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These votes today are such a mess for @theresa_may. If Tory ERG Brexit MPs abstain on main motion, as looks highly likely, PM would lose her main vote - which would undermine her attempt to prove to the EU that a reworked Brexit deal could secure support of MPs. But...
there was confirmation by @oletwinofficial that PM would be bailed out (sort of) if @Anna_Soubry were to win her amendment forcing PM to publish latest government papers on impact of no-deal Brexit, because that Soubry victory would mean there would not be a vote on...
the main motion. But being defeated on Soubry motion would again shred the PM's authority - and would force PM to divulge confidential and explosive research, and further undermine her claim that it is rational not to take no-deal off the table
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