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"While I am here, I have a duty to be clear with the House": Theresa May
"If we are going to deliver Brexit in this parlt, we are going to have to pass a withdrawal agreement bill..
".. And we will not do so without holding votes on the issues that have divided us most, including on customs arrangements & a 2nd referendum"
Chuka Umunna asks if May, if she's still PM, would ask for an extension at end of Oct to avoid her successor taking us out without a deal
She says he should vote for the deal
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John Rentoul
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#PMQs coming up at noon. Andrew Grice and I standing by to comment afterwards (during PM's statement) facebook.com/pg/indypolitic…
Serious Q re chemical weapons from @JWoodcockMP #PMQs
Bizarre innovation by Corbyn, commenting on steel but not asking a Q about it; going on schools instead #PMQs
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John Rentoul
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Last call for European elections sweepstake: closes tonight – late entries have a huge advantage, so use it wisely docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
500 entries now: average of today's guesses a bit different from earlier!
Brexit Party 35% +5
Lib Dem 18% +3
Labour 17% -3
Green 10% +1
Con 10% -3
ChUK 3% -4
Sweepstake now closed: thanks for all your 569 entries. Average guesses today
Brexit Party 34%
Lib Dem 19%
Labour 17%
Green 10%
Con 10%
ChUK 3%
Results on Sunday/Monday morning
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John Rentoul
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Marr 1st Q to Corbyn: Do you want to leave the EU? No answer
Corbyn accuses Marr and British media of being "obsessed" with how people voted in the referendum 3 years ago
Corbyn says free movement of people would be a matter for negotiation between Lab govt and EU #Marr
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Peter Foster
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So what is Olly Robbins up to in Brussels, and will he be saving #Brexit any time soon? (Yes, you don't need to answer that). But here's some thoughts. 1/Thread

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Where @ShippersUnbound reveals the Tory-Labour #brexit deal...which doesn’t make that much sense...

Apparently it’s a ‘customs arrangement til 2022 election...and then may the best team win on fight for hard/soft Brexit.

But.../1

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Peter Foster
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@MikeAnson @BorderIrish @NickyMorgan01 @GregHands @ManufacturingNI @MichaelAodhan @Freight_NI It's a fair question....arguably too partisan/pejorative....but a Unicorn is a make-believe animal that doesn't exist. I was one of the original users/coiners of the phrase in order to try and make this a fact-based conversation not something based on wishful thinking. 1/
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THREAD 🧵🤓

🗳 What are #Brexit Indicative Votes?

🤔 How will the process work?

💡What ideas have been tabled?

🚨 Bare with me on this one... hopefully it’s worth a couple of minutes ☕️ 🚆 🚌
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Brigid Fowler
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We all know there's uncertainty over how MPs will vote on #Brexit this week. Thought it might be handy just to flag why there's also uncertainty over exactly what & when they're voting on (nerdy procedure thread....) 1/
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Jon Worth
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I have long maintained that a second referendum on #Brexit is the only way out of the UK's current conundrum.

But a few aspects of this have been nagging at me.

Now having been put on the spot by @edaross I am going to explore this a bit more in a thread.

1/17
First, if a #PeoplesVote is to happen, it requires an extension of the #Article50 negotiation period - because it would take a good 20 weeks to organise such a referendum, as @ConUnit_UCL argue convincingly here:
constitution-unit.com/2018/10/09/how…

2/17
At the time of writing we are 123 days, or just over 18 weeks away from exit day 29.3.2019

If Commons has its "Meaningful Vote" (that failing might be the starting gun for a referendum process) on 10 December that is 104 days, less than 15 weeks from exit day. Too tight.

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