83 : DUP The Final Stand on Brexit
The following appeared a couple of days ago on Belfast Telegraph Digital :- DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said that Brexit has turned into a " battle for the Union itself ", with the EU and UK government no closer to agreeing a withdrawal deal. It's okay,you can skip the next bit since in retrospect it seems highly implausible that such a portmanteau of eventualities could occur or are ever likely to occur in such a fashion ever again. Tories decide to add a commitment to holding an " In-Out" referendum on EU membership to their manifesto for GE2015. They do it,in what their leadership assumes is a countervailing and pre-emptive manouevre to stop further votes being lost to UKIP. Against the odds,Cameron leads his Party to an outright victory with a 20-odd seats overall majority. Parliament approves with virtually no dissenting votes against that a binding In-Out referendum will be held on June 23 2016. As polling booths closed on June ...