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.@oletwinofficial likens his plan for MPs to take control of Brexit from the PM as the equivalent of Tories and LibDems forming a coalition in 2010 to prevent a putative financial meltdown after the election failed to yield a majority government. His conceit is that what he is...
endeavouring to facilitate is a process of MPs abandoning normal party loyalties to put the nation first. But there are problems with this analogy. 1) it is hotly disputed whether the Governor of the Bank of England was right in warning that the nation's creditors were...
about to go on strike, absent the formation of a coalition; 2) the decision to enter into a marriage with the traditional enemy was a catastrophe for the LibDems. So the question is who are the Letwin plan's LibDems?
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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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