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And a little more from Varadkar’s speech, in which he says that Ireland needs its friends in the US “more so than ever”.
While others may make a different decision, we see ourselves at the heart of the common European home which we help to build.
We want to maintain and enhance the transatlantic relationship and we are determined to protect the Good Friday Agreement and everything that flows from it.
So whatever happens in the coming months, we are sure about our place in the world, we know where we are going, and as a country we are confident about the future.
Leo Varadkar, the Taoiseach of Ireland, has been in Washington DC, where he delivered a speech at a gala dinner. Gavan Reilly, the political correspondent for Virgin Media News in Ireland, was in attendance and says Varadkar received two spontaneous interruptions for applause as he says Ireland will remain a committed member of the EU and guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
The theme of tonight’s dinner is honouring visionary women. Asks the Taoiseach: “How many men does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Not as many as it takes to smash a glass ceiling.” Says Ireland and USA have recently smashed stereotypes of what leaders are supposed to look like
And *two* spontaneous interruptions for applause as he says Ireland will remain a committed member of the EU and guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement
UKIP in Northern Ireland has called Wednesday night “a defining evening” in which the “game-playing political class” brazenly defied the very people who elected them.
I’m quite intrigued to know what they mean by the ominous use of an ellipsis at the end of the tweet. It’s quite a menacing bit of punctuation.
A defining evening.Our game-playing political class have exposed themselves. By brazenly defying the very people who elected them, those in the Westminster bubble have made a mockery of British democracy. They think they know better.They needn’t celebrate just yet though...
And Sarah Wollaston has reiterated the calls from the Independent Group for a People’s Vote. A reminder that they are tabling an amendment calling for a “public vote in which the people of the United Kingdom may give their consent for either leaving the European Union on terms to be determined by Parliament or retaining the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union”.And Sarah Wollaston has reiterated the calls from the Independent Group for a People’s Vote. A reminder that they are tabling an amendment calling for a “public vote in which the people of the United Kingdom may give their consent for either leaving the European Union on terms to be determined by Parliament or retaining the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union”.
Photographs of the proposed amendment are being widely shared by MPs on Twitter tonight.Photographs of the proposed amendment are being widely shared by MPs on Twitter tonight.
We are almost out of road, time to start pressing #PeoplesVote amendments at every opportunity & time for Labour front bench to finally get off the fence pic.twitter.com/c7AXmAnIeiWe are almost out of road, time to start pressing #PeoplesVote amendments at every opportunity & time for Labour front bench to finally get off the fence pic.twitter.com/c7AXmAnIei
Sarah Wollaston, MP for Totnes, formerly of the Conservative Party now of the Independent Group, has been watching Peston and is unimpressed by Angela Rayner’s performance. She says both major parties have failed to deliver, which is why we are seeing, what she describes as, “broken politics”.Sarah Wollaston, MP for Totnes, formerly of the Conservative Party now of the Independent Group, has been watching Peston and is unimpressed by Angela Rayner’s performance. She says both major parties have failed to deliver, which is why we are seeing, what she describes as, “broken politics”.
Seriously, @UKLabour is never going to genuinely support a #PeoplesVote just keep saying they are almost very nearly there .... & their Conference motion is absolutely clear https://t.co/7F6IEENVe8Seriously, @UKLabour is never going to genuinely support a #PeoplesVote just keep saying they are almost very nearly there .... & their Conference motion is absolutely clear https://t.co/7F6IEENVe8
Our #brokenpolitics summed up: A Govt that says NoDeal would be a disaster, then hours later whips its MPs to vote for it & an incompetent Opposition that says it backs a #PeoplesVote but won’t do anything to make it happen.Our #brokenpolitics summed up: A Govt that says NoDeal would be a disaster, then hours later whips its MPs to vote for it & an incompetent Opposition that says it backs a #PeoplesVote but won’t do anything to make it happen.
Labour MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy, has shared four videos explaining to her constituents what went down today. It’s an interesting summary of the day’s events, as well as giving a sense of how the day unfolded from the perspective of one of the players in the “complete parliamentary madness” of the day, as Creasy describes it.Labour MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy, has shared four videos explaining to her constituents what went down today. It’s an interesting summary of the day’s events, as well as giving a sense of how the day unfolded from the perspective of one of the players in the “complete parliamentary madness” of the day, as Creasy describes it.
Creasy says she will be supporting amendments that give Britain a longer extension before it has to leave the EU, saying the country needs more time to “sort this out”.Creasy says she will be supporting amendments that give Britain a longer extension before it has to leave the EU, saying the country needs more time to “sort this out”.
