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Jo Swinson
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May's Brexit deal defeated by 391 votes to 242.

We need a #PeoplesVote House of Commons screen showing division on EU Withdrawal Act
PM confirms that there will be a vote tomorrow on whether to leave the EU with No Deal.

And that the government will allow a free vote on that.
Then if the House votes for No Deal then govt will implement.

If the Commons votes down No Deal then on Thurs we will vote on extending Article 50.
PM's voice is croaking - clearly a similar sore throat issue to that infamous conference speech.

But it inevitably conjures up images of that set falling apart, in a metaphor for where the PM, govt and country are all at right now.
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Jo Swinson
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Voted again tonight FOR a public vote on any Brexit deal, and to #RevokeArticle50 to prevent No Deal.

Voted AGAINST Customs Union and Common Market 2.0 - neither would give the long extension of A50 we need for a #PeoplesVote Ballot paper for Commons indicative votes with an EU flag in the box for a People's Vote
Of course the more sensible way to organise these votes in Parliament would have been to use single transferable vote / alternative vote, so preferences between options could be expressed... Icon saying Single Transferable Vote
FOR-AGAINST

Customs Union 273-276
Common Market 2.0 261-282
Confirmatory Referendum 280-292
Revoke to Avoid No Deal 191-292

HoC can surely find a majority if it combines one of these Brexits with a People's Vote.

On Wed, combination option is what HoC should vote on.
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Jo Swinson
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HoC Brexit indicative votes: FOR-AGAINST

160-400 No Deal
188-283 Common Market 2.0
65-377 EFTA & EEA
264-272 Customs Union
237-307 Labour's 'plan'
184-293 Revoke A50
268-295 Public vote
139-422 WTO terms
Theresa May's deal has - on both attempts - secured significantly less support than a #PeoplesVote achieved tonight.

But the Government groundhog day rhetoric continues...

The public deserves better than this #BrexitShambles - we should #PutItToThePeople Handwritten tallies of votes for different options
Let's just analyse those figures.

#PeoplesVote secured the biggest vote in favour - 268 votes

Obviously I'm not a fan of first past the post, but it did beat all the other options.

In an ironic twist, the vote share on this was 48% - 52%...

#ExitFromBrexit #BrexitShambles
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Jo Swinson
@joswinson
You'll have to wait a little longer for the result of the indicative votes... counting still underway!
@BBCParliament #ParliamentDrama #BrexitBoxSet
While you're waiting...

1. Sign #RevokeArticle50 petition if you haven't already done so: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2415…

2. Support the Lib Dem campaign to #ExitFromBrexit libdems.org.uk/exit-brexit

3. Put the kettle on & make a cuppa - everything is better with a mug of tea! Keep calm and drink tea mug
Oooh... it's happening very soon I think
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katya adler
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EU emergency #brexit summit 10 April will start 6pm in Brussels. The PM will be invited to ‘engage’ with the 27 EU leaders +inform them of her plans/requests. She’ll then like last time be asked to leave the room while the 27 try to come to unified position required by EU law /1
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it's Saturday, we are STILL in the EU, so i'm off to join my group at our street stall and help campaign for a #PeoplesVote (or just #RevokeArticle50!!) ❤️💪🇪🇺🇬🇧

have sent my mum on ahead as she is technically more valuable than me lol she flies through the sign-up sheets!! 😁
eh?? where's Leave Means Leave?

were they having a late one rioting in London last night or have they just given up the fight?? 😁🇪🇺🇬🇧

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thanks SO MUCH to all the people who donated to our PayPal!! 100% of it has gone towards our 1000 new leaflets and has covered 2/3 of the cost of printing them!!

we're flying through them! lots of people want a #PeoplesVote to #RevokeArticle50!! 😁🇪🇺🇬🇧

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katya adler
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EU has almost given up trying to understand what’s going on in UK.
Dutch PM Rutte compares Theresa May to Monty Python knight whose limbs get cut off in a duel but insists the fight was a draw. Elsewhere in EU, mood is darker esp with the prospect of a lengthy #Brexit delay 1
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British democracy was subverted in 2016.

@theresa_may & @jeremycorbyn

I’m sure that your intentions to honour the ‘will of the people’ who voted in the referendum in 2016 are honourable. However.. /1

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Watching PMQs today only *one* MP, @AnnaMcMorrin for Cardiff North raised the issue of the unsound result as a result of illegal campaign activity. Her call for a #PeoplesVote or shall we call it, a #FinalSayForAll was rebuffed by you, Prime Minister. Indeed... /2
you rebuffed the call for another referendum many times, each time on the basis that to do so would not respect the result in 2016. Moreover... /3
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Peter Foster
@pmdfoster
The #brexit debate has always been an exercise in denial and wishful thinking.

Now cabinet urges May to delay vote to “plead” (FT) with Brussels. Delusion.

Do Brexiteers hate this deal? Or actually just hate the choices Brexit presents? In the real world. 1/
There needs to be a vote, as the next step to making choices.

Otherwise I just keep having to listen to people like Michael Howard in the Radio saying let’s pay for a “no deal” and spend the year’s grace “negotiating a Canada style trade deal”. A year!!!! /2
The #brexit illusions have insulted our collective intelligence for long enough.

There needs to be a vote. Then choices.

Boot out @theresa_may sure. Then who? And for what?

She’s useless, to be sure. But how ironic that the queen of unicorns get shot for not finding any! /3
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