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Meaningful Vote Lord Hailsham amendment
CONTENTS 354
NOT CONTENTS 235
Government Defeat -now goes to back to the Commons on Wednesday
#pingpong
Majority against Govt of 119 - that’s about 30 more than last time in Lords... so all back to the Commons for a near replay of what happened last Wednesday -only this time, with the wording of what Dominic Grieve thinks he had already agreed with Solicitor General Thurs afternoon
Tory rebels up from 19 to 22 since this meaningful vote last went to Lords ...
Including the respected ex Trade minister Lord Livingston of Parkhead, former Tory co-chair Baroness Warsi, ex union point man Lord Balfe
Normally you might expect the number of crossbenchers asking the Commons to think again to dwindle, gone markedly up - now includes likes of Lord Woolf, former Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls...
Could they bounce it back again, if required?
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Interesting - maybe too late. Labour MPs astonished No 10 failed to consult with unions too. Also one told her directly that her talking up of No Deal as a viable option was making things difficult. Ie they need her to say publicly that No Deal is a disastrous non option...tricky
Labour sources briefing against: “We will look at any proposal that is put forward to improve T May’s bad deal.

“However, amendment would mean MPs supporting deal based on promises that are not legally binding. also doesn’t guarantee UK won’t fall behind on important rights”
“Protection of rights is also one element of this deal. The government has still refused to listen to Labour’s demands for a permanent customs union and a strong single market deal.” Says Labour source...
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Another ticking No Deal time bomb -Lords Grand committee supposed to take 4 hours to deal with 10 Brexit Statutory instruments - Got through just 3 on stem cells, embryology etc, all referred up to full House of Lords.

Hundreds more required to be passed to correct statute book
Some Govt sources suggesting there is a filibustering game going on here - Lords strenuously deny - todays committee included Lord Winston, Warner, Foulkes, Adonis etc, say it is scrutiny legislated for in Withdrawal Bill.

In any event, cant see how they get through all the SIs
Here’s the committee taking on the minister who was trying to get 10 SIs through today... parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/8a…
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Very good story about Brexit consultancy contracts from @AdamParsons1 and @TomBoadle

My understanding was BCG and Mckinseys ones were to work up rejected plans for New Customs Partnership and Max Fac to test them with very sceptical manufacturers (under gagging clauses ofc)...
Essentially, the Government paying many millions to external consultants to tell them it was going to take years to prepare customs etc, but also trying to square circle of its own red lines on Brexit with keeping frictionless trade.
Plenty of people were telling the Government, often under NDA, for free, that such plans were unworkable...
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