“Brexit is the will of the British people, we need to deliver that.”
The Ribble Valley MP says that May’s neglect of her Northern Irish allies is one of the worst cases of political misjudgement he has witnessed in his career in the Commons.
“The precise nature and timing of this debate will to some extent depend on the outcomes of this week’s European Council.”
“We should look again at being able to leave with a negotiated deal, but in order to do that we need time…”
“However, it remains my intention to bring the deal back to the House.”
Like it or not, the choice has shifted away from ‘Deal or No Deal’ towards ‘Deal or No Brexit’. It’s better to fight against a bad deal outside the EU than to Remain.
“It’s a very impressive hat that you are wearing, or a hat of sorts. Very well done.”
Critics of the deal need to compromise and accept the actual choices on offer. Refusal to do so risks an outcome far worse, or no Brexit at all.
“This ruling should not be regarded as my last word on the subject,” Bercow added.
Despite obvious points of disagreement, the AGM remained a “civilised and constructive” affair in which the Business Secretary sought to reassure his activists.
The precedents seem unfavourable to Brexiteer ambitions and it isn’t even obvious that it applies to UK-EU relations at all.
They are much less divided over whether to do the same to the Brexiteer rebels against the Withdrawal Agreement: definitely not.
It would need unanimous agreement. Looking at each of the 27’s varying comments, there are six distinct camps of opinion.