Brexit Deal (yes, really)

[-:Undertaker:-]

Ahem. This is actually the endgame now, after the false dawn earlier this autumn.

The deal agreed by the UK and EU has been leaked and it looks really bad. Essentially, the UK would be trapped into a 'temporary' Custom Union that we couldn't leave without EU say so - which it will never give because it does not want a competitive rival on its doorstep. Added to that, Northern Ireland will be subject to Single Market rules - giving Dublin and Brussels more of a say over some laws in Northern Ireland than London or Belfast. So trapping us in a Customs Union and still subject to EU law - for the price of £45bn.

The good news in all this is that at the moment she doesn't have the numbers to get this through Parliament. The Tory ERG (40 hardcore), the DUP (10), Tory remainers (10 to 20) and Scottish Tories (10ish) are all going to vote it down. Labour will whip its MPs to vote against, the eurosceptic Labour rebels like Kate Hoey MP are also saying they will vote against.

So, we’re off. Cabinet to be invited to approve draft EU withdrawal agreement - one to one meetings tonight & full Cabinet tomorrow. If the Leavers who’ve been threatening to quit are going to do it it’s now or never.

— Nick Robinson (@bbcnickrobinson) November 13, 2018

Breaking: Cabinet ministers are being called into No10 to see the PM one by one tonight ahead of full Cabinet meeting tomorrow to sign off Brexit divorce deal. Endgame is beginning.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) November 13, 2018

Theresa May’s Brexit agreement is the worst deal in history.

— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) November 13, 2018

🚨 Jacob Rees-Mogg: If true this fails to meet the Conservative party's manifesto and the commitments the PM has made. This is the vassal state, it is a failure of the negotiations, it is a failure to deliver on Brexit, it divides up the UK. Cabinet should not support it.

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) November 13, 2018

Dear Cabinet Ministers,

Please show some backbone and do the right thing tonight. Refuse to accept this sham of a deal and deliver the Brexit 17.4 million voted for in a democratic referendum.

Yours,
A Leave voter

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) November 13, 2018

Tonight the DUP have made clear they are all but certain to vote it down, with the test being whether there are any new GB-NI checks at all. Parliamentary numbers for May looking very bad now.

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) November 13, 2018

Boris Johnson says 'it is a quite incredible' situation, and 'it is unacceptable' to this Parliament 'we will not have protected our precious union'

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) November 13, 2018

NEW Nigel Dodds , the DUP’s Westminster leader, is absolutely furious: "Our laws will be made in Brussels –not in Westminster or Belfast. That is the fundamental red line.� #Brexit

— Christopher HopeðŸ“� (@christopherhope) November 13, 2018

Thanks to Theresa May I think my journey from moderate who expected to vote Remain to hardline Eurosceptic is now complete.

— Nick Hoile (@Nick_Hoile) November 14, 2018

Am told Graham Brady has just been spotted going into Cabinet Office - unconfirmed. For those that don't know, it is a handy back way of getting into No. 10.

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) November 14, 2018

Just before Cabinet started, letter from Scottish Tory MPs, including Sec of State, hand delivered to No 10 warning against any backsliding on fishing rights - PM simply can't afford to lose those 13 votes

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) November 14, 2018

WATCH: Peter Bone Savages Theresa May https://t.co/2F2cGKIjL9 pic.twitter.com/4s5nthok92

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) November 14, 2018

The PM MUST be removed ASAP.

[-:Undertaker:-]

No Cabinet resignations as of yet.

Tory Brexiters become angrier and angrier as they wade through 585 pages of the Withdrawal Agreement. “This is a worse capitulation than we feared� said one. They tell me there will be enough letters in with Brady of ‘22 C’ttee by lunch tomorrow to force vote of confidence!

— Robert Peston (@Peston) November 14, 2018

The fact that free movement will end but most Brexiteers oppose this deal is strong evidence that, contra Remainer claims, the Brexit vote was much more about sovereignty than immigration. May has never understood that.

— Ryan Bourne (@MrRBourne) November 14, 2018

[Neversoft]

I love a bit of the good 'ol anarchy.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The resignations, and surely the end of the May Ministry, have started.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned saying he "cannot in good conscience support" draft Brexit agreement https://t.co/3HMdos3mLE

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 15, 2018

Shailesh Vara says he has resigned as Northern Ireland minister because he "cannot support the withdrawal agreement that has been agreed with the European Union"

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) November 15, 2018

The amount of lies she has told from her Lancaster House speech/the manifesto to this slave-state Treaty rivals Tony Blair.

[Zak]

Literally thought this morning: let the resignations commence!

Dominic Raab is not a surprise.. at all.

[-:Undertaker:-]

And another.

BREAKING: Esther McVey has resigned as work and pensions secretary.

Second cabinet minister quits after Brexit secretary Dominic Raab.

Latest on the fallout here: https://t.co/ifbeC7zDZx pic.twitter.com/8iHMy9NiGR

— Sky News (@SkyNews) November 15, 2018

Downing Street's Director of Legislative Affairs (who would be incharge of co-ordinating Brexit laws through Parliament) has also resigned.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Another two ministerial resignations just now.

It is with deep regret and after reflection that I have had to tender my resignation today as a Brexit Minister. Thank you for the opportunity. I look forward to working to support Brexit from the Backbenches. This has not been an easy decision. pic.twitter.com/C0kply8aLE

— Suella Braverman (@SuellaBraverman) November 15, 2018

[-:Undertaker:-]

Yet another resignation.

BREAKING Sixth resignation from Government in five hours (four ministers, two ministerial aides). Ranil Jayawardena resigns as PPS at the Ministry of Justice tells Theresa May: ""This is not taking back control".

— Christopher HopeðŸ“� (@christopherhope) November 15, 2018

Rumours that Mogg's signalling an hour ago in Commons chamber has just triggered the Vote of Confidence.

Sounds to me like a confidence vote already on. Whips informally sounding out MPs on which way they would vote.... 🚨

— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) November 15, 2018

[Seatherny]

Problem is Nigel Farage painted a fairytail which was never possible. He raised expectations and mis-led the naive British public. Then Boris and co jumped on this bandwagon.

[dbgtz]

they already chose May how dare they get to choose again