After a morning of rumours and heightened tension over the terms of the Article 50 extension Theresa May will seek, No. 10 have finally released the letter. The Prime Minister has asked the European Commission for a brief delay to Brexit until the end of June. In the letter, May makes clear that she has plans to ask MPs to vote on her deal for a third time – and hopes this extension will allow time for this to happen and the subsequent legislation to pass in an orderly fashion.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, May confirmed that she would put her Brexit deal to a third vote in the Commons but stopped short of saying when. She said that if the deal failed for a third time, Parliament would then need to decide how to proceed. However, it’s not clear who would be at the helm at this point.
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