“It is very…bad, unacceptable that we should be waiting almost a month before we have a meaningful vote.” May watched on.
The Chancellor said the ballot will “flush out” those who are “trying to advance a particular agenda” harmful to the national interest.
Theresa May’s deputy dismissed WTO Brexit, Norway, Canada, and a second referendum in short order.
The Prime Minister replies that “the question Members of this House must ask themselves is whether they wish to deliver Brexit” or not.
Our Executive Editor discusses our estimate of the scale of May’s troubles on Politics Live.
“I do not pretend that either we or the EU are entirely happy with these arrangements.”
The Government has clearly lost the support of the DUP, and is operating at present with no majority.
It would be shameful if the independent inquiry into bullying in the House of Commons was obscured by political infighting.
The persistent myth that it is uniquely difficult to be publicly left-wing is challenged by new data.
Plus: Why Leave.eu supporters are more in step with Conservative policy than Soubry; and: shaking things up on the airwaves.
It is madness to think that our leaders aren’t entitled to go on holiday and gain a bit of perspective.
The presence of four Labour Leavers helped the UK to avoid a customs union – but their absence on a more minor amendment produced a Government defeat.
‘…the Brexit White Paper will inevitably put me in direct conflict with the views expressed by a large section of my constituents….’
£2.6 billion of the sum the government accepted as the compensation owed has still not been paid.