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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss elections in the UK and PM Boris Johnson’s course to win a parliamentary majority.
Johnson is on his way to win a majority of 68 seats in parliament at the December 12th election, according to a model from pollsters YouGov.
Johnson pledged to deliver Brexit by January 31st if he wins the election. The Labour Party is on course to secure 211 seats, down from 262 seats, according to The Times said. The SNP were on 43 and the Lib Dems on 13, according to The Times.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Boris Johnson and The Conservative party offering Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party a ‘last-minute election pact’ which would limit the Brexit Party to target just 40 key seats in the upcoming UK elections.
This offer was made after Farage decided to withdraw candidates from 317 potential seats in order to work with the Tories to secure a ‘Leave’ majority government.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party’s general election strategy, which seeks to stop a rising Labour, and work with the Conservative Party to form a sort of ‘Leave’ majority government that will keep the fight for a real Brexit alive.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the beginning of snap election campaigning in the UK, post Brexit extension. Nigel Farage and The Brexit party announced it will field 600 plus candidates, smashing any hopes for pro-Brexit election alliance with the Tories.
Boris Johnson apologized to Tory members who voted for him to become party leader for not fulfilling his October 31st Brexit promise.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how Angela Merkel cunningly collapsed Brexit talks with Boris Johnson, stating that a deal was “overwhelmingly unlikely” without Northern Ireland “forever” staying in the EU’s customs union.
Now it looks like Boris Johnson has “promising” headway in an agreement with Irish PM Leo Varadkar, which would effectively breathe life into Theresa May’s “Brexit” agreement with the backstop effectively solved.
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BORIS AND THE QUEEN: Who remembers that hat in 2017?
Yesterday, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II met with members of Privy Council at her Balmoral residence, and accepted a prorogue, or suspension of Parliament for the period between September 9 to October 14. As a result, new Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now facing a significant anti-Brexit revolt from opposition within his own party, as well as Labour, Liberal Democrat, Greens and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Submitted by Steve Brown…
“Those against the backstop and not proposing realistic alternatives in fact support reestablishing a border. Even if they do not admit it.” –Donald Franciszek Tusk, President of the EU
Wrong. No UK leader has ever proposed a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic since the Good Friday agreement – only the European Union has suggested and threatened to enforce it, in the event of a hard Brexit. Now it is time for Boris Johnson to call the EU’s bluff.
