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Simon Usherwood
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Since I'm on the slow train to Wigan, there's time for some thoughts about today's amendment

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Firstly, there's a difference between avoiding proroguing and avoiding a no-deal Brexit and avoiding Brexit at all

Commons might be comfortable with one, w/o implying the other

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Secondly, and relatedly, putting tools in the toolkit doesn't mean they get used.

Commons has repeatedly hesitated to confront government head on

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Thirdly, if Commons is to try something beyond this, then it needs to occupy not only a political high ground, but also a procedural one.

This amendment is not yet that

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Finally, there remains an ambiguity about which path to shaping government the Commons wants to take

Much potential for the best becoming the enemy of the good here

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Overall, this is more a brick than a wall

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