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The idea MPs voted to trigger Art.50 knowing they were possibly voting for no deal, raised frequently by news anchors like @BBCSimonMcCoy (whom you know I adore), isn't as clear as presented in retrospect. This from the 2017 Hansard debate on triggering Art.50 is representative. 
@BBCSimonMcCoy The truth is MPs like @CatMcKinnell made a value judgment as to where the PM's preference and limits lay, that was specific to Theresa May and involved assessing her track record as risk-taking or risk-averse. It was not a carte-blanche in perpetuity. @BBCSimonMcCoy
The bottom line is a legislature has an inalienable right to change its mind. It may decide that a more accident-prone PM should be given less leeway on a crucial issue, than a more cautious one. This sort of judgement is not only its privilege, but its duty. @BBCSimonMcCoy
It's also indicative - in this age of rewriting the past - that a time-ranged google news search for "no deal is better than a bad deal" shows the phrase is pilfered from the US debate on an Iran nuclear deal and only appears in relation to Brexit after the referendum. END THREAD
