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In case it's useful (& with apologies to those of you who don't need it), a quick Sat lunchtime reminder of the absolute basics ahead of the #meaningfulvote on Tues ('cos it may be handy to cling onto them amid what's about to go down) 1/
In terms of UK's #Brexit process, the only Q at issue on Tues is whether HoC approves Withdrawal Agreement & Pol. Dec. *By law* (EU [Withdrawal] Act 2018 s13(1)(b)), UK may not ratify the WA unless & until (among other things) HoC has approved the WA+PD in a s13(1)(b) motion. 2/
If the UK does not ratify a WA and leaves the EU anyway, it is a no-deal Brexit. 3/
The only way in which the HoC can approve the WA+PD is by voting *for* the government's motion, as long as that motion has not been amended in such a way as to make it into a motion that no longer approves the WA+PD. 4/
There are 2 ways in which HoC can fail to approve the WA+PD: i) vote *for* at least one am. that makes the gov's motion into a motion that no longer approves the WA+PD, & then vote *for* the gov's motion as amended; OR ... 5/
... OR ii) vote *against* the gov's motion, as long as the gov's motion is still in a form that means it approves the WA+PD. /ends