Creasy says she was unsurprised that as Theresa May left the House today it was to shouts of “resign”, saying that any other prime minister who had failed to carry parliament with her, and indeed her own party with her, would not still be in Downing Street, adding that she thinking “the country will suffer as a result” of May’s refusal to step down.Creasy says she was unsurprised that as Theresa May left the House today it was to shouts of “resign”, saying that any other prime minister who had failed to carry parliament with her, and indeed her own party with her, would not still be in Downing Street, adding that she thinking “the country will suffer as a result” of May’s refusal to step down.
If you’ve got seven minutes, the four videos are worth a watch.If you’ve got seven minutes, the four videos are worth a watch.
Walthamstow hopefully this part 1 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 1/4 pic.twitter.com/rRDG2DiEYVWalthamstow hopefully this part 1 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 1/4 pic.twitter.com/rRDG2DiEYV
Walthamstow hopefully this part 2 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 2/4 pic.twitter.com/fQFBORNcrxWalthamstow hopefully this part 2 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 2/4 pic.twitter.com/fQFBORNcrx
Walthamstow hopefully this part 3 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 3/4 pic.twitter.com/VLOsmXogFmWalthamstow hopefully this part 3 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 3/4 pic.twitter.com/VLOsmXogFm
Walthamstow hopefully this part 4 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 4/4 pic.twitter.com/euzG9gBmRwWalthamstow hopefully this part 4 of 4 of tonights update on what happened in parliament. Having total technology meltdown which is just further #brexithaos so please bear with me in trying to keep you updated! 4/4 pic.twitter.com/euzG9gBmRw
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Thank you mods and all those updating ATL.Thank you mods and all those updating ATL.
We really need to have a crowdfunder set up for the poor long-suffering mods plus Andrew Sparrow and the others who have kept this going pretty much 24 hours a day over these last few days. We can keep them in coffee for when they’re working and something stronger for when they’re off duty or when it all gets too much. Cakes and other sources of sustenance could be provided too. We all win because journalists with plenty of sugar and caffeine in their systems can cope with the political chaos while the mods can deal with the trolls and Putinbots. A well-fed mod is a happy mod.We really need to have a crowdfunder set up for the poor long-suffering mods plus Andrew Sparrow and the others who have kept this going pretty much 24 hours a day over these last few days. We can keep them in coffee for when they’re working and something stronger for when they’re off duty or when it all gets too much. Cakes and other sources of sustenance could be provided too. We all win because journalists with plenty of sugar and caffeine in their systems can cope with the political chaos while the mods can deal with the trolls and Putinbots. A well-fed mod is a happy mod.
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Hello everyone.Hello everyone.
This is Kate Lyons taking over the blog from my colleague Jedidajah Otte, which means we have come full circle on a huge day of Brexit news. I started this blog at about 5:30 on Wednesday morning and will keep it ticking over through the wee hours of Thursday morning, until there is no more news to report.This is Kate Lyons taking over the blog from my colleague Jedidajah Otte, which means we have come full circle on a huge day of Brexit news. I started this blog at about 5:30 on Wednesday morning and will keep it ticking over through the wee hours of Thursday morning, until there is no more news to report.
I sincerely hope for your sakes that none of you have been reading the blog that entire time (if you have, please go to sleep), though I wouldn’t blame you if you had been glued to it for that time, given the day that has just been and the stellar work of my colleagues in bringing the news to you.I sincerely hope for your sakes that none of you have been reading the blog that entire time (if you have, please go to sleep), though I wouldn’t blame you if you had been glued to it for that time, given the day that has just been and the stellar work of my colleagues in bringing the news to you.
I’ll be bringing you reaction from MPs, the papers and commentators. For now, here’s how the last few day’s Brexit happenings have been seen by the newspaper cartoonists of Australia:I’ll be bringing you reaction from MPs, the papers and commentators. For now, here’s how the last few day’s Brexit happenings have been seen by the newspaper cartoonists of Australia:
Goldilocks and the Brexit.My @smh @theage cartoon. pic.twitter.com/XC74bbV4iOGoldilocks and the Brexit.My @smh @theage cartoon. pic.twitter.com/XC74bbV4iO
Brescherxit in today’s @australian pic.twitter.com/WFrXCyjVO3Brescherxit in today’s @australian pic.twitter.com/WFrXCyjVO3
I’m now handing over to my colleague Kate Lyons, who will continue rounding up reactions.I’m now handing over to my colleague Kate Lyons, who will continue rounding up reactions.
David Davis, who voted for the unsuccessful Malthouse agreement earlier, wants to “help” Theresa May deliver Brexit.David Davis, who voted for the unsuccessful Malthouse agreement earlier, wants to “help” Theresa May deliver Brexit.
