Which Labour MPs defied their party on key amendments – including latest abstention news
The role of these MPs in pro-Leave seats abstaining on or voting against the Cooper amendment in defiance of the whip was crucial.
Commons Brexit votes. What to watch for this evening. All hangs on the Cooper amendment.
If it passes, a signal will be sent that the Commons is likely to take control of Brexit policy – even if the Brady amendment also passes.
Unless pro-Leave MPs back the Brady plan today, they risk ending up with no Brexit at all
The Prime Minister doesn’t need to endorse every dot and comma of it. But she does need to show the EU that the Commons and her Party can agree on something.
May needs a new offer to make to the EU. Paul Bew has one for her. She should take it up.
He advised the man who co-won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Belfast Agreement – and argues that the backstop breaches it.
If May wants a revised plan to pass the Commons, she must take the lead herself
The Speaker is unlikely to select backbench amendments designed to help her, so her least bad option is a Government one.
Rudd’s possible resignation. A definitive statement.
A tweet from Greg Hands gets to the heart of the matter in a single sentence.
Part-time ConHome news editor needed
Editing experience is desirable though not essential. The post might suit say a student, a parent working part-time or an older person who knows his way round editing.
Barnier mounts, yes, a unicorn – and gallops off towards the backstop
In which the EU’s Chief Negotiator displays exactly the “magical thinking” that is decried when Brexiteers undertake it.
Blair’s Brexit redemption moment. Amen! Alleluia! (Just don’t mention the I – – q W – r.)
A first-time voter in 2022 will have been born in 2004, a year after the start of the conflict, and have no memory of weapons of mass destruction…
A snap election and a Tory nightmare. Losing seats in London without gaining them elsewhere.
The point here is the electoral trade-off between what could plausibly happen in the capital and the provinces – with Corbyn entering Downing Street in consequence.
No Deal can’t be “taken off the table”
The only way of ruling it out is to change the table itself: in other words, to abandon Brexit, or prepare to – as Remainers should admit.
Next, watch pro-Remain and pro-Soft Brexit Ministers push for the postponement of Brexit
Today, May is swinging towards her Party’s leavers. The logic of the Chancellor’s position, and that of his allies, is to block her – or try to.
The independent MPs who could hold May’s fate in their hands
Eight MPs, seven categories. Some of them pro-Brexit, others anti-Corbyn, some both. How supportive of the Government might they become?
25 questions about (another) early general election – and the horror show it could be for the Conservatives
The more one thinks about it, the more problematic it becomes.
Decision time for Javid and Hunt?
Neither is at all likely indeed to succeed May if they nod reluctant assent to any scheme to sign up to the Customs Union – which might not succeed in any event.