Brexit live: MPs to vote on May’s withdrawal agreement tomorrow March 28, 2019 Welcome to our Brexit live blog. Please manually refresh this page for the latest updates. Follow this page throughout the day for the latest Brexit news as the world reacts to yet another day of deadlock in parliament. MPs failed to reach a majority last night on a series of indicative votes intended to provide an [...]
Labour won’t back May’s standalone withdrawal agreement, confirms Sir Keir Starmer March 28, 2019 Labour will not vote for Theresa May’s EU withdrawal plan even if it is separated from the future relationship declaration, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed. Read more: DUP: Abstaining on May's Brexit deal was 'never an option' Speaking at the British Chambers of Commerce conference this afternoon, Starmer shot down a plan [...]
David Lidington warns Tory MPs a future Brexit deal must respect May’s withdrawal agreement March 28, 2019 Theresa May's de facto deputy today cautioned that those who lead the next stage of the Brexit negotiations must abide by the current withdrawal agreement with the European Union. In particular, David Lidington said, they must follow the rules laid out in the withdrawal agreement about “citizens rights, a financial settlement, and arrangements to secure an [...]
DUP still opposed to Theresa May’s Brexit deal as it insists abstaining was ‘never an option’ March 28, 2019 The head of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has repeated that her party will not support Theresa May's Brexit deal if it is put before parliament again and insisted that abstaining was "never an option". Arlene Foster, who leads the Northern Irish party that props up the Prime Minister's minority government, confirmed the 10 members of [...]
If nothing else, Brexit has taught us how mediocre our politicians are March 28, 2019 Earlier this year, the BBC Parliament channel briefly became more popular than MTV. Perhaps not quite able to believe how on earth this was all going so badly, a few hundred thousand people tuned in to see what was happening on the green benches for themselves. What they witnessed would have clarified things. Posturing, grand-standing, [...]
Theresa May vows to resign before further negotiations if her Brexit deal is passed March 27, 2019 Theresa May will quit as Prime Minister before the next stage of Brexit negotiations she told her party tonight in a last bid attempt to get MPs to back her deal. Speaking to Conservative MPs in a packed meeting in parliament, May said she was aware her party wanted “new leadership” for any trade negotiations [...]
John Bercow blocks attempt to get round his Meaningful Vote ruling March 27, 2019 John Bercow has given Theresa May another headache after he blocked any attempt to use parliamentary procedures to get round his ruling that the government cannot bring an unchanged Brexit deal back before MPs. The Commons speaker ruled last week that he would only allow a third meaningful vote on May’s withdrawal plan if it [...]
Government firmly rejects ‘Revoke Article 50’ petition despite debate next week March 27, 2019 The government has dismissed the possibility of revoking Article 50 – and thereby cancelling Brexit – despite a petition to do so amassing 5.85m signatures in the last week. The 'Revoke Article 50' petition quickly surpassed the 100,000 signatories needed to be considered for debate in parliament, and is now the best-supported proposal in the history [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit plans in tatters as DUP call for long delay over backing her ‘toxic’ deal March 26, 2019 Theresa May’s Brexit plans suffered another setback today as the Democratic Unionist Party said they would prefer to delay the UK’s departure from the EU over supporting her “toxic” deal. Sammy Wilson, the DUP’s Brexit spokesman, said his party’s 10 MPs would only vote for the deal if there are “significant changes” to the text [...]
In a logical world, the EU would never risk the fallout of Britain crashing out with no deal at all March 26, 2019 At a dinner the other week, a friend of mine wondered whether Theresa May would have been treated with quite so much patience, forbearance and courtesy by her EU colleagues had she not been a woman. It’s a fair question. Her reportedly dismal performance at the EU summit on 21 March must have been enough [...]