XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: abelard3@abelard.org 
  
 On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 10:07:46 +0000, nightjar  
 wrote: 
  
 >On 29/10/2019 07:52, Omega wrote: 
 >... 
 >> If Boris does get his election and came back with the majority he 
 >> envisages then first law he must push is, "No deal is the default 
 >> Leave".€ Doesn't prohibit us going for a deal mind.€ He might just also 
 >> consider nailing the Fixed Parliamentary Period? 
 > 
 >The only way Boris is going to get an election is first to convince 
 >other parties, none of whom have any reason to trust him, that a no deal 
 >Brexit is completely impossible, even if he gets a majority. 
  
 not at all..he'll have to convince them that it is in their personal 
     interests 
 the best way to do that is to convince them that he will lose 
  
 very difficult at present 
  
 >A Conservative majority is, of course, is far from certain. While the 
 >median values for voting intentions would give Boris a good working 
 >majority, a hung parliament is still possible within the margins of 
 >error on those figures. 
 > 
 >There is also a fairly large number of people who are undecided and who 
 >have the power to completely transform the figures. If they all voted 
 >Labour, for example, there would still be a hung parliament, but with 
 >Labour close enough to rule with help from the LibDems or SNP. 
  
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