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| Brexit vote: Theresa May faces no-confidence vote after crushing defeat - live updates | Brexit vote: Theresa May faces no-confidence vote after crushing defeat - live updates |
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| Quite a few questions and witticisms coming in about the fact that also on the parliamentary agenda today is a 10-minute motion on the prohibition of low-level letter boxes. | |
| There is some irony in this issue being debated today, as this is about trying to get European standards to be added to UK Building Regulations. European standards require letterboxes to be between 70cm and 1.7m from the ground, thus reducing the risk of back injuries and risk of dog bite for postmen and women. | |
| The Communications Union have this summary of the issue, which they say they have been trying to get change on for years. | |
| The Communications Workers Union has been campaigning to outlaw low level letterboxes for many years. The CWU has been striving for the European Standard (EN13724) to be added to UK Building Regulations – this requires that letterboxes should be positioned at a suitably accessible height, accessible to postal delivery workers, significantly reducing possible injuries such as, dog bites, fingers being trapped or back strain caused when bending excessively to reach ground level boxes... | |
| The problem with low level letter boxes is that back injuries to postmen and women occur each year in Royal Mail and delivering to low level letter boxes at the base of a house front door forces postal staff to stoop to ground level repetitively to deliver mail items which can cause or exacerbate back strain and back conditions. Low level letter boxes also present an increased risk of dog bites when the mail is pushed through the aperture at ground level and fingers get trapped. | |
| In 2002 the European Standard EN 13724 was introduced and states that for “ergonomic and safety reasons” the centre line of the letter box aperture should be at a height between 700 mm (2ft 3.5 inches) and 1700mm (5ft 7inches). | |
| For some reason, the debate about car production in Solihull, currently slated for after the no-confidence vote, hasn’t generated quite the same interest as the letter boxes, though there are some who are keen. | |
| Yo UK I am here for the Solihull car production drama pic.twitter.com/Jsc8nAqosh | |
| I am very interested to see how the news of the Brexit deal defeat was covered in newspapers around the world, so tweet me (@mskatelyons) with photos or screenshots of the front pages from wherever you’re reading from (and with English translations if you can!). | |
| Here are a few from around Europe. I’d like to particularly draw your attention to the headline on the dispatch from London by the reporter for Le Monde, whose story is headlined: “At St Stephen’s Tavern, shouts of victory, lukewarm beer and uncertainty for pro-Europeans”. Some stereotypes never die. | |
| I am loving the headline on the colour dispatch from London for Le Monde. Headline: "At St Stephen's Tavern, shouts of victory, lukewarm beer and uncertainty for pro-Europeans". pic.twitter.com/W2kZmNVqUk | |
| DE TELEGRAAF: Parliamentarians are working on postponing Brexit #Dutchpaperstoday pic.twitter.com/gu5HSbL63k | |
| "Shot down" - Spiegel Online's online splash. The German paper says: "It could hardly have been worse for her: The British parliament is preparing a historical defeat for Theresa May and her Brexit deal. Does she have to go now?" pic.twitter.com/evt82iN8Va | |
| Writing in the Spanish daily El País, Lluís Bassets warned that Tuesday’s vote had been far from decisive, despite the scale of May’s defeat. | |
| “To the misfortune of the British, and perhaps also the Europeans, this Tuesday was a historic day that does not preclude more historic days, all accompanied by the tragic storm clouds that tend to shadow history,” he wrote. | |
| Bassets said “the great shredding machine that is Brexit” was still hard at work, “fed by uncertainty, bitterness and rancour - the three dismal feeling that May evoked in her defeat speech, and the three evil spirits that only grow with each day that Brexit remains unresolved”. | |
| El Mundo’s main headline on Wednesday morning was equally gloomy: “A humiliating defeat for May leaves Brexit in limbo”. | |
| The prime minister’s plan, it added, had “crashed spectacularly” in parliament. | |
| In an editorial, the rightwing ABC said that as neither May nor parliament had shown themselves capable of dealing with the crisis, the matter should be put to the people once more. | |
| “It seems clear that the moment has arrived to put the decision in the hands of the people, and the most sensible thing to do would be hold another referendum just as voters get to grips with the true arguments rather than just the nationalist-populist propaganda of the pro-Brexit lobby.” | |
| The online paper eldiario.es noticed that Michael Gove had invoked the famous Game of Thrones line, “Winter is coming”. | |
