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MPs have warned that Brexit has coarsened public debate to the point where they regularly receive death threats and other forms of intimidation via social media and elsewhere, with many using panic buttons for their own safety.
Theresa May faces a fresh headache over her Brexit strategy after peers inflicted a defeat on the government in favour of keeping the UK in a customs union with the EU.
The ex-Labour premier says parliament has "proved itself totally incapable of resolving the Brexit issue".
Parliament faces a choice between May’s deal and delaying our departure, possibly for ever.
The majority of voters in nearly all the 632 parliamentary constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales want their MPs to reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal, according to the most in-depth research into public opinion on the issue.
Delay now seen as inevitable as even Eurosceptic DUP and Tories back a 9-week pause. MPs voted by 391 to 242, a majority of 149, to reject the prime minister’s revised plans for the UK’s exit from the EU.
CakeWatch - Episode 44: Cox Blocked
12/03/2019
So the government has lost the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement by a massive margin - AGAIN - and now what? Should we celebrate? How will Brussels react? What are the options for and chances of extending the Article 50 two year deadline?
The Government faced Cabinet rebellions and ministerial resignations after changing its mind last minute on a no deal motion.
MPs will vote today on whether to give the public a fresh referendum on Brexit after John Bercow selected an amendment that could lead to a Final Say vote. It will be the first time the Commons has held a formal vote on the issue of another referendum.
The House of Commons backed an amendment ruling out no-deal under any circumstances.
A cross-party group of senior backbench MPs has launched a bid to allow Parliament to decide what kind of Brexit deal should be negotiated in an expected extension of talks with Brussels.
THE BBC has, for the THIRD time in two days, cut off its coverage of a key Brexit debate just as the SNP's Ian Blackford stood up to speak.
Jon Snow perfectly summed up everyone’s thoughts on politicians who ‘know nothing about what’s going on’
15/03/2019
With just 14 days until the Brexit deadline and no plan in place for how the country will leave the EU, it’s probably safe to say that nobody has a clue what’s going on.
The booming baritones of Cox and Bercow bookended a busy week in Westminster, Brussels and Dublin (with a bit of Washington DC in there too). It saw the sinking of MV2, the vote against no-deal and a UK Government whipping against its own motion.
MPs have voted overwhelmingly to seek a delay in the UK's exit from the European Union, setting the stage for British Prime Minister Theresa May to renew efforts to get her divorce deal approved by parliament next week.
MPs Have Just One Day To Signal Support For Theresa May's Brexit Deal – Or Face Long Delay
18/03/2019
The PM will ask EU for long Article 50 extension if the deal is not passed this week.
A European Union grandee today said the UK could be refused a Brexit extension if Theresa May fails to get agreement in the Commons.
MPs told a further ‘meaningful vote’ will be ruled out of order if the motion is 'the same or substantially the same’
British Prime Minister Theresa May has written to the European Union to delay Brexit until 30 June. / Mrs May said she wanted an orderly exit from the EU and that she intended to bring her twice-defeated divorce deal back to parliament, though she did not say when.
PM faces calls for resignation after blaming Commons for delay to UK’s exit from EU.
Speaker John Bercow tells MPs: ‘None of you is a traitor’ as Theresa May’s Brexit backlash reaches Parliament
21/03/2019
'None of you is a traitor. All of you are doing your best'. / Speaker John Bercow gave a passionate speech in the Commons on Thursday defending the rights of MPs after one Labour member accused Theresa May of “pitching” them against the public.
Lindsay Hoyle, a Commons deputy speaker, urges colleagues to take precautions.
Theresa May is resigned to losing control of parliament on Wednesday to MPs who want to stage votes on alternatives to her Brexit plan. / The so-called indicative votes could happen on Wednesday.