Brexit or Breaksit?

[robkelk]

I really am surprised that every vote on Brexit in the UK parliament is not a vote of no confidence. Given the impact on the nation will be considerably larger than any yearly budget and every budget has to be a confidence vote how can they get away with constantly voting down the government while still claiming the government is in charge?

1) They tried a vote of no confidence earlier. It didn't go through.

They had a vote that was only a vote of no confidence. Canada just went through nearly a full day (and night) of line-by-lines votes of the proposed budget, every one of which was also a vote of confidence.

That's what's needed here - one of the options to be a confidence vote. Vote it down and you're out on the campaign trail, looking to get your job back and explaining to your constituents why you voted the way you did.

2) Nobody wants to be stuck with this tar baby.

Which is why nobody wants to give Ms. May a no-confidence vote. Who has to take over?