| “He was one of the heavyweights in the party that had the most influence in the Brexit referendum,” wrote Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte. | |
| “Gove and others like him brought winter to British politics and are now horrified at how cold things have got. Too cold for their fellow countrymen.” | |
| Dominic Grieve, former attorney-general and advocate of a second referendum, will present two bills to parliament tomorrow regarding another referendum on the subject of “the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the European Union”. This will happen after urgent questions and before business of the House and before business of the House and the vote on the no confidence motion. | |
| Dominic Grieve will present two bills to the House tomorrow about a second referendum on leaving the EU. pic.twitter.com/JIyxKic0B4 | |
| Today’s papers are grim reading for the prime minister, variously describing her defeat as “historic”, “crushing” and “humiliating”. | |
| The Sun has gone all-out, delivering a classic. “Brextinct”, is its headline and they have pasted May’s face onto a dodo. | |
| Tomorrow's front page: Theresa May's EU deal is dead after she suffered the largest Commons defeat in history https://t.co/v42ielZThE pic.twitter.com/T7o7VoQKgS | |
| The Guardian features a rare picture of the No lobby, which is packed with MPs walking through it to vote against May’s Brexit deal. The headline is “May suffers historic defeat as Tories turn against her” | |
| The Guardian front page, Wednesday 16 January 2019: May suffers historic defeat as Tories turn against her pic.twitter.com/CFcSyQeL4k | |
| The Daily Mirror focuses on the no-confidence motion launched by Jeremy Corbyn, with the splash: “No deal, no hope, no clue, no confidence.” | |
| Wednesday’s Daily MIRROR: “No deal.. No hope.. No clue.. No confidence “ #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/Lf5tUGh3jU | |
| “A complete humiliation,” says the Telegraph. “May suffers historic defeat,” says the Times. “Dismay,” says the Express. “May’s Brexit deal crushed by Commons,” says the FT. “Historic humiliation,” says the i and “Crushed,” says the Scotsman. | |
| The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph 'A complete humiliation' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/KiMQDCy2Xa | |
| Wednesday’s TIMES: “May suffers historic defeat” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/NgGX7cTIGs | |
| After a day of Brexit chaos, here's tomorrow's Daily Express front page. pic.twitter.com/NknHcyHzYQ | |
| Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 16 January https://t.co/UOUnhWap6i pic.twitter.com/xYLndUCO3H | |
| Wednesday’s i - “Historic humiliation” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/uyNDB7UGbi | |
| Wednesday’s SCOTSMAN: “Crushed” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/GfNIPrMOI7 | |
| Even the paper most often in May’s corner, the Daily Mail, can only manage “Fighting for her life”, which does not bode well for the PM. | |
| Wednesday’s Daily MAIL: “Fighting For Her Life” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/1UNiCOj8dC | |
| In case you’re wondering what former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott, thinks of the day’s Brexit events, he has tweeted to let you know, asking “What’s wrong with no deal?” | In case you’re wondering what former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott, thinks of the day’s Brexit events, he has tweeted to let you know, asking “What’s wrong with no deal?” |
| The self-described Anglophile, who studied at Oxford and began his own downfall in Australian public opinion by reinstating the knighthood system in Australia, also posted a link to his Spectator piece on the subject. The article was published just after Christmas and was the magazine’s fourth most-read story of the year, and in it he argues that a no-deal Brexit is the way to go, saying that “if Europe knows what’s in its own best interests”, it would maintain entirely free trade and full mutual recognition of standards right across Europe and offer protection to British citizens living in Europe, if the UK makes similar overtures to the EU. | The self-described Anglophile, who studied at Oxford and began his own downfall in Australian public opinion by reinstating the knighthood system in Australia, also posted a link to his Spectator piece on the subject. The article was published just after Christmas and was the magazine’s fourth most-read story of the year, and in it he argues that a no-deal Brexit is the way to go, saying that “if Europe knows what’s in its own best interests”, it would maintain entirely free trade and full mutual recognition of standards right across Europe and offer protection to British citizens living in Europe, if the UK makes similar overtures to the EU. |
