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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 10:54 AM Mar 2019

EU cannot betray 'increasing majority' who want UK to remain, says Tusk

Donald Tusk: EU cannot betray increasing majority wishing to remain – video

Donald Tusk has issued a rallying call to the “increasing majority” of British people who want to cancel Brexit and stay in the EU.

In a stirring intervention, the European council president has praised those who marched on the streets of London and the millions who are petitioning the government to revoke article 50.

Speaking to the European parliament, Tusk reprimanded those who voiced concerns about a potential lengthy extension to article 50 in the event of the Commons rejecting the withdrawal agreement again this week.

Tusk said: “Let me make one personal remark to the members of this parliament. Before the European council, I said that we should be open to a long extension if the UK wishes to rethink its Brexit strategy, which would of course mean the UK’s participation in the European parliament elections. And then there were voices saying that this would be harmful or inconvenient to some of you.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/27/donald-tusk-majority-uk-stay-eu-article-50-brexit

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EU cannot betray 'increasing majority' who want UK to remain, says Tusk (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2019 OP
It will great if they stay and thwart puttie's plan of divide and conquer Thekaspervote Mar 2019 #1
The missing element is that Brexit was a warm up for Trump 2016 bigbrother05 Mar 2019 #2

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
2. The missing element is that Brexit was a warm up for Trump 2016
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 12:04 PM
Mar 2019

The same supporting players that put Exit over the top refined their techniques to install Trump.

The UK has been so focused on the Brexit dealings that the conspirators have escape examination.

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