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Brexit: government to seek meaningful vote on deal on Monday – live news | Brexit: government to seek meaningful vote on deal on Monday – live news |
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Our crack visuals unit has worked up this graphic showing estimated votes for and against Johnson’s deal, based on a Guardian analysis of MPs’ likely intentions - and while ministers insist they have the numbers, it’s clear that it remains agonisingly close. We’ll have a full story on that launching soon, but in the meantime, here are a few key points from Rowena Mason: | |
• Around eight Labour MPs are likely to back the deal. On Sunday, Lucy Powell suggested that she could be one of that group, telling Sky News: “I probably wouldn’t have voted for it if we had had a straight up and down vote on it over the weekend but I do think now that we’ve got to move forward.” | |
• No 10 claims that several more Labour MPs could follow. | |
• Around 20 former Tories who lost the whip or left the party voluntarily are expected to support the prime minister. | |
• The support of Lady Sylvia Hermon, the independent unionist MP, appears to be in doubt. During the debate in the House of Commons on Saturday she demanded a “guarantee that there is nothing in this deal.. which undermines or weakens the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.” | |
On these numbers, it would take just two MPs changing their minds to change the result. | |
All is not well at the People’s Vote campaign, Rowena Mason reports: clashes between PR guru Roland Rudd and Labour peer Peter Mandelson have sent the organisation into crisis just as the prospect of testing MPs’ support for a second referendum becomes a reality. | |
Alastair Campbell’s involved, too, as a leak to the Mail on Sunday showed: | |
The emails suggested Mandelson and Alastair Campbell, another former New Labour communications adviser, had been attempting to work together against Rudd earlier this year. In one email, Campbell said: “I do not see how this gets done without a public battle and it should happen soon and be fast and brutal.” | |
You can read the story here: | |
People’s Vote split by power struggle at crucial time for alliance | |
Of the six Labour MPs who voted against the Letwin amendment on Saturday, only Caroline Flint is not standing down. Helen Pidd went to her firmly leave-supporting constituency, Don Valley, to find out what her constituents think, and found that they remain firmly in her corner. 75-year-old Bob Davis, for example, said: | Of the six Labour MPs who voted against the Letwin amendment on Saturday, only Caroline Flint is not standing down. Helen Pidd went to her firmly leave-supporting constituency, Don Valley, to find out what her constituents think, and found that they remain firmly in her corner. 75-year-old Bob Davis, for example, said: |
I think she’s wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. She has listened to her constituents, it’s as simple as that... It would be an insult to me to run a second referendum. I believe strongly in democracy.” | I think she’s wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. She has listened to her constituents, it’s as simple as that... It would be an insult to me to run a second referendum. I believe strongly in democracy.” |
You can read the whole piece here: | You can read the whole piece here: |
'She has listened to us': constituents back Labour rebel Caroline Flint | 'She has listened to us': constituents back Labour rebel Caroline Flint |
- The government is to seek a meaningful vote in the Commons on its Brexit deal on Monday. | - The government is to seek a meaningful vote in the Commons on its Brexit deal on Monday. |
- Michael Gove has disclosed the government’s Operation Yellowhammer contingency plan to handle a no-deal Brexit is being triggered. | - Michael Gove has disclosed the government’s Operation Yellowhammer contingency plan to handle a no-deal Brexit is being triggered. |
- Gove says the risk of the UK leaving the EU without a deal has grown as a result of yesterday’s vote but believes Brexit will happen on 31 October. | - Gove says the risk of the UK leaving the EU without a deal has grown as a result of yesterday’s vote but believes Brexit will happen on 31 October. |
- Labour will back an amendment next week calling for a referendum on Johnson’s deal, the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, said. | - Labour will back an amendment next week calling for a referendum on Johnson’s deal, the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, said. |
- John McDonnell said Johnson behaved “a bit like a spoilt brat” after the prime minister sent an unsigned letter to the EU asking for a delay, and then a second arguing against it. | - John McDonnell said Johnson behaved “a bit like a spoilt brat” after the prime minister sent an unsigned letter to the EU asking for a delay, and then a second arguing against it. |
A key player in Britain’s first involvement in the European Union has called for a second Brexit referendum after attending his first protest at the age of 91. | A key player in Britain’s first involvement in the European Union has called for a second Brexit referendum after attending his first protest at the age of 91. |
Uwe Kitzinger worked as an adviser to Winston Churchill’s son-in-law Christopher Soames from 1973 to 1975, when Lord Soames became the first British vice-president of the European commission. | Uwe Kitzinger worked as an adviser to Winston Churchill’s son-in-law Christopher Soames from 1973 to 1975, when Lord Soames became the first British vice-president of the European commission. |
Kitzinger attended the People’s Vote march in London on Saturday and believes the public are now better informed to make a choice. | Kitzinger attended the People’s Vote march in London on Saturday and believes the public are now better informed to make a choice. |
“I do not see how the question of sovereignty over the issue of Europe can be settled without the people of this country having a say, now that they are much better informed, and now that there is actually a proposal,” he told PA. | “I do not see how the question of sovereignty over the issue of Europe can be settled without the people of this country having a say, now that they are much better informed, and now that there is actually a proposal,” he told PA. |
“We now see the beginnings of a transition to a destination, but it’s very clear that the destination is meant to be one of national tribalism, and that is the beginning of the kind of international tensions which can so easily lead to war. | “We now see the beginnings of a transition to a destination, but it’s very clear that the destination is meant to be one of national tribalism, and that is the beginning of the kind of international tensions which can so easily lead to war. |
“It is the negation of all I stood for and all I worked for in my career, but that isn’t the important thing. | “It is the negation of all I stood for and all I worked for in my career, but that isn’t the important thing. |
“The important thing is what happens to my grandchildren, and their children.” | “The important thing is what happens to my grandchildren, and their children.” |
Boris Johnson faces another rollercoaster week in the Commons after insisting the UK will still leave the EU in 11 days’ time. | Boris Johnson faces another rollercoaster week in the Commons after insisting the UK will still leave the EU in 11 days’ time. |
Despite being forced by parliament to request a Brexit delay from Brussels, ministers talked up their chances of rushing Brexit legislation through the Commons. | Despite being forced by parliament to request a Brexit delay from Brussels, ministers talked up their chances of rushing Brexit legislation through the Commons. |
A potential new government showdown with the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, looms on Monday when he will rule on whether the prime minister can hold a “meaningful vote” on his Brexit deal. | A potential new government showdown with the Commons Speaker, John Bercow, looms on Monday when he will rule on whether the prime minister can hold a “meaningful vote” on his Brexit deal. |
Johnson abandoned plans for such a move on a special Saturday sitting of the Commons after suffering an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the former minister Sir Oliver Letwin. | Johnson abandoned plans for such a move on a special Saturday sitting of the Commons after suffering an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the former minister Sir Oliver Letwin. |
Labour is planning to try to hijack the prime minister’s Brexit legislation when he presents it to MPs by tabling amendments demanding a new referendum and customs union with the EU. | Labour is planning to try to hijack the prime minister’s Brexit legislation when he presents it to MPs by tabling amendments demanding a new referendum and customs union with the EU. |
The Shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, indicated Labour could even support the withdrawal agreement bill if a new national poll on it is backed by MPs. | The Shadow Brexit secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, indicated Labour could even support the withdrawal agreement bill if a new national poll on it is backed by MPs. |
Jeremy Corbyn speaking in Liverpool on Saturday night. | Jeremy Corbyn speaking in Liverpool on Saturday night. |
My message to Boris Johnson and company: jog on with your daft ideas.#Marr #Ridge pic.twitter.com/1FzxoJwafy | My message to Boris Johnson and company: jog on with your daft ideas.#Marr #Ridge pic.twitter.com/1FzxoJwafy |
Alliance MLAs will not go to the Stormont recall sitting on Monday | Alliance MLAs will not go to the Stormont recall sitting on Monday |
.@naomi_long has confirmed Alliance MLAs will not go to the Stormont recall sitting tomorrow - says it will only increase “acrimony” between parties and bring Stormont chamber into further disrepute pic.twitter.com/d9o4BjhSml | .@naomi_long has confirmed Alliance MLAs will not go to the Stormont recall sitting tomorrow - says it will only increase “acrimony” between parties and bring Stormont chamber into further disrepute pic.twitter.com/d9o4BjhSml |
Jo Swinson has described breaking up the United Kingdom, if Scotland was to vote for independence, as “much more difficult than what we’re experiencing with Brexit”. | Jo Swinson has described breaking up the United Kingdom, if Scotland was to vote for independence, as “much more difficult than what we’re experiencing with Brexit”. |
The Liberal Democrat leader said it was a lesson she had learned throughout the process of Britain’s attempt to leave the EU since June 2016. | The Liberal Democrat leader said it was a lesson she had learned throughout the process of Britain’s attempt to leave the EU since June 2016. |
Speaking on radio programme Scotland’s Talk In, the East Dunbartonshire MP said she was the only party leader campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK and the UK in the EU. | Speaking on radio programme Scotland’s Talk In, the East Dunbartonshire MP said she was the only party leader campaigning to keep Scotland in the UK and the UK in the EU. |
Last week at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen, Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said a second independence referendum north of the border “must happen next year”. | Last week at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen, Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said a second independence referendum north of the border “must happen next year”. |
But Swinson said: “I want the UK to stay in the European Union, that’s what I’m working for and I believe that’s still possible. I believe we can still do that and I’m not giving up on that cause because I think we’re better off having Scotland in the UK and the UK in the EU.” | But Swinson said: “I want the UK to stay in the European Union, that’s what I’m working for and I believe that’s still possible. I believe we can still do that and I’m not giving up on that cause because I think we’re better off having Scotland in the UK and the UK in the EU.” |
Here is the link to the Commons order paper outlining Monday’s agenda: | Here is the link to the Commons order paper outlining Monday’s agenda: |
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201920/cmagenda/LargeP_OP191021.pdf | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201920/cmagenda/LargeP_OP191021.pdf |