Conservative MP David Davis tells Nick Watt that Theresa May “knows she has to deliver Brexit” but that “she will get there, people like me will help her get there”#newsnight | @nicholaswatt pic.twitter.com/i4d2mVsqVoConservative MP David Davis tells Nick Watt that Theresa May “knows she has to deliver Brexit” but that “she will get there, people like me will help her get there”#newsnight | @nicholaswatt pic.twitter.com/i4d2mVsqVo
Sarah Newton MP, the 15th member of the government to quit over Brexit, has provided a statement:Sarah Newton MP, the 15th member of the government to quit over Brexit, has provided a statement:
“At the last general election I was given a mandate by my constituents to deliver Brexit, with an orderly transition to a new, close and special relationship with the EU. To deliver Brexit with a deal not a no-deal Brexit. I believe the withdrawal agreement and the future political declaration deliver on that manifesto pledge and will continue to support it.“At the last general election I was given a mandate by my constituents to deliver Brexit, with an orderly transition to a new, close and special relationship with the EU. To deliver Brexit with a deal not a no-deal Brexit. I believe the withdrawal agreement and the future political declaration deliver on that manifesto pledge and will continue to support it.
Today, I resigned from the government so that I could vote for a motion that honours my commitment to my constituents, to leave the EU with a deal.Today, I resigned from the government so that I could vote for a motion that honours my commitment to my constituents, to leave the EU with a deal.
Like many of my constituents, I have been inspired by the personal courage and resilience of the prime minister and will continue to support her Herculean effort to secure enough support from across the house to leave the EU with a deal.”Like many of my constituents, I have been inspired by the personal courage and resilience of the prime minister and will continue to support her Herculean effort to secure enough support from across the house to leave the EU with a deal.”
According to HuffPost UK’s Paul Waugh, things could indeed be entirely up to Speaker John Bercow from here on.According to HuffPost UK’s Paul Waugh, things could indeed be entirely up to Speaker John Bercow from here on.
Speaker today issued a dark warning (during Gove speech if I recall rightly) that he would rule on whether it's in order for Govt to simply table same deal again and again. He really could throw a spanner in works next week. And he has nothing to lose. https://t.co/67Jrug6TEoSpeaker today issued a dark warning (during Gove speech if I recall rightly) that he would rule on whether it's in order for Govt to simply table same deal again and again. He really could throw a spanner in works next week. And he has nothing to lose. https://t.co/67Jrug6TEo
For now, Jacob Rees-Mogg seems unwilling to concede defeat, as the bill required to actually rule out a no-deal scenario does not exist yet.For now, Jacob Rees-Mogg seems unwilling to concede defeat, as the bill required to actually rule out a no-deal scenario does not exist yet.
The law still says we leave on 29th March.https://t.co/gmna7gaaHqThe law still says we leave on 29th March.https://t.co/gmna7gaaHq
Gina Miller has predictably called for exactly this bill to be passed without much further ado.Gina Miller has predictably called for exactly this bill to be passed without much further ado.
Vote tonight 1st step back onto the path to commonsense and our country's interest before party. Now need it to be binding legislation.Vote tonight 1st step back onto the path to commonsense and our country's interest before party. Now need it to be binding legislation.
Or, as one Simon Schama puts it:Or, as one Simon Schama puts it:
Mogg doing his "law of the land" drone. And he's quite right. But guess what, chuckles, Parliament can change that law.Mogg doing his "law of the land" drone. And he's quite right. But guess what, chuckles, Parliament can change that law.
As Tory Brexiters have suffered a major blow tonight, a number of pundits suggest that ERG MPs might support May’s deal in a third “meaningful vote” next week. However, it is not certain that Speaker John Bercow will allow MV3 if the deal is submitted again without any changes, as Ian Dunt, editor of Politics.co.uk, points out:As Tory Brexiters have suffered a major blow tonight, a number of pundits suggest that ERG MPs might support May’s deal in a third “meaningful vote” next week. However, it is not certain that Speaker John Bercow will allow MV3 if the deal is submitted again without any changes, as Ian Dunt, editor of Politics.co.uk, points out:
2) It is not clear that Bercow will allow - or even can allow - the govt to put a motion down on the deal again if there have been no changes to it. I'll look into the exact rules on that tomorrow. Health warning on it for now.2) It is not clear that Bercow will allow - or even can allow - the govt to put a motion down on the deal again if there have been no changes to it. I'll look into the exact rules on that tomorrow. Health warning on it for now.
Greetings, I’m taking over from my colleague Andrew Sparrow and will gather some reactions to tonight’s events in parliament.Greetings, I’m taking over from my colleague Andrew Sparrow and will gather some reactions to tonight’s events in parliament.
And what an evening it’s been.And what an evening it’s been.
I normally try very, very, hard not to say things like this, but have never actually seen anything like what's happened tonightI normally try very, very, hard not to say things like this, but have never actually seen anything like what's happened tonight
No one knows how the Brexit crisis will end up being resolved, but it is escalating, and getting closer to the point where something decisive will happen. Tonight’s votes have shoved events quite some way in that direction. Here are the key developments.No one knows how the Brexit crisis will end up being resolved, but it is escalating, and getting closer to the point where something decisive will happen. Tonight’s votes have shoved events quite some way in that direction. Here are the key developments.
