Theresa May says she will reopen Brexit withdrawal agreement with EU ahead of votes on anti-backstop and Article 50 amendmentsFull list of amendments to May’s statementEU dismisses Tory compromise Brexit plan as unworkableThe ‘Malthouse compromise’: everything you need to knowLabour backs Cooper plan to rule out no-deal Brexit 2.01pm GMT May says she is sympathetic to the Spelman amendment, but it does not stress the need to pass a deal to ensure that there is no no-deal Brexit. 2.00pm GMT The Lib Dem Brexit Tom Brake pokesman asks May what the “alternative arrangements” she is proposing (it’s a phrase in the Brady amendment) are.May says the original deal talked about the possibility of alternative arrangements.Exhibit A: the Brady amendment that the government will whip forExhibit B: the Withdrawal Agreement itself, preamble to the Northern Ireland ProtocolSo the “change” that the Brady amendment demands is merely an upgrade from “intention” to “requirement”? pic.twitter.com/wBkYS378ZZ Continue reading…
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