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Having now read @BorisJohnson in @Telegraph, it is clear to me he is preparing ground for mother of all u-turns - and that he is poised to support @theresa_may’s deal if she brings it back for third meaningful vote, so long as she commits to resign after the deal is ratified...
and removes Olly Robbins from the team that negotiates the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The point is that the alternative he proposes, a no deal rupture on 12 April but the shock mitigated by a 33 month “implementation period”, is viewed in the Cabinet and every EU...
capital as the grand-daddy of all unicorns, impossibilism on stilts. And although @BorisJohnson has been banging on about his grand plan for yonks, he surely now knows it is dead. So if the PM serves him up her own head today or tomorrow, he will surely back her deal. He...
couldn’t bank her departure, rev up his own campaign to succeed her, and then vote down her Brexit plan? Could he? Read attached Johnsonian conclusions and tell me what you think. It is a very conditional offer to the PM, which still makes clear he isn’t persuaded UK would...
ever exit the backstop.
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The motion for MPs tomorrow "approves Withdrawal Agreement" if passed - but weirdly does not represent a meaningful vote on Brexit. It would lock in 22 May as Brexit day, rather than 12 April. But is hugely confusing - because unless and until the EU Withdrawal Act is reformed...
the UK would still leave the EU without a deal. Some would say this is nuts
When I say EU Withdrawal Act "reformed", I mean amended. It's been a long week and I am losing the will to live
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Commons chatter is that in promising Tory Brexiters that if they vote for her deal their dreams come true and they get @BorisJohnson or @DominicRaab as next PM, @theresa_may has given new incentive to Labour's soft Brexiters and Tory Remainers not to vote for her deal, because...
if Johnson or Raab is in charge of negotiations on future relationship with EU, which are more important some would say than the divorce talks, that relationship will be uber Brexity. So in wooing one important constituency to get her deal over the line, she has alienated...
another important constituency. I am still very unclear how she gets her deal over the line
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So Downing Street source confirms that the leadership election will begin on 22 May, if MPs support the prime minister's deal in third meaningful vote and Brexit happens on that timetable. It is a commitment that there will be "new leadership for phase two" of negotiations...
with the EU, as per what @BorisJohnson demanded to secure his support for her Brexit. I said on Sunday night she would do this, based on conversations with sources, but truthfully I didn't really believe it.
In terms of mechanics, she stays as leader and PM till new leader is in place. So @theresa_may will presumably still be PM till circa July. Also, no guidance available at all about when she would stand down if her deal is not ratified by MPs - which still looks very likely...
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