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Brexit: Boris Johnson to table motion for general election – live news Brexit: Boris Johnson to table motion for general election – live news
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This is from a source close to the rebel Tories.
Tonight’s decisive result is the first step in a process to avert an undemocratic and damaging no deal. No 10 have responded by removing the whip from two former chancellors, a former lord chancellor and Winston Churchill’s grandson. What has has happened to the Conservative party?
Mark Spencer, the chief whip, has been ringing the Tory rebels telling them they are having the whip withdrawn, we’ve been told. Philip Hammond, the former chancellor, has already had the call. As of now, he is technically no longer a Conservative MP.
And here is the full text of what Jeremy Corbyn said in the chamber after the vote.
I welcome tonight’s vote. We live in a parliamentary democracy, we do not have a presidency but a prime minister.
Prime ministers govern with the consent of the House of Commons, representing the people in whom the sovereignty rests.
There is no consent in this house to leave the European Union without a deal. There is no majority for no deal in the country.
As I have said before: if the prime minister has confidence in his Brexit policy - when he has one he can put forward - he should put it before the people in a public vote.
And so, he wants to table a motion for a general election, fine get the bill through first in order to take no-deal off the table.
Here is the full text of Boris Johnson’s statement after the result was announced.
Let there be no doubt about the consequences of this vote tonight.
It means that parliament is on the brink of wrecking any deal we might be able to strike in Brussels.
Because tomorrow’s bill would hand control of the negotiations to the EU.
And that would mean more dither, more delay, more confusion.
And it would mean that the EU themselves would be able decide how long to keep this country in the EU.
And since I refuse to go along with that plan we are going to have to make a choice. I don’t want an election. The public don’t want an election. But if the House votes for this bill tomorrow, the public will have to choose who goes to Brussels on October 17 to sort this out and take this country forward.
Everyone will know if the Rt Hon Gentleman is the prime minister, he will go to Brussels, he will beg for an extension, you will accept whatever Brussels demands and we’ll have years more arguments over Brexit.
And by contrast, everyone will know that if I am prime minister, I will go to Brussels, I will go for a deal and get a deal but if they won’t do a deal we will leave anyway on 31 October.
The people of this country will have to choose.
The leader of the Opposition has been begging for an election for two years.
I don’t want an election but if MPs vote tomorrow to stop the negotiations and to compel another pointless delay of Brexit, potentially for years, then that will be the only way to resolve this.
I can confirm that tonight we will are tabling a motion under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.
Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary, was wrong when she said earlier that the Tory rebels would be given a second chance before they had the whip removed (see 10.29pm), the BBC’s Vicki Young reports.
Now been told that all 21 will lose whip in all circumstances!
Here is the list of MPs who did not vote in the division. As is normal, the Speaker, his three deputies and the seven Sinn Fein MPs (who have not taken their seats) did not vote. The other MPs who did not vote were Sir Kevin Barron and Derek Twigg (both Labour) and four independents (Kelvin Hopkins, John Woodcock, Jared O’Mara and Chris Williamson).
It is impossible to tell from the division lists whether an MP did not vote because they wanted to abstain, or whether there was another reason, like illness, for their non-appearance.
Here is the list of MPs who voted against the motion. There were 286 Tories voting this way, and all 10 DUP MPs voted against. The other votes came from two Labour MPs, Kate Hoey and John Mann, and three independents (Ian Austin and Ivan Lewis, who are both ex-Labour, and Charlie Elphicke, who is ex-Tory).Here is the list of MPs who voted against the motion. There were 286 Tories voting this way, and all 10 DUP MPs voted against. The other votes came from two Labour MPs, Kate Hoey and John Mann, and three independents (Ian Austin and Ivan Lewis, who are both ex-Labour, and Charlie Elphicke, who is ex-Tory).
You can find the division lists here.You can find the division lists here.
Here are the 21 Tory MPs who voted with the opposition.Here are the 21 Tory MPs who voted with the opposition.
Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary, has signalled that the Tory rebels will not have the whip removed immediately. In an interview with BBC, she said that she hoped that the MPs who voted against the government would “reconsider overnight” and decide to vote with the government to defeat the bill tomorrow. Asked if they would lose the whip immediately, she said they wouldn’t. They would get a second chance, she said.Andrea Leadsom, the business secretary, has signalled that the Tory rebels will not have the whip removed immediately. In an interview with BBC, she said that she hoped that the MPs who voted against the government would “reconsider overnight” and decide to vote with the government to defeat the bill tomorrow. Asked if they would lose the whip immediately, she said they wouldn’t. They would get a second chance, she said.
