“I fear that no deal would be part of a giant economic experiment that is championed by…a small minority of the Conservative Party.”
“At this point [April 12] we would either leave with No Deal…” she says. Later, she adds: “Unless this House agrees to it, No Deal will not happen.”
“Cooper? Who is Cooper? My name is Grieve Incognito.”
The Union and the Government have together kicked the can down the road again – this time with a two-pronged plan.
“However, it remains my intention to bring the deal back to the House.”
The former MP for the city will now seek to unseat the Labour incumbent.
Two councillors and an experienced teacher will contest the final on Thursday.
Despite obvious points of disagreement, the AGM remained a “civilised and constructive” affair in which the Business Secretary sought to reassure his activists.
“I am not willing to do what would be necessary to restore a reasonable working relationship with people whose values are so much at odds with my own.”
Gove and Davis followed the Prime Minister, but they were heavily outnumbered in the Parliamentary Conservative Party. The Chief Whip abstained.
Almost two thirds of the parliamentary Conservative Party opposed it, alongside the DUP and a handful of others.
The amendment was seen off by 314-312, so the six votes from the Opposition benches made all the difference.
By longstanding convention the Speaker casts his vote for the status quo. But would he?
The Opposition, which instructed its MPs to abstain, split three ways on the question.
Halfon and Stevenson join the Europhile ultras in a very near miss for the Government.