“I had to make that speech today…and if the Prime Minister can’t live with that, I have to respect her right to sack me.”
She argues that by 2019 the people might have changed their minds.
“It is unwise” he warns, and “would deepen our divisions”.
The Conservative rebel, AKA Douglas Hogg, argued that a unilateral guarantee would grant the Government the moral high ground.
He warns peers against exceeding their role by treating the Bill like a Christmas tree, to which they want to add baubles.
He also addresses the question of the Northern Irish border and tariff-free trade with the Republic of Ireland.
The Party Chairman says “all seats” are under consideration for targeting.
He quotes Paddy Ashdown: “You either believe in democracy or you don’t.”
They will debate. They may even ask the Commons to look again. But the Bill will pass.
He warns the House of Lords that amending the Article 50 Bill would exceed their constitutional remit.
The former EU Commissioner warned the Lords of the costs of Brexit.
“Attempts to refight that referendum are a great mistake.”