The EU withdrawal bill survived its first test at its commons committee stage this week – but there is still a long way to go. And it seems some on the Tory back benches are determined not to make it plain sailing for the government.
Theresa May’s ‘mandate for a hard Brexit is weak’, says the FT, which argues that parliament is well within its rights to scrutinise the EU withdrawal bill closely. ‘If ever there was a case for parliament exercising its sovereign powers, this is it,’ says the paper. So why the backlash against those in the Tory ranks who are not happy with certain parts of the bill? ‘Parliament’s admirers’ are likely to be ‘dismayed’ at this reaction to elected politicians doing their job, says the FT. It’s true that some will just dismiss this as ‘Fleet Street fun’.
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