It’s a Tory total collapse as they are forced to accept every Labour amendment to the Budget

Labour could have moved that the Treasury be re-named “Philip Hammond is a dunce” and the government would probably have agreed to it.

Too harsh? Well, let’s be satisfied with the amendments to the Finance Bill on tax evasion, gaming duty and Fixed Odds Betting Terminals – and with the promise that there is worse to follow for Theresa May and her cronies.

She had to capitulate because, if a vote had been taken and she lost, it would have been considered proof that her government does not have the confidence of the Commons. By convention, any government in such a position should resign and allow the main Opposition party a chance to form an administration.

Instead, Mrs May is now the head of a minority government, critically vulnerable to collapse if the Opposition parties demand a vote of “no confidence”, because the Democratic Unionist Party has withdrawn its support over her disastrous Brexit agreement with the EU.

As Mrs May is determined to have her deal or no deal, and the DUP’s MPs believe neither will support what they consider to be good for Northern Ireland, it seems unlikely that they will restore their support for her government.

I predict that if the current Brexit deal goes to a vote, Mrs May will lose badly. Labour may then demand a vote of “no confidence” in the Conservative Party’s ability to govern – and such a vote seems certain to topple the government.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was quick to capitalise on the situation. He said: “It’s absolutely staggering that the Government has accepted all Labour amendments to the Finance Bill because it couldn’t rely upon the DUP’s support. The Tories are in office but not in power. We’re watching a government falling apart in front of us.”

Mrs May is currently in Brussels, where she is probably begging the Eurocrats for latitude to resolve the impossible situation into which she has put herself – because we should all remember that this is a crisis entirely of the Conservative government’s own making.

Meanwhile Boris Johnson and Philip Hammond are both set to appear at the DUP’s conference over the weekend. If they think they can bully the Irish into backing them again, they’ll be in for a shock.

It has been great fun watching the drama play out on Twitter:

So the current situation can be summed up as follows:

Of course we now know that Mrs May’s strings are being pulled by the Opposition parties – and any opportunity available (to mention the backdrop sign at the Tory conference) will be theirs.

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6 Comments

  1. nmac064 November 21, 2018 at 9:44 am - Reply

    The trouble is they’re not falling apart quickly enough.

  2. Kenneth lester November 21, 2018 at 1:11 pm - Reply

    The muppets should just give up and start running to run to the door see who is first in the stampede hope most will be trod on

  3. gerard bono November 21, 2018 at 1:22 pm - Reply

    To have a good brexit, it needs to come out of the ECB in Bruxells completly and stop saying no deal because there is no such a thing if we come out will be going to the WTA deal.

  4. kateuk November 21, 2018 at 1:59 pm - Reply

    It’s strange (or is it?) that I can’t find anything about this on the BBC news website!

  5. James November 25, 2018 at 9:56 pm - Reply

    Dont give up on me

    I do the best i can for you, when you need me i provide you with what you need.
    I give you foundation, i give you security
    I give you pride of belonging to a family.
    When the chips are down i will rally to you and help you in your hour of need.
    I will always answer the call of duty, day or night at any time.
    Our voices were like lions and we were known in all the corners of the world as a family of heroes and gladiators.
    We have grown for hundreds of years through poverty and persecution, we have battled when all looks lost and come out the victor.
    When it is cold we keep you warm
    When you hunger we feed you
    When you are sad we dry your tear
    When you are weak we fight in your corner and protect you.
    The backbone is you and me and us and we, from the bottom of the mountain we stand strong to keep it from falling to the ground.
    We are the country, the country is us
    Do we or will we just sit and allow others to take our freedom
    Do we sit and just let others take our History and toss it about like a toy that is forgotten about.
    Do we allow the memories of the ones before us that gave their last breath to give us the freedom that we all have today.
    Are we a country United or are we a country Divided.
    Let us all rally together and show the ones that think they can take what is ours.
    We will not be bullied
    We will not be intimidated
    We will not surrender to the greed of a second class club who thinks it can take what it wants, when it wants without and consequence.

    Dont Give Up On Me, Your Country, Your Home, Your Future
    YOUR UNITED KINGDOM

    • Mike Sivier November 27, 2018 at 12:30 pm - Reply

      I invite anybody who feels like identifying all the falsehoods in this comment to do so.

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