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I’m live tweeting Attorney General Cox’s statement at 1230 & then Theresa May afterwards - with comments!
Cox just told House of Commons his previous legal opinion ‘remains unchanged.’ Another lethal blow to Mrs May
Cox says that provided EU acts in good faith, if it proves impossible to agree satisfactory customs & regulatory agreement then his ‘unchanged’ view is that the backstop would continue indefinitely
Cox reduces Commons to laughter by saying if a trade & customs agreement can’t be reached between UK & EU, the solution is that ‘efforts should be redoubled’
IDS picking holes in the backstop - doesn’t sound like he is gearing up to support Mrs May
Cox is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame & doing nothing whatever to help Mrs May.
‘The emperor has no clothes, not even a codpiece’ - Joanna Cherry to the Attorney General
Cox pays tribute to ‘eminent’ Lord Anderson QC - further shafting Mrs May
Bill Cash laying into the backstop - ‘insufficient legal protection for Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom.’ Another blow to Mrs May
Vince Cable pointedly pays tribute to Cox’s ‘total integrity & independence’
Nigel Dodds also pointedly pays tribute to Cox & inserts knife into Mrs May: her deal opens way for Northern Ireland to be ‘trapped’ in the EU via the backstop & subject to effective takeover by Dublin. So DUP appears to be voting against the deal
Steve Baker laying into Mrs May - UK will either be ‘trapped indefinitely’ in backstop or be ‘forced’ into a new customs union with the EU. Looks like the ERG are largely voting against the deal tonight
Rees-Mogg suggests a future Parliament might ‘resile’ from terms of the Irish backstop - provoking Cox to say he could not be a party to ‘breaching international law.’
Mogg again demonstrating his English nationalist extremism, in a velvet glove
Mogg again demonstrating his English nationalist extremism, in a velvet glove
