In Brexit showdown, British PM May faces issue of 'meaningful vote'

[Denzil_DC]

20. "If you don't like my structure, ... change the law!"

Sounds very Trump:

Trump’s Defense of His Tax Avoidance Is Getting Even More Brazen

“If you don’t like what I did, you should’ve changed the laws.”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/10/20/trump_somehow_blames_clinton_for_his_tax_avoidance_again.html?via=gdpr-consent

Which pleads to be responded to with: "Alrighty, then."

But how shamelessly disingenuous of Banks, of course.

Many of us suspect that one of the major driving forces from the more unscrupulous movers and groovers in Big Money - including those in the government, not least our Prime Minister's own husband - for a "clean break" hard Brexit is the prospect of the EU's Anti Tax Avoidance Directive coming into force on 1 January 2019, as part of a long-term strategy to clamp down on tax havens and money laundering.

A "soft" Brexit with a lengthy transition period would mean the UK being subject to these same laws, hence the frothing at the prospect from some quarters.

However, even after Brexit, the UK could still face challenges on this score from potential EU trading partners, e.g.: Netherlands 'will block UK-EU deal without tax avoidance measures'.

I'd love to see Banks' bluff being called, but I guess he knows the score among a number of those questioning him. Maybe he'll come a cropper yet.