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“We’ll see if there’s further reassurances that can be provided” to get the DUP back on side, the foreign secretary says.
“We’ll see if there’s further reassurances that can be provided” to get the DUP back on side, the foreign secretary says.
‘This is a rotten deal….If Boris Johnson had presented this six months ago, the ERG would have voted against it’ says Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage
She explains: “I didn’t vote for an extension , I voted for an insurance policy against no deal… I support the Prime Minister’s deal.”
“The extension letter was sent because Parliament required it to be sent, but Parliament can’t change the PM’s mind or the Government’s policy.”
Sir Oliver Letwin pledges his support to the government’s Brexit deal when it comes to a vote.
“We have today to take a key decision and it’s simple. Do we want to deliver Brexit? Do we want to deliver on the result of the referendum?
“There may be special circumstances for Northern Ireland, but that can only be with the consent of the people of Northern Ireland.”
“Voting for a deal today won’t end Brexit. It won’t deliver certainty and the people should have the final say”
“There is every little appetite among our friends in the EU for this business to be protracted by one extra day.”
Ronnie Campbell added that “this country is fed up with Parliament…it’s time we got a deal, and got it through.”
“For us in the UK we can deliver a real Brexit that delivers our objectives…and we leave whole and entire on October 31.”
He says again that there is no need for any further prolongation, and that the deal is about people and peace.
The Taoiseach adds that the deal finalised today “creates a unique solution for Northern Ireland”.
“If we have a deal we have a deal. And there is no need for any kind of prolongation. That’s not only the British view that’s my view too.”
Pressed as to whether a letter will be sent, the Brexit Secretary adds that the “legislative requirements” will be met.