Faced with the prospect of overwhelming defeat, Theresa May has once again decided to kick the Brexit can down the road and delay the meaningful vote on her Brexit deal. Standing before the House of Commons, the Prime Minister told MPs that ‘it is clear that while there is broad support for many of the key aspects of the deal, on one issue – the Northern Ireland backstop – there remains widespread and deep concern.’ which is why she is shelving the vote.
All of which rather confused Mr Steerpike. After all, nothing had really changed in the past week, and Mr S was sure he had heard multiple times that there was absolutely no possibility that this vote would be cancelled.
So, to refresh his memory and yours, let’s hear what Theresa May and her ministers had to say about delaying the vote in the week running up till today:
Wednesday
Moments after suffering an unprecedented three defeats in a row in the House of Commons, the first rumours began to swirl that May’s big vote scheduled for Tuesday would be cancelled.
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