UPDATE: Leadsom was freelancing, or just plain wrong. Party sources have made it clear that all rebels are losing the whip. See 10.48pm.
Anna Soubry rises as leader of the Independent Group for Change. Some MPs jeer, because they do not see this as a proper party. Soubry says she will not be shouted down by a man.Anna Soubry rises as leader of the Independent Group for Change. Some MPs jeer, because they do not see this as a proper party. Soubry says she will not be shouted down by a man.
She says the rumour is that all the rebels will have the whip withdrawn. Is that correct?She says the rumour is that all the rebels will have the whip withdrawn. Is that correct?
Bercow says they are not having a debate now.Bercow says they are not having a debate now.
Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem leader, says MPs must act responsibly. She says she backs the idea of an election, but not before MPs have removed the risk of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem leader, says MPs must act responsibly. She says she backs the idea of an election, but not before MPs have removed the risk of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.
Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Wesminster, says Johnson has a 100% record when it comes to losing votes in the Commons.Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Wesminster, says Johnson has a 100% record when it comes to losing votes in the Commons.
He says Johnson should respect the vote. He says the “fantasy” that there is a deal to come from the government is “nonsense”.He says Johnson should respect the vote. He says the “fantasy” that there is a deal to come from the government is “nonsense”.
Let us have an election. But let us have an election that respects the democracy of this house.Let us have an election. But let us have an election that respects the democracy of this house.
Blackford says SNP also wants Benn bill passed before general election called.Blackford says SNP also wants Benn bill passed before general election called.
Jeremy Corbyn says if Johnson wants an election, he must get the bill passed first.Jeremy Corbyn says if Johnson wants an election, he must get the bill passed first.
Boris Johnson says he will refuse to go along with this bill.Boris Johnson says he will refuse to go along with this bill.
He does not want an election.He does not want an election.
But if MPs vote for this bill tomorrow, the public will have to choose who goes to Brussels on 17 October.But if MPs vote for this bill tomorrow, the public will have to choose who goes to Brussels on 17 October.
He says if Jeremy Corbyn goes, he will do what the EU wants.He says if Jeremy Corbyn goes, he will do what the EU wants.
If Johnson himself goes, he will get a deal, he says.If Johnson himself goes, he will get a deal, he says.
He says if MPs vote for a pointless delay to Brexit tomorrow, he will seek to hold an election. Tonight he is tabling a motion under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.He says if MPs vote for a pointless delay to Brexit tomorrow, he will seek to hold an election. Tonight he is tabling a motion under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.
MPs have backed the motion to allow a debate on a bill tomorrow that would prevent a no-deal Brexit on 31 October by 328 votes to 301 - a majority of 27.
John Bercow has sent the serjeant-at-arms to investigate the delay in the aye lobby.
Yep looks like PM doing response. He seems to be scribbling a speech on front bench.Has any PM ever lost their FIRST vote before? Paging @AmIRightSir
Boris Johnson on the front bench with a folder, so presumably responding as soon as government defeat announced
From Labour’s Alex Sobel
The irony is that Boris Johnson hasn’t had a Parliamentary vote and he’s going to lose this and likely the next 2 Parliamentary Votes under his leadership
From the Telegraph’s Christopher Hope
One Conservative rebel tells me as many as 20 Tory MPs have rebelled. “Jacob Rees-Mogg was a great recruiting sergeant,” the MP told me.#Brexit
From my colleague Jessica Elgot
Ed Vaizey rebels, tells me that he feels liberated. “When you hear speeches like that’s from @Sandbach and from Ken Clarke, you just know you’re on the right side.”
From Nick Macpherson, a former permanent secretary at the Treasury
I worked for Tory governments for 18 years. But I still can't claim to understand the party. Why expel loyalists like Soames, Hammond and Gauke - and Ken Clarke who was a Tory minister for 23 years - while allowing all those who rebelled against Mrs May to get off scot-free?
From Labour’s Luke Pollard
Significant number of brave and courageous Tories in our lobby. I don’t agree with many of their views but they’re giving up careers in the Tory party to stand up for their constituents and that’s hard not to respect that.
These are from ITV’s Robert Peston.
I have belatedly worked out that @BorisJohnson can and probably will accept the legislation delaying Brexit as the price of going to the country in a general election. Because he would campaign on a manifesto of leaving the EU on 31 October. So if he wins the clear...
commons majority he seeks, he could repeal that legislation in a single day before 31 October and could insist Lords do not block repeal (because repeal would be in Tory manifesto). So we are heading for a general election as a proxy for a referendum, with Tories campaigning...
to Brexit - deal or no deal - on 31 October. I really can't see how Labour could refuse to sanction and fight an election on those terms.