| What’s wrong with no deal? Australia does $100 billion a year in trade with the EU without a deal https://t.co/gcWAgdCSn3 | What’s wrong with no deal? Australia does $100 billion a year in trade with the EU without a deal https://t.co/gcWAgdCSn3 |
| The current prime minister of Australia Scott Morrison said the vote against May’s Brexit deal highlighted global uncertainty. | The current prime minister of Australia Scott Morrison said the vote against May’s Brexit deal highlighted global uncertainty. |
| “It does highlight the impacts of global uncertainty in the economy,” he told Sky News Australia. “We are already seeing some real tensions when it comes to trade. In 2019 the global economy is facing more uncertainty than it was this time last year.” | “It does highlight the impacts of global uncertainty in the economy,” he told Sky News Australia. “We are already seeing some real tensions when it comes to trade. In 2019 the global economy is facing more uncertainty than it was this time last year.” |
| There you go, the view from Down Under. | There you go, the view from Down Under. |
| How did the markets react? | How did the markets react? |
| The comprehensive defeat of Theresa May’s Brexit vision subdued markets in Asia, with sterling expected to remain volatile until the result of Wednesday’s no-confidence vote in the prime minister is known. | The comprehensive defeat of Theresa May’s Brexit vision subdued markets in Asia, with sterling expected to remain volatile until the result of Wednesday’s no-confidence vote in the prime minister is known. |
| Sterling sunk to trading at $1.2855 on the dollar early on Wednesday, having steadied after a tumultuous overnight session. May’s crushing loss on Tuesday night and looming no-confidence vote triggered political upheaval that meant investors paused to assess their next options, putting pressure on UK-focused exchange-traded funds. A Tokyo-traded FTSE 100 ETF was down about one percent on Wednesday. | Sterling sunk to trading at $1.2855 on the dollar early on Wednesday, having steadied after a tumultuous overnight session. May’s crushing loss on Tuesday night and looming no-confidence vote triggered political upheaval that meant investors paused to assess their next options, putting pressure on UK-focused exchange-traded funds. A Tokyo-traded FTSE 100 ETF was down about one percent on Wednesday. |
| “While the margin of May’s loss was a surprise, the defeat itself was something the market had been pricing in for a long time and it appears that participants covered shorts in the pound after the vote,” said Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities. | “While the margin of May’s loss was a surprise, the defeat itself was something the market had been pricing in for a long time and it appears that participants covered shorts in the pound after the vote,” said Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities. |
| Asia markets subdued and sterling volatile as scale of May's Brexit defeat sinks in | Asia markets subdued and sterling volatile as scale of May's Brexit defeat sinks in |
| Good morning and welcome to the politics live blog. | Good morning and welcome to the politics live blog. |
| Well, the news just keeps on coming. After a crushing, humiliating, historic (pick your adjective, all of them were used on the papers’ front pages today) defeat for May in the “meaningful” vote on her Brexit deal yesterday, she is gearing up for the next challenge: a vote of no confidence, which will be held this afternoon. | Well, the news just keeps on coming. After a crushing, humiliating, historic (pick your adjective, all of them were used on the papers’ front pages today) defeat for May in the “meaningful” vote on her Brexit deal yesterday, she is gearing up for the next challenge: a vote of no confidence, which will be held this afternoon. |
| The vote will take place sometime this afternoon, after a ten minute rule motion on the subject of low-level letter boxes and before an adjournment debate on car production in Solihull. By that time, Andrew Sparrow will be back with you, carefully guiding you through the day’s political news. | The vote will take place sometime this afternoon, after a ten minute rule motion on the subject of low-level letter boxes and before an adjournment debate on car production in Solihull. By that time, Andrew Sparrow will be back with you, carefully guiding you through the day’s political news. |
| But for the next few hours, I’ll be bringing you news and updates as they come in. Feel free to get in touch via email (kate.lyons@theguardian.com) or on Twitter. | But for the next few hours, I’ll be bringing you news and updates as they come in. Feel free to get in touch via email (kate.lyons@theguardian.com) or on Twitter. |
| Thanks for following along. Let’s get this show on the road. | Thanks for following along. Let’s get this show on the road. |
| The agenda for tomorrow's parliamentary business is pretty striking. pic.twitter.com/W7p0xuYjO6 | The agenda for tomorrow's parliamentary business is pretty striking. pic.twitter.com/W7p0xuYjO6 |