Gary Gibbon
The Government has revised plans for a vote next Thursday and is now contemplating holding it earlier in the week but “everything is fluid,” one source said. Plans are being made for an emergency sitting on Friday 29th March to respond to whatever the EU Council says on Thursday 28th about what is on offer…
Conservative MP Mark Francois is an ERG member who favours a no-deal Brexit.
Control over what happens next in the Brexit process appears to have shifted to Brussels.
Prisons Minister Rory Stewart discusses Brexit.
Gary Gibbon
The Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar kindly announced it a short while ago in Dublin.
Conservative MP Rachel Maclean voted for Theresa May’s deal last week.
Labour MP Jo Stevens is a member of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
Tory MP Owen Paterson is a member of the pro-Brexit European Research Group.
Theresa May’s attempt to get parliament to agree to her Brexit deal suffered another major setback today, after the Commons Speaker said he might stop the government from calling another meaningful vote.
Gary Gibbon
He told the Commons that precedent required him to set a high bar for allowing the government to bring back the Brexit divorce which Theresa May is hoping will pass at the third attempt.
Any delay or extension to Article 50 would need to be approved by all 27 members of the EU.
Could it be third time lucky for the Prime Minister?
It’s part of a renewed effort to get the DUP to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
The Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is in Washington DC, where he has been meeting leaders, including President Trump.
It’s nearly half a century since one of the darkest days in Northern Ireland’s Troubles.
