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Faisal Islam
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Well - @nickboles quits his local Conservatives after deselection threats over his efforts to prevent No Deal - says he will continue as MP and take Tory whip if “offered on acceptable terms”... but stand down at the end of his mandate...
Chief Whip tweets to say he stays a Tory MP - I think. Which means he would have to rejoin a different local Conservative association that doesn’t mind his role in stopping no deal...
Another cchq source confirms he remains a Tory MP and that the net effect of this is he has just preannounced he is not going to stand in next election...

But that also means that local associations have no leverage over MPs planning to stand down...
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Faisal Islam
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Yes LibDem leader did say this of his meeting with PM just before the Downing St speech - I have the clip ⬇️
Cable told me yesterday: “PM doubling down on No deal... She was asked at the meeting about the economic pain that would inflicted on millions of British people and the answer was people voted for pain... that was the conclusion I drew and I’m pretty certain she now believes it”
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EU top official stressing today’s seat at the table for EEA members - popular option for compromise-seeking remainers, but in recent weeks Vote Leave campaigners such as George Eustice are pushing it hard, trying to persuade other Leavers around too...
The fundamental red line bar on the EEA option as far as Number 10 saw it - came because of need to accept Freedom of Movement, though are extra EEA powers to limit it. Not all Leavers share May view, particularly as market forces (£slide) have collapsed net EU migration anyway
other main issue for ERG is jurisdiction EU law - but it is not directly from European Court of Justice, its from intermediate court, also in Lux called the EFTA court - I visited a few weeks after referendum, when EEA still in play, before the red line:
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Huge decision now for the PM
EU27 source: “Reduces the likelihood of a chaotic crash out in the next 7 days, or a 24 hour scramble to find an alternative.”
Tusk: European Council approved Strasbourg agreement
Extension two scenarios: if passed by Commons next week, extension till 22 May.
If not the Council agrees to an extension till the 12th April while expecting the UK to indicate a way forward.
Until that date all options open...
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