Theresa May has now finally issued her MPs with an ultimatum; back her deal, or face a long delay to Brexit. (See 8.21pm.) Until now she has sought to threaten Brexiters with the prospect of Brexit being delayed or cancelled, and pro-Europeans, and Labour, with the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, in an effort to get MPs to vote for her plan. Tonight, with MPs voting against no deal, she has gone further than ever before in putting the squeeze on the ERG (European Research Group).Theresa May has now finally issued her MPs with an ultimatum; back her deal, or face a long delay to Brexit. (See 8.21pm.) Until now she has sought to threaten Brexiters with the prospect of Brexit being delayed or cancelled, and pro-Europeans, and Labour, with the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, in an effort to get MPs to vote for her plan. Tonight, with MPs voting against no deal, she has gone further than ever before in putting the squeeze on the ERG (European Research Group).
But her authority within her party is vanishing. May only agreed to offer today’s debate on ruling out no deal because last month pro-European ministers threatened to resign en masse if she didn’t. Tonight’s events were a shambles for the Conservative parliamentary party, and May has been openly defied by ministers who abstained rather than follow the party whip. (See 8.49pm.) This is not a normal state of affairs, and in the long run having such a weak PM is probably unsustainable.But her authority within her party is vanishing. May only agreed to offer today’s debate on ruling out no deal because last month pro-European ministers threatened to resign en masse if she didn’t. Tonight’s events were a shambles for the Conservative parliamentary party, and May has been openly defied by ministers who abstained rather than follow the party whip. (See 8.49pm.) This is not a normal state of affairs, and in the long run having such a weak PM is probably unsustainable.
Increasingly parliament really is taking control. May was defeated today on an amendment tabled by a Tory backbencher (Caroline Spelman) and pushed to a vote by a Labour backbencher (Yvette Cooper), although it was the PLP (parliamentary Labour party) that provided the muscle to defeat May. Tomorrow we are likely to see further votes on backbench amendments indicating that the legislature, not the executive, is taking the initiative. No 10 says it is not supporting calls for “indicative votes” on Brexit alternatives, but it seems they may well happen anyway in some form or another, via backbench amendments.Increasingly parliament really is taking control. May was defeated today on an amendment tabled by a Tory backbencher (Caroline Spelman) and pushed to a vote by a Labour backbencher (Yvette Cooper), although it was the PLP (parliamentary Labour party) that provided the muscle to defeat May. Tomorrow we are likely to see further votes on backbench amendments indicating that the legislature, not the executive, is taking the initiative. No 10 says it is not supporting calls for “indicative votes” on Brexit alternatives, but it seems they may well happen anyway in some form or another, via backbench amendments.
The threat of a no-deal Brexit on 29 March - a prospect that for the last two years May has repeatedly kept on the table - has almost certainly been removed. That does not mean tonight’s votes kill off no deal for good (see 7.29pm), but May has accepted it must not happen this month.The threat of a no-deal Brexit on 29 March - a prospect that for the last two years May has repeatedly kept on the table - has almost certainly been removed. That does not mean tonight’s votes kill off no deal for good (see 7.29pm), but May has accepted it must not happen this month.
The notion that the Malthouse compromise offers an acceptable way forward has been comprehensively dismissed. This amendment was rejected by a majority of 210. (See 7.35pm.) Given the enormous faith placed in Malthouse by Tory Brexiters, this was a colossal defeat for them.The notion that the Malthouse compromise offers an acceptable way forward has been comprehensively dismissed. This amendment was rejected by a majority of 210. (See 7.35pm.) Given the enormous faith placed in Malthouse by Tory Brexiters, this was a colossal defeat for them.
Here is our main story tonight.Here is our main story tonight.
May’s final warning to Tory rebels: back me or lose BrexitMay’s final warning to Tory rebels: back me or lose Brexit
My colleague Jedidajah Otte is now taking over to cover any further reaction.My colleague Jedidajah Otte is now taking over to cover any further reaction.
The DUP are not minded to flinch, according to the Telegraph’s Jack Maidment.The DUP are not minded to flinch, according to the Telegraph’s Jack Maidment.
DUP super chilled about tonight's events. No plans to budge on their backstop red lines.DUP source: “We are quite relaxed about the current situation. We have been in this type of position before. Things tend to go down to the wire. We will keep pushing for a good deal.”DUP super chilled about tonight's events. No plans to budge on their backstop red lines.DUP source: “We are quite relaxed about the current situation. We have been in this type of position before. Things tend to go down to the wire. We will keep pushing for a good deal.”