Are You Ready For A New General Election?

"The gates of parliamentary hell are open" is the headline of an article in today's i newspaper.  Nigel Morris, the Political Editor, discusses the Brexit "Great Repeal Bill" published yesterday.

Nigel makes several observations:

• Labour is committed to Brexit, but has set down six red lines before the Tories can count on Labour support
• The LibDems have promised "hell" in terms of the tactics they could employ to delay or destroy the Bill
• The Scots and Welsh have threatened to veto the Bill
• Conservative "remainer" MPs keen to water down the Bill, who are already having talks with MPs of other parties (under the auspices of the "All-Party Parliamentary Group on EU Relations")
• The likelihood of countless amendments to the Bill that could bring Parliament to a virtual halt, and with all the votes involved, potentially lead to the Government losing a key vote 
• Apart from the Commons, there is likely to be even fiercer challenge from the Lords
• There are another seven Bills relating to Brexit that will face similar problems

To get the Brexit legislation through against Tory rebels, it is now clear why Theresa May wanted and indeed needed a greater majority than she had in March. In that context the June General Election was an obvious choice. She probably thought the risk of a smaller majority was miniscule.  But that is exactly what has happened.

So what next?  We have to assume that the Government will stumble sooner or later, and will be forced to hold another General Election.  Labour are already campaigning in marginal seats where there is a Tory MP with a high public profile.

The Just Party is ready to stand candidates across the country on a #StopBrexit centrist ticket:

• Conservative and Labour MPs prepared to defect
• Other politicians prepared to take on sitting MPs in other seats

In the national interest!