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Two government sources suggest the Meaningful Vote “take 3” might happen on Thursday of next week.
Theresa May returns to parliament today after a last ditch dash to Strasbourg to win fresh concessions on her deal. So will the deadlock finally be broken this week? Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Sonia Sodha in London explain how the process could now pan out.
Former minister says he will back efforts to ensure parliament has meaningful say on government’s negotiated deal.
Verdict from QC advising hardline Conservatives on Irish backstop would sink prime minister's deal in next week's 'meaningful vote' - if followed.
Theresa May’s plea to stop cabinet blocking no deal as vote on new agreement to come just 17 days before UK leaves
24/02/2019
Prime minister announces ‘meaningful vote’ will not take place this week.
Theresa May will have told MPs a 'straight-up lie' if she cancels this week's crunch Brexit votes, says Yvette Cooper
11/03/2019
'She gave me her word, she gave parliament her word – I don’t believe the prime minister would straight-up lie on something so important as this'
Theresa May is battling to save her Brexit strategy amid warnings that she is heading for another crushing defeat in Tuesday’s crunch Commons vote.
Prime minister promises to hold vote by 12 March in move that will deepen cabinet splits
Commons votes 344 to 286 against the PM. / Theresa May has suffered another significant defeat to her Brexit plan, after MPs voted on Friday to reject her withdrawal agreement by a majority of 58.
MPs told a further ‘meaningful vote’ will be ruled out of order if the motion is 'the same or substantially the same’
The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons dealt a potentially fatal blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s ailing Brexit deal on Monday, saying the government couldn’t keep asking lawmakers to vote on the same deal they have already rejected twice.
As MV3 turns out to be DOA we hotfoot it into febrile Soho to read the steaming entrails of the May Deal.
Remainiacs Ep. 104 - EDGE OF DESTRUCTION: Time runs out with guests Roland Smith and David Allen Green
20/03/2019
With Brexit literally hours away, we convene Leaver-turned-Article-50-Revoker ROLAND SMITH and law and policy expert DAVID ALLEN GREEN to stare into the abyss. / May blames Parliament... / Why John Bercow’s Eskine Mayhem isn’t a constitutional crisis... / David discusses the Meaningful Vote in terms of Thanos’s Infinity Stones. The fooling of Arron Banks. Chained to a radiator with Seumas Milne.
PM faces calls to quit after Commons votes down her agreement for third time.
MPs reject May's EU withdrawal agreement
29/03/2019
MPs reject Theresa May’s EU withdrawal agreement by 344 votes to 286, a majority of 58, throwing UK’s Brexit plans into more confusion.
Amid calls to ‘fall on her sword’, PM writes to Tory MPs saying deal will return if there is sufficient support
Speaker says PM cannot bring back deal to parliament without substantial changes.
Speaker rules it would be ‘repetitive and disorderly’ for MPs to vote again on deal.
Hardline Brexiteers want to blame the Queen for their grim mistakes, truly the Leave campaign is eating itself
10/04/2019
When I worked on the Vote Leave campaign we all thought getting a deal would be much simpler. But now the fundamentalists are pretending the fault lies anywhere but with them.
Dark and dangerous threats against MPs like me are a sign No 10 and Cummings are getting utterly brazen
21/10/2019
This has a strong whiff of the 1930s about it – it is a right wing, nationalist government’s attempt to suppress dissent.
Last night’s Brexit negotiations were a charade and will ensure the prime minister is defeated in tonight’s vote
Recorded on the evening of Wednesday 3 April, Steve and Chris discuss the failure of Meaningful Vote 3.0, Indicative Votes 2.0, and Theresa May's Road to Damascus moment (spoiler: it's not). How will the EU27 respond to her plan for a further short extension?
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?
Brexit vote: Theresa May's deal rejected by MPs again despite winning support from Tory rebels
29/03/2019
Theresa May’s Brexit plans have been defeated for a third time in parliament despite a large number of Tory rebels finally backing it. The Commons voted against the deal by 344 votes to 286 - a majority of 58.