May’s Cabinet ‘close to collapse’… “Theresa May will be warned today that her government faces total collapse unless she passes her Brexit deal – as the prime minister’s aides were at loggerheads over whether to accept a soft Brexit or call a general election this week. In an emergency conference call last night Brexiteer cabinet ministers agreed they would […]
Brexit 1) Cabinet ministers urging May to accept “no deal” “Cabinet ministers will attempt to take control of Brexit by telling Theresa May it is “time to embrace no deal” after her EU Withdrawal Agreement was rejected by MPs for a third time. Mrs May will hold a conference call with ministers on Sunday night […]
May faces ‘day of reckoning’ but hopes aren’t high for winning vote “Theresa May will face a day of reckoning on Friday as she tables one last vote on her Brexit deal despite warnings from her closest aides and ministers that she is destined for yet another defeat. The Prime Minister has promised to resign […]
Finally, May says she will quit if her deal passes “Theresa May offered last night to quit to get her EU divorce deal over the line as Brexit looked set to claim a second Conservative prime minister in three years. In a highly charged address, Mrs May told Tory MPs that she accepted they wanted new leadership to negotiate […]
Will May name a resignation date to get her deal through? “Theresa May will be urged by her own MPs to name the date of her departure on Wednesday as the price of getting her Brexit deal through Parliament. The Prime Minister will attend a meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs where […]
MPs upend the Government’s authority by backing the Letwin amendment ‘Parliament seized control of Brexit last night as three government ministers quit to give MPs the power to tear up Theresa May’s deal. The business minister Richard Harrington joined Alistair Burt and Steve Brine in effectively resigning as they joined 29 Tory MPs defying a […]
Brexit 1) May ‘defies calls’ to name departure date “Theresa May has resisted pressure to set a date for her departure in return for support for her EU divorce deal after a threatened cabinet coup fizzled out. After meeting prominent Brexiteers at Chequers yesterday, the prime minister is instead expected to allow parliament to move towards a softer exit […]
The coup: Cabinet Ministers set to tell May it’s over ‘Theresa May was at the mercy of a full-blown cabinet coup last night as senior ministers moved to oust the prime minister and replace her with her deputy, David Lidington. In a frantic series of private telephone calls, senior ministers agreed the prime minister must […]
Pressure grows on May to quit… “Theresa May was under pressure to name a date for her departure last night after cabinet support drained away and the DUP made clear its lack of faith in her. Senior figures in No 10 confirmed that discussions on a timetable for the prime minister to stand down were under way. A Downing […]
EU leaders give May three weeks to come up with a plan if her deal isn’t passed… “European Union leaders last night handed Theresa May a three-week lifeline to come up with an alternative Brexit plan if her withdrawal deal is not approved by MPs. After nearly seven hours of wrangling the 27 leaders agreed to […]
Brexit 1) May’s broadcast attempts to rouse voters against MPs “Theresa May last night tried to turn voters’ anger on to MPs who are opposing her deal before an EU summit today where leaders will decide whether to allow a Brexit delay. “You the public have had enough,” she said in an address from Downing Street designed […]
Ticking clock 1) May will ask for a short Brexit extension, after Cabinet rebellion against a longer one ‘Theresa May will ask for a Brexit extension of no more than three months and then use it to try to force through her deal because Britain is ‘fed up’ of waiting to leave the EU, it […]
Brexit 1) “Constitutional crisis” as Bercow blocks vote on the deal “John Bercow has plunged Britain into a “major constitutional crisis” after banning Theresa May from holding a third vote on her Brexit deal, the Solicitor General has said. The Speaker – a Remain voter who has faced repeated accusations of anti-Brexit bias – invoked […]
May wins over some MPs, but still has a way to go ‘Theresa May secured the backing of some staunch Brexiteers for her deal after personally lobbying MPs but last night remained significantly short of the number she needs to win a vote this week. Esther McVey, the former work and pensions secretary who quit […]
Brexit 1) Meaningful Vote Three is set to take place this week, but May will pull it if she doesn’t have the numbers “If the party whips do not think Mrs May has the numbers by tomorrow evening, her deal will not be put to a vote. If that happens – or it is put […]