MPs to vote on withdrawal agreement on the day UK was supposed to be leaving EUAs parliament votes again, what happens next?Independent Group to register as Change UK party under Heidi Allen 2.00pm GMT The campaign group Change.org UK is seeking legal advice over the use of the name Change UK (see 1.01pm) for the new political party formed by members of the Independent Group of MPs, the Press Association reports. In a statement the campaign group said: Change.org UK or UKChange is a movement of 17m people