What the Brexiteers do next

Although no-one yet knows what the government’s compromise meaningful vote amendment will look like when it returns to the Lords, there’s a growing feeling in Westminster that it is the Tory Remain rebels who have the upper hand. Even if the government doesn’t go far enough to appease these MPs in its verbal promise of some kind of ‘meaningful’ say on the final deal, this group are bullish and increasingly confident that they can tie the government’s hands the next time the bill returns.

This has led to increasing concern among the Brexiteers. Talk of ‘no deal is better than a bad deal’ is now viewed as a hollow threat. Even with no meaningful vote, there’s the not-so-small issue that few in Brussels believe the UK has done enough to prepare for the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.

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This means that those in the Brexit camp are scratching their heads for a way forward.