Broeckmann:
> Folks, what a situation!... I like how Stephen Bush writes:
> 
> "[May's] motion, unless amended, has no more force and will have no more
> impact than if MPs voted against the forces of gravity. You cannot vote
> against falling off the cliff when you have already jumped off the
> cliff, which is what MPs did when they voted to trigger Article 50 back
> in 2017. You can only vote to open your parachute – that is to say, for
> either an ex it deal or to revoke Article 50."
> 
> (at least the British scores in rhetorics and sense of humour remain high!)
> 
> His recommendation: "The only real way to “take no deal off the table”
> is with legislation saying that in the event no accord has been ratified
> by 29 March, Article 50 will be revoked."
> 
> (... which means that MPs would have to vote that they'd rather have the
> UK remain, than leave the EU in a no-deal Brexit; however much I
> personally like that idea, it seems less likely to me that MPs would
> dare vote to revoke Article 50, and more likely that the laws of gravity
> might persist...)
> 
> -a
> 
> 
> 
> Am 13.03.19 um 15:40 schrieb David Garcia:
>> Hi Keith, many thanks for your kind words..
>>
>> I recomend this from the excellent Stephen Bush
>>
>> https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2019/03/theresa-may-has-been-defeated-again-time-she-isnt-one-denial
>>
>>
>> In this very worrying article about just how far parliament is from
>> actually waking up to what it needs to do technically if they are to
>> actually take no deal of the table..
>>
>> Actually a little thought would lead all involved to realise that as
>> no deal is the default position. So ’no deal' can’t be taken off the
>> table
>> because it IS the table!
>>
>> Best
>>
>> David
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