The UK’s House of Commons is set to hold a second round of “indicative” votes on Brexit options on Monday evening, after an initial round of voting last week failed to reveal a majority for any Brexit outcome.
options on Monday evening, after an initial round of voting last week failed to reveal a majority for any Brexit outcome.struggles to contain the rising tensions with her cabinet as the clock counts down to the latest EU deadline on April 12th.
Some in the UK parliament believe that if MPs begin to coalesce around a “softer” Brexit in Monday’s votes, it may finally convince Brexiteer hold-outs that the PM’s deal now represents the “hardest” break with the EU available. She added: “If you look at the parliamentary arithmetic now, it’s not clear that something like a customs union actually commands support.”Mr Gauke, meanwhile, said at the weekend that he would quit if Mrs May took Britain out of the EU without a deal, with other senior pro-EU ministers likely to follow suit.
With horsetrading between the various groups continuing over the weekend, some supporters of Common Market 2.0 were hoping to win over the DUP, arguing their plan would avoid the need for the Northern Ireland backstop., said he would rather remain in the EU than back Mrs May’s deal.also insisted the party would continue to vote against Mrs May’s EU withdrawal deal.
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