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MPs told to pass Brexit deal by next Wednesday or face long article 50 extension - as it happened | |
(30 minutes later) | |
Folks, it’s time to wrap up the blog for the night. | |
I’ll be back in a few hours to launch a new Politics live blog, bringing you all of Thursday’s Brexit and other political news. A reminder of what’s on the agenda for Thursday: | |
Parliament will vote on a motion that sets next Wednesday as the deadline for MPs to pass a Brexit deal. It says, if a deal is passed by then, the government will seek an extension of article 50 until 30 June. But if the deal is not passed by then, then the government will need a longer extension, requiring the UK to take part in European elections. | |
Thanks so much for your company and your comments. See you soon. | |
‘The best turd we’ve got’ - and other attempts to explain Brexit | ‘The best turd we’ve got’ - and other attempts to explain Brexit |
There have been some remarkable turns of phrase from commentators and politicians in their attempts to capture just what exactly has gone on in British politics in the last few days. | There have been some remarkable turns of phrase from commentators and politicians in their attempts to capture just what exactly has gone on in British politics in the last few days. |
The most quotable quote from an MP on Brexit in a while (forever?) came from Conservative backbencher Steve Double who said in parliament on Tuesday: | The most quotable quote from an MP on Brexit in a while (forever?) came from Conservative backbencher Steve Double who said in parliament on Tuesday: |
This is a turd of a deal, which has now been taken away and polished, and is now a polished turd. But it might be the best turd that we’ve got. | This is a turd of a deal, which has now been taken away and polished, and is now a polished turd. But it might be the best turd that we’ve got. |
This is also pretty good from Tom Peck at the Indy, who says: | This is also pretty good from Tom Peck at the Indy, who says: |
The House of Commons was a Benny Hill chase on acid, running through a Salvador Dali painting in a spaceship on its way to infinity. | The House of Commons was a Benny Hill chase on acid, running through a Salvador Dali painting in a spaceship on its way to infinity. |
A vague, and vain attempt to make sense of the great mad nights in British political history.Sketch here.https://t.co/4zCw505yNv pic.twitter.com/ZENHV8wTnz | A vague, and vain attempt to make sense of the great mad nights in British political history.Sketch here.https://t.co/4zCw505yNv pic.twitter.com/ZENHV8wTnz |
It has got us wondering about the best Brexit analogies, or attempts to explain Brexit that have come out over the months/years. Any favourites? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. | It has got us wondering about the best Brexit analogies, or attempts to explain Brexit that have come out over the months/years. Any favourites? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter. |
This one springs to mind: | This one springs to mind: |
The Times: Brexit meltdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/4YkRFLao1L | The Times: Brexit meltdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/4YkRFLao1L |
i: Meltdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/RlrU4MqyjF | i: Meltdown #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/RlrU4MqyjF |
Daily Mail: Chaos reigns #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/jwJ63dK0Lc | Daily Mail: Chaos reigns #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/jwJ63dK0Lc |
The Daily Telegraph: Brexit delayed until further notice after gang of four rebels #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/r57T5xosb4 | The Daily Telegraph: Brexit delayed until further notice after gang of four rebels #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/r57T5xosb4 |
The Guardian: May’s final warning to Tory rebels: back me or lose Brexit #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/e1pQkfuxGt | The Guardian: May’s final warning to Tory rebels: back me or lose Brexit #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/e1pQkfuxGt |
The Scotsman: MPs reject no-deal Brexit under any circumstances #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/NHNYD1kUCB | The Scotsman: MPs reject no-deal Brexit under any circumstances #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/NHNYD1kUCB |
Metro: It’s a total no-no #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/N3gYH2Y2m5 | Metro: It’s a total no-no #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/N3gYH2Y2m5 |
Financial Times: May issues ultimatum after MPs seize control with vote to ditch no-deal Brexit #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/dzHajhjgSX | Financial Times: May issues ultimatum after MPs seize control with vote to ditch no-deal Brexit #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/dzHajhjgSX |
Daily Express: Don’t let EU bullies win the day #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/yfSEz7ouK3 | Daily Express: Don’t let EU bullies win the day #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/yfSEz7ouK3 |
And a little more from Varadkar’s speech, in which he says that Ireland needs its friends in the US “more so than ever”. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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... | 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/c7AXmAnIei | 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/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/7F6IEENVe8 | 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/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/rRDG2DiEYV | 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/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/fQFBORNcrx | 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/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/VLOsmXogFm | 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/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/euzG9gBmRw | 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/euzG9gBmRw |
Also, thank you to starsmurf for this lovely comment, I can confirm that our moderators are indeed very long-suffering, as well as being brilliant, dedicated and all-round lovely people. They are also often unsung, so I’m taking this opportunity to share your praise of them above the line: | Also, thank you to starsmurf for this lovely comment, I can confirm that our moderators are indeed very long-suffering, as well as being brilliant, dedicated and all-round lovely people. They are also often unsung, so I’m taking this opportunity to share your praise of them above the line: |
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. |
And while we don’t have a crowd-funding campaign for sugary and caffeinated goodness, the Guardian runs on a membership model. So if you love us, make sure you’ve joined up. | And while we don’t have a crowd-funding campaign for sugary and caffeinated goodness, the Guardian runs on a membership model. So if you love us, make sure you’ve joined up. |