MPs have supported bid to block Parliament suspension to allow ‘no-deal’ Brexit
This result shows how wrong Yr Obdt Srvt can be.
I predicted a close vote earlier today (July 18) and the result was anything but close.
MPs voted by a majority of 41 to stop the suspension of Parliament between October 9 and December 18.
The catch is that it would be possible if a new executive is formed in Northern Ireland’s devolved assembly.
The government had opposed the amendment but four cabinet ministers abstained – Greg Clark, David Gauke, Philip Hammond and Rory Stewart.
And 17 Conservatives voted to support it, including now-former minister for digital and the creative industries Margot James, who resigned in order to do so.
Apparently a spokesperson for departing prime minister Theresa May said she had been disappointed that some ministers had failed to vote – and that she was sure her successor would take this into account when forming a Parliament.
(Like that’s going to happen! Only yesterday (July 17) she’s supposed to have made a jab at Boris Johnson in her farewell speech. If he wins, he might take some or all of them on, just to spite her.)
Let’s be honest, though – this result shows that government has ceased to function in the UK.
Democracy seems to be enjoying itself, though.
Source: Brexit: MPs back bid to block Parliament suspension – BBC News
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“and that she was sure her successor would take this into account when forming a Parliament” – I think you MAY have meant Government rather than Parliament, Mike! Or was that her spokesperson…?
I think I would have meant government too. Can’t recall the quote now so I’ll leave it as it is and these comments here.
I wish that they’d devote as much time and energy into getting a deal. We have wasted too much time, already and I’m sorry but openly removing the possibility is a mistake. It did for Theresa May and it will do for whoever comes next. £eaving without a deal must be a real possibility. If a deadline cannot focus the minds of our politicians, with there being serious consequences at the end of it, I don’t know what can. Theresa May was accused of “kicking the can down the road,” what do our M.P.s think that this is? What will it achieve, other than stasis? I hate to quote Theresa May but the best way to avoid no-deal is to have a deal and what are our M.P.s doing to achieve that? All that we hear is what M.P.s don’t want, not what they do. I am beyond exasperated.