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That was a disaster! Attempt to take over the order paper defeated by 298 votes to 309. Any rogue incoming PM now has free rein to prorogue Parliament, and go full-on for no deal. MPs fluffed their biggest test. Party before country. Party before country. Party before country.
Just to be clear: there *might* be other things that MPs can do to stop no-deal, but this was their one absolutely guaranteed shot at taking the first step towards doing so.
If you're thinking "But 31 October is a long way off", consider this...
A) A huge chunk of time will be eaten up by the Tory leadership contest, summer recess and the Party Conference season.
B) Geoffrey Cox, the Attorney General, has said that proroging Parliament isn't illegal.
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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In Dominic Raab's new leadership video he talks about "leading us out at the end of October with a WTO deal"... shame no such beastie exists, then, isn't it?
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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Results of first leadership ballot (@SkyNews latest tally in brackets, to see public pledges vs private votes)

Johnson (84) 114
Hunt (35) 43
Gove (33) 37
Raab (24) 27
Javid (19) 23
Hancock (16) 20
Stewart (8) 19
Harper (8) 10
McVey (6) 9
Leadsom (5) 11
So McVey and Leadsom are gone!
And Boris Johnson is through. He beat the number needed for an automatic pass straight into the final 2. So it's Boris Johnson vs someone else.
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Edwin Hayward🦄🏹🗡️
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"If the new prime minister sought to avoid a new session, and prorogued immediately upon entering Downing Street at the end of July, the country would be without a parliament for three months." Eek! Gulp! But it's not illegal, folks! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Official HOC briefing: "Prorogation being a prerogative power, there is no obvious legal mechanism by which Parliament could prevent its exercise otherwise than by passing legislation to constrain it." 🤔
researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefi…
When you look at the full document (of which the above is only a summary) you'll see there are countless wrinkles to prorogation. For instance, section 2.2 hints at the magnitude of the constitutional crisis that may be unleashed...
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-…
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