10 Days To Go: Speaker blocks May's Withdrawal Agreement returning to the House of Commons
Ruling now means government has no answer when EU asks what reason for extension request is
BREAKING: Speaker rules out the government bringing back meaningful vote 3 unless the deal has changed. Govt cannot bring same motion twice. Convention dates back to 1604, he says. Big trouble for government.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) March 18, 2019Well, there's now only ten days to go until Brexit (as the law is currently written) and now the Speaker makes this ruling. I sort of agree with the ruling, but this Speaker decides to apply the rules how he sees fit so he obviously believes it is a way he can force a long extension to Article 50 or Parliament revoking Article 50 and cancelling Brexit.This might sound a bit boring but it's massive - minister tells me he's now made this a 'constitutional crisis' - as the law stands we are leaving the EU in ten days - Speaker has just said the PM cant have another go at getting her deal through https://t.co/kRwUBX3r5j
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) March 18, 2019
Of course, it is still in the power of the ERG to collapse the government to prevent any delay. And I pray they do.
Thoughts?The only way this makes any sense is if the ERG vote to bring down the govt in a confidence motion as May and the rest of the Commons will reverse the March 29 departure date. There can’t be no deal with her in charge https://t.co/a4jlwTcvPm
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 18, 2019
