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| Ex-Brexit minister to put pressure on May with new deal proposal | Ex-Brexit minister to put pressure on May with new deal proposal |
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| A leading Brexiter MP is planning to publish a blueprint explaining how Theresa May should employ tough negotiating tactics with the European Union. | A leading Brexiter MP is planning to publish a blueprint explaining how Theresa May should employ tough negotiating tactics with the European Union. |
| Steve Baker, the former Brexit minister, is collecting support for a suggested written ministerial statement for the government, which its backers believe would be a pathway to better withdrawal terms and an independent trade policy. | Steve Baker, the former Brexit minister, is collecting support for a suggested written ministerial statement for the government, which its backers believe would be a pathway to better withdrawal terms and an independent trade policy. |
| It comes amid Tory expectations of a Commons defeat for May’s withdrawal deal in the vote on Tuesday. Another former minister told the Guardian that serving ministers could stand down to vote against the deal. | It comes amid Tory expectations of a Commons defeat for May’s withdrawal deal in the vote on Tuesday. Another former minister told the Guardian that serving ministers could stand down to vote against the deal. |
| Baker, a leading figure in the backbench European Research Group (ERG), said he is drawing up specific suggestions to force the EU to come to the table. “I’m very clear what should be done. I’m clear that we can write down the right way forward and I am as confident as I can be that the right plan could rescue the negotiations for the country, the government, the Conservative party and the EU. Of course, in the usual way we will make constructive suggestions for the right way forward,” he said. | Baker, a leading figure in the backbench European Research Group (ERG), said he is drawing up specific suggestions to force the EU to come to the table. “I’m very clear what should be done. I’m clear that we can write down the right way forward and I am as confident as I can be that the right plan could rescue the negotiations for the country, the government, the Conservative party and the EU. Of course, in the usual way we will make constructive suggestions for the right way forward,” he said. |
| Baker declined to offer further details on his plans. | Baker declined to offer further details on his plans. |
| ERG members are keen to show that they have an alternative plan to May’s deal, which would be likely to involve challenging the EU to accept an amended withdrawal agreement while preparing for no deal. | ERG members are keen to show that they have an alternative plan to May’s deal, which would be likely to involve challenging the EU to accept an amended withdrawal agreement while preparing for no deal. |
| Another senior member said: “We will leave the EU on 29 March, there will not be any change to this without an intervention by the government. There are ways out of the current impasse which will take our party’s members, and a majority of the population, with us.” | Another senior member said: “We will leave the EU on 29 March, there will not be any change to this without an intervention by the government. There are ways out of the current impasse which will take our party’s members, and a majority of the population, with us.” |
| Conservative MPs are searching for alternative deals as it has become increasingly apparent that May’s proposed deal is unlikely to win enough support. | Conservative MPs are searching for alternative deals as it has become increasingly apparent that May’s proposed deal is unlikely to win enough support. |
| Priti Patel, the former cabinet minister, wrote on the BrexitCentral website this week that MPs need to “reject the current deal and prepare for [a no-deal exit on World Trade Organization terms] while seeking a renegotiated settlement”. | Priti Patel, the former cabinet minister, wrote on the BrexitCentral website this week that MPs need to “reject the current deal and prepare for [a no-deal exit on World Trade Organization terms] while seeking a renegotiated settlement”. |
| There is no majority for a hard Brexit in parliament, but its supporters are applying pressure on May to accept that the Conservative membership is firmly on the side of a WTO Brexit rather than her deal. | There is no majority for a hard Brexit in parliament, but its supporters are applying pressure on May to accept that the Conservative membership is firmly on the side of a WTO Brexit rather than her deal. |
| Prominent MPs in both the remain and leave camps are convinced that May will lose when her deal is put to the vote next week. | Prominent MPs in both the remain and leave camps are convinced that May will lose when her deal is put to the vote next week. |
| It is more likely that May will seek a second attempt to get her deal through if the majority against it is less than 100. | It is more likely that May will seek a second attempt to get her deal through if the majority against it is less than 100. |
| At that point, some Brexiters believe they may be able to persuade the prime minister to accept writing a change to the Irish backstop into the withdrawal agreement. | At that point, some Brexiters believe they may be able to persuade the prime minister to accept writing a change to the Irish backstop into the withdrawal agreement. |
| The government has lost two Brexit votes in two days. The first defeat limited the government’s financial powers in the event of a no-deal departure. The second forced the prime minister to announce new plans within three days if her deal fails in the Commons. | The government has lost two Brexit votes in two days. The first defeat limited the government’s financial powers in the event of a no-deal departure. The second forced the prime minister to announce new plans within three days if her deal fails in the Commons. |
| Some Conservative MPs believe that the threat of imminent defeat on Tuesday will persuade some ministers to resign to vote against the deal. One former minister told the Guardian: “It is utter chaos. The party is hanging by a thread. This deal could be voted down really heavily. Ministers might well vote no on Tuesday if that is the way the wind is blowing.” | Some Conservative MPs believe that the threat of imminent defeat on Tuesday will persuade some ministers to resign to vote against the deal. One former minister told the Guardian: “It is utter chaos. The party is hanging by a thread. This deal could be voted down really heavily. Ministers might well vote no on Tuesday if that is the way the wind is blowing.” |
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