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New: Dominic Raab says David Lidington's status as a Remainer means he will not be able to deliver a "palatable" Brexit deal because the EU will feel like they are negotiating with one of their own.

It is a *very* polite intervention in The House magazine but utterly brutal.
Theresa May said on Tuesday that Lidington, Geoffrey Cox & Stephen Barclay would help her renegotiate her Brexit deal.

But Raab said Lidington leading would be a "problem" because "there’ll be a perception, perhaps unfairly, that this is a guy who wanted us to stay in the EU".
Dominic Raab on David Lidington's involvement in Brexit talks: "He also was negotiating the Cameron deal. Is he really going to have the kind of Brexiteer credentials to get this deal delivered in a way that is palatable back home?"
More Dominic Raab on David Lidington: “There may be also a perception that they don’t have to give so much in Brussels to someone who was on the Remain campaign side and is widely seen as an advocate of the customs union option.”
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Jack Maidment
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The key thing about the Dominic Grieve amendment is that it would guarantee MPs time - six days in total - to debate and vote on Brexit options.
The last proposed day for debate is March 26, just three days before Brexit day.
This is potentially very important.
Dominic Grieve just explained everything on Sky News.
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I.e. If a majority of MPs back any one Brexit option then Govt would have to listen or face the consequences.
Dominic Grieve: “A resolution of the House is a pretty solemn thing. If the House says that it thinks something ought to be done which the Govt isn’t doing the Govt can decide to ignore it but historically it would be very unusual in our constitution for that to happen."
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Jack Maidment
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🚨Short thread on the Grieve amendment and what could happen next in the Brexit process🚨
Under the terms of the Grieve amendment the Govt will have to table a motion setting out its Brexit plan B within 3 days.

There is some suggestion the Govt could table something non-committal/wishy-washy. But that would be at odds with the intention of the amendment.
There is also some suggestion the Govt could table a rubbish motion and then not do anything with it - i.e. leave it on the shelf and not move it for debate. But that would arguably be at odds with the spirit of the amendment.
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Jack Maidment
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Breaking: The Govt is today pushing the button on every single one of its no-deal Brexit plans and implementing them all *in full*.

There are 320 workstreams across Whitehall on no-deal with each workstream likely containing numerous plans.

Seismic decision.
The Govt will be sending 80,000 emails to key business stakeholders in the coming days to tell them what no-deal means for them. They will be pointed to a 100 page document with all the info.
Something else: The Government is also going to be telling citizens what they need to do ahead of no-deal.
Also: Civil servants will be working over Christmas to get all this no-deal stuff up and running before March 29, 2019.
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