“An extension cannot take no deal off the table. The only way to do that is to revoke Article 50, which I shall not do.“
The implication is that the Government would win more votes if it kept the ERG happy.
He argues for “a fundamental realignment of Government, Parliament and Civil Service.”
“Yet again her Government has been defeated”.
The former Foreign Secretary also insists that any time limit must end “substantially before the next general election”.
“I believe we can reach a deal that this House can support.”
He teases Thornberry that perhaps when she voted for Article 50 to be triggered she was “present but not involved”.
The Labour leader responded by borrowing Hilary Benn’s line that the Prime Minister’s door may be open but her mind is closed.
“It would deepen division, when we need unity. It would bring chaos when we need certainty. And it would bring delay when we need to move forward.”
The names of all 118 Conservatives who voted against the proposal, and the four Opposition MPs who voted for it.
“Parliament gave the people the choice”, the Prime Minister reminds the House ahead of the vote on her proposed deal.
“I was keen to see an agreement delivered that I could support…[but] the deal on the table potentially gives away our sovereignty and £39 billion.”
The International Trade Secretary expresses his scepticism to Andrew Bridgen.