{"id":400916,"date":"2019-03-23T01:43:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lots-of-space-in-hell-for-british-mps-who-vote-against-brexit-deal\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T01:43:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:43:41","slug":"lots-of-space-in-hell-for-british-mps-who-vote-against-brexit-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/lots-of-space-in-hell-for-british-mps-who-vote-against-brexit-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Lots of space\u2019 in hell for British MPs who vote against Brexit deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/454471-tusk-place-hell-brexit\/\"><strong>RT<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 22, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Tusk, who last month blasted the architects of Brexit, suggesting there may be \u201ca special place in hell\u201d for them, believes the place of eternal suffering is big enough to also include British MPs voting against the deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The initial acerbic remark about hell made by the president of the EU Council targeted people who \u201cpromoted Brexit without a sketch of a plan how to carry it safely.\u201d It caused quite a stir among participants and watchers of Britain\u2019s dramatic divorce with the EU. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at one point remarked that he personally knew no hell except his current job.<\/p>\n<p>The question of hell and who among British politicians deserves to be there returned on Thursday as the two European officials were announcing to a media conference that the union partially agreed to a British request to postpone Article 50. The two-part deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/454429-eu-draft-brexit-offer-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offers<\/a> Britain a delay till May 22, provided the UK Parliament approves the Brexit deal next week. Otherwise it would only last till April 12.<\/p>\n<p>A journalist asked Tusk if he sees hell a suitable place for MPs who now vote against the deal, to which the stone-faced Polish Catholic politician replied: <em>\u201cAccording to our Pope, hell is still empty. It means there is a lot of space.\u201d<\/em> The news conference was then wrapped up to the laughter of the audience and a parting shot by Juncker: <em>\u201cDon\u2019t go to hell.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfj1kZbBmv4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tusk was likely referring to last year\u2019s controversy, which happened after an Italian journalist misquoted Pope Francis as saying that there was no hell. The Vatican had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/faith\/2018\/03\/29\/vatican-claim-pope-denied-hells-existence-unreliable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disprove<\/a> the claim and clarify the Catholic view on what hell is.<\/p>\n<p>Or did Tusk actually mean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enotes.com\/homework-help\/tempest-ariel-states-hell-empty-all-devils-here-566379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare<\/a> and not the Pope? Who knows?<\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, March 22, 2019  at  6:46 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/tusk-lots-of-space-in-hell-for-british-mps-who-vote-against-brexit-deal.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/tusk-lots-of-space-in-hell-for-british-mps-who-vote-against-brexit-deal.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RTMarch 22, 2019 Donald Tusk, who last month blasted the architects of Brexit, suggesting there may be \u201ca special place in hell\u201d for them, believes the place of eternal suffering is big enough to also include British MPs voting against the deal. 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