The Prime Minister’s speech yesterday, in which she announced a ‘ten-point offer’ to parliament for a ‘new Brexit deal’ has gone down like the proverbial cold cup of sick with many Conservative MPs. The rage isn’t just confined to the 28 Brexiteer hold-outs who voted against the deal on 29 March either – so far, another 40 MPs who previously voted for the deal have indicated they will not vote for the proposed Withdrawal Agreement Bill. Overall, with little sign of movement towards the deal from Labour, it seems the Prime Minister is going backwards.
A lot of the anger on the Tory side appears to be directed at May’s pledge to hold a parliamentary vote on holding a second referendum, which has been cited by MPs with very different Brexit preferences: from former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, to ‘Norway-Plus’ backer Robert Halfon.
However, many of the Prime Minister’s critics misinterpreted what she actually promised.
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