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While I wait for a train, let's just run through where we are:
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Art.50 ends on 12 April
The default outcome - i.e. the one that happens if there's no other action taken - is that the UK leaves without a deal
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The default outcome - i.e. the one that happens if there's no other action taken - is that the UK leaves without a deal
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Parliament has repeatedly expressed its view that a no-deal exit is not acceptable
So what options are there instead of this default?
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So what options are there instead of this default?
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Parliament is looking at alternative deals AFTER we were scheduled to leave.
The EU-Norway model is one of them. So @OFOCBrexit is doing Parliament's work for it.
Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi - Post Doctoral Fellow, specialising in EU external relations / trade. #IndicativeVotes
The EU-Norway model is one of them. So @OFOCBrexit is doing Parliament's work for it.
Szilárd Gáspár-Szilágyi - Post Doctoral Fellow, specialising in EU external relations / trade. #IndicativeVotes
So what does that tell us?
▪️Norway follows EU rules in many areas but doesn't have any voting power, whereas the UK has 3x the average EU voting power.
▪️Food would be more expensive.
▪️Even if we got cheaper food, which would need specific trade deals, UK farmers would suffer.
▪️Norway follows EU rules in many areas but doesn't have any voting power, whereas the UK has 3x the average EU voting power.
▪️Food would be more expensive.
▪️Even if we got cheaper food, which would need specific trade deals, UK farmers would suffer.
For example: Listen to Damien McGenity, a farmer on the border in Northern Ireland. He is NOT looking forward to ANY Brexit.
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We’re on to Round 2 of #IndicativeVotes today so I’ve updated my explainer #IV2
🗳 What are #Brexit Indicative Votes?
🤔 How will the process work?
💡What ideas have been tabled?
⏳ What might happen next?
🚨 Hopefully it’s worth a couple of minutes ☕️ 🚆 🚌
We’re on to Round 2 of #IndicativeVotes today so I’ve updated my explainer #IV2
🗳 What are #Brexit Indicative Votes?
🤔 How will the process work?
💡What ideas have been tabled?
⏳ What might happen next?
🚨 Hopefully it’s worth a couple of minutes ☕️ 🚆 🚌
Last week MPs debated alternatives to the Prime Minister’s #Brexit plan.
This happened because MPs backed an idea by Conservative MP & former Minister, Sir Oliver Letwin, to give control of Commons business to backbench MPs so they could put forward their visions for #Brexit
This happened because MPs backed an idea by Conservative MP & former Minister, Sir Oliver Letwin, to give control of Commons business to backbench MPs so they could put forward their visions for #Brexit
Parliamentary procedure is full of quirks, but giving backbench MPs control of the Commons in this way isn’t the norm.
MPs chose to disapply a Commons rule - Standing Order 14(1) - which says that the Government usually (largely) controls what business is debated in the House.
MPs chose to disapply a Commons rule - Standing Order 14(1) - which says that the Government usually (largely) controls what business is debated in the House.
Haven't seen anyone on here run thru' the options on the Order Paper for HoC #indicativevotes tomorrow (Mon 1/4), so, for your info... (apologies if people have & I've missed it): There are 8 motions tabled for possible selection by Speaker: 1/
A) Baron, unilateral backstop exit; B) Baron, if no WA by then, no-deal Brexit on 12/4; C) Clarke, permanent UK-wide Customs Union as UK negotiating objective in primary legislation; 2/
D) Boles, support for #WithdrawalAgreement Bill conditional on it including, as UK future relationship negotiating mandate, a Political Declaration revised to include Common Market 2.0 (EEA+CU); 3/
This diagram shows how each MP voted on Wednesday. Small bubbles = MPs, in their party colours. The lines link MPs to the motions they voted for - the big blobs, whose sizes are proportional to their # of votes. We can see clear voting clusters... (1/5) #indicativevotes
Among the Conservatives, there are two main clusters: a majority who want a harder Brexit (top right), and those keen on something softer (bottom left). This is the most divided party - and the previous chart shows it has a voting pattern distinct from the rest of Parliament.
Labour's chart shows that the majority of the party's MPs are unified in preference for a soft Brexit in the #indicativevotes. Just a few outliers in the top right.
There seems to be some confusion about why @theSNP MPs abstained on #Boles & #Clarke amendments last night but it’s really very straightforward so here’s a thread explaining why #Brexit #IndicativeVotes
So @theSNP preference in line with the majority of #Scottish voters is to #Remain in the EU but v early on @scotgov put forward a compromise position in #ScotlandsPlaceInEurope to stay in the #SingleMarket & a #CustomsUnion & it was endorsed by @theSNP conf
It’s important to appreciate that to benefit from freedom of movement is vital for Scotland’s economic & demographic needs & to benefit from it you have to be a member of the single market.
Off to give evidence to @CommonsEUexit this morning on #EUCO, but since #IndicativeVotes is likely to come up, let's run through the options to consider the EU's probable view on them
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A) "Constitutional and accountable government" is about not changing Standing Order 14, so not an EU concern per se
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B) "No deal" is what it says and raises no technical issue for the EU, especially in light of recent statements that prep from this is all set
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