Richard Seymour- Whatever happened to the coup against Theresa May? Archived Message Posted by johnhol on March 26, 2019, 7:07 pm Begins: Two days ago, just two days ago, Theresa May was faced with an insurrection by more than half her cabinet, most backbenchers, and the right-wing press. Today, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Fabricant, Esther McVey and other Brexit Tories, are hinting that they will now vote for May's deal and potentially hand her a victory after two record defeats. Why? The reporting suggests that they've reached a bargain with May, who will set an official resignation date when addressing the 1922 committee tomorrow evening. That means, she passes a terrible Brexit deal, takes all the shit for it, and then clears the way for the election of a more hardline Brexiter, who can handle subsequent negotiations. Rees-Mogg and his confederates say that, though they would prefer 'no deal', they fear it's now a choice between May's deal and no Brexit. It's very noticeable, however, that Rees Mogg elides opposition to May's deal in the Commons with opposition to any deal. He predicates his stance, that is, on the false claim that the Commons will only not go along with 'no deal' because it does not want to implement the Brexit referendum result. In doing so, he more subtle re-states May's position last week, which blamed politicians for betraying the people. And with Leave.EU is already accusing Tories of knifing Brexit voters in the back, it is important for Rees Mogg to deflect. What is really at stake is who gets to control the Brexit process, and for what political ends it is tailored. To put it like this: the deal is not the deal. The deal is the divorce agreement. The framework for the future relationship with the EU is indicated in the accompanying Political Declaration. That document sets out the terms within which that relationship will be negotiated. And, depending on who was in office, and what the negotiating priorities were, the long-term consequences would be very different. It's quite clear that for Rees Mogg and company, Brexit is part of a wider project of structural reform and global repositioning for British capitalism. However deluded, this has to be taken seriously as a radical-right strategy. The Corbyn leadership, by contrast, is quite happy to sail as close to the status quo on this issue as possible, having decided early on that EU membership would not be the axis of its radicalism. Thus, as a condition for supporting May's deal, Corbyn has mainly sought changes to the Political Declaration which are about damage-limitation. Keeping a customs union and integration with the single market in order to prevent significant economic losses. Retaining dynamic alignment on rights and regulations to prevent the government from undercutting the EU as a competitive strategy. Continues: https://www.patreon.com/posts/25642045 Message Thread: Richard Seymour- Whatever happened to the coup against Theresa May? - johnhol March 26, 2019, 7:07 pm Re: Richard Seymour- Whatever happened to the coup against Theresa May? - dovetailjoint March 26, 2019, 7:26 pm Re: Richard Seymour- Whatever happened to the coup against Theresa May? - dovetailjoint March 26, 2019, 7:40 pm Want to see whats planned look at the Institute for Economic Affairs paper. - Ken Waldron March 26, 2019, 7:52 pm Re: Want to see whats planned look at the Institute for Economic Affairs paper. - Ken Waldron March 26, 2019, 8:20 pm Thanks. The comments below are more interesting. - Thomas Newfield March 27, 2019, 10:01 am Corbyn is a cnut.... - Keith-264 March 28, 2019, 3:24 am Re: Corbyn is a cnut....King Cnut (nm) - Ed March 28, 2019, 4:07 am Re: Corbyn cnuts a poor figure....nm - Keith-264 March 28, 2019, 8:32 pm   Searching