What can I say? We are plunged even further into the political crisis than last time I posted on this topic. The meaningful vote proved to be the biggest parliamentary vote against a Government ever. Yet Theresa May is still ploughing on, determined to see it through. For now she has agreed to invite the other political parties for discussions. But is she really listening?
This week there were further votes on amendments to the motion that was necessary after failing to get the vote through. Here a few noble parliamentarians (such as Dominic Grieve and Yvette Cooper tried but failed to give Parliament more powers to take back control from this despotic government. Grieve's amendment would have provided specific days for discussion and voting on next steps should May still not have the deal approved. Cooper's amendment was to extend Article 50. That too failed. Even an amendment to prevent a no-deal didn't go through. May's response to that is that the only way to avoid a no-deal is to vote for the deal. Even if the deal is worse than a no-deal.
It was the Brady amendment that passed that evening. This unicorn amendment seeks to remove the backstop from the Withdrawal Agreement. Yet we all know that the EU will never approve this. The whole point is that the UK can no longer be trusted not to contravene the Good Friday Agreement. What a mess.
And in all this melee I was invited to speak on Radio 5 Live breakfast show with my thoughts. I actually thought I would be discussing no deal and the risk to my kidney medicine and equipment. In fact I was asked to comment on who holds the power.
This week there were further votes on amendments to the motion that was necessary after failing to get the vote through. Here a few noble parliamentarians (such as Dominic Grieve and Yvette Cooper tried but failed to give Parliament more powers to take back control from this despotic government. Grieve's amendment would have provided specific days for discussion and voting on next steps should May still not have the deal approved. Cooper's amendment was to extend Article 50. That too failed. Even an amendment to prevent a no-deal didn't go through. May's response to that is that the only way to avoid a no-deal is to vote for the deal. Even if the deal is worse than a no-deal.
It was the Brady amendment that passed that evening. This unicorn amendment seeks to remove the backstop from the Withdrawal Agreement. Yet we all know that the EU will never approve this. The whole point is that the UK can no longer be trusted not to contravene the Good Friday Agreement. What a mess.
And in all this melee I was invited to speak on Radio 5 Live breakfast show with my thoughts. I actually thought I would be discussing no deal and the risk to my kidney medicine and equipment. In fact I was asked to comment on who holds the power.
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