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You May Not Aspire to Embiggenment! Leave disinfo tactics, that damp squib Grieve Rebellion, and our People's Vote March hangover.
Theresa May will be obliged to present MPs with a new Brexit plan within three days if her current proposal is voted down next week, after a procedural amendment to the plan’s progress through the Commons was passed amid chaotic scenes.
Theresa May has been defeated on Brexit by rebel Tory MPs joining forces with Labour and other opposition parties for a second time in two days. But, on a confusing day in parliament, even seasoned Westminster watchers were struggling to follow.
The content of Theresa May's defeats over the last couple of days isn't particularly meaningful, but the fact they happened at all suggests that parliament's guerrilla war against the government has started. And it seems to be winning.
Strong headwinds facing UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers Brexit plan. / Michel Barnier doesn't like it much, Brexiteers don't like it at all, but Theresa May still insistent that Chequers is the best plan. / This week, we look at the political to-ing and fro-ing in the UK and get the views of Conservative MP and former UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve.
"I think leaving the EU is a really bad idea and I think the country is going to suffer the consequences of it for a long time to come, and I don't think our children and grandchildren are going to thank us for what we're doing."
Prime minister launches new plan to win backing for her deal as she prepares to update MPs on way forward
Cross-party move likely to be put forward as amendment to EU withdrawal bill.
Insisting that all will somehow be well if Brexit goes through now is an abdication of responsibility.
Dominic Grieve, a leading Conservative opponent of Brexit, has predicted that up to a dozen ministers – including six from the cabinet – could resign if Britain leaves the EU without a deal.
"People have been thoroughly misled, over a long period of time, by a form of propaganda that believes the EU is evil" Conservative MP Dominic Grieve says many people calling for a "catastrophic" no-deal #Brexit have been led to believe "mad fantasies"
Former attorney general says unless PM changes course "we are going to spiral down into oblivion".
Amber Rudd among 40 MPs vowing to fight pressure for hardliner to replace Theresa May. / Dozens of moderate Tories, including senior cabinet ministers, have signed up to a powerful new party group in an attempt to stop the Conservatives lurching further to the right during the race to replace Theresa May.
The pro-remain Conservative MP Dominic Grieve was given a reprieve from deselection by his local party on Friday – but was warned against continuing to campaign against Brexit.
The Conservative Party was once seen as Europe's best-oiled political machine. But Brexit and Theresa May have turned it into a smoldering wreck. Now, the party faces the dire prospect of EU elections. /
It’s a big one this week as the redoubtable DOMINIC GRIEVE MP – former Attorney General, unbowed People’s Vote advocate... /
The former attorney general must reapply to stand as Conservative candidate in Beaconsfield in the next election. / Conservative MP Dominic Grieve is facing a deselection battle over his anti-Brexit views after local activists in his Beaconsfield constituency told him to apply for readoption as their parliamentary candidate.
Huge constitutional clash looms if Tory rebels join bid to spike guns of a new Tory leader. / Boris Johnson’s vow to deliver a no-deal Brexit is facing a major cross-party ambush after Labour moved to give parliament new control over the process.
The former Attorney General said he was afraid of 'further deceit that is slowly swallowing up the democracy of this country'. / Tory MP Dominic Grieve has said he would vote against his own Government in a motion of no confidence if it tried to bring about a no-deal Brexit.
'If the new prime minister announces a magical mystery tour towards a 31 October crash-out, I don't think that prime minister is going to survive very long'
“A no-deal Brexit is a catastrophe and I will not go down in history as an MP who has facilitated it.” Conservative MP Dominic Grieve says, “It’s the moment when the national interest goes clearly in front of any party political consideration”
Trade minister rejected Boris Johnson’s claim exporters would be spared tariffs after no deal
MPs are expected to launch a fresh attempt to block a future prime minister pushing a no-deal Brexit policy by threatening to cut off vital funds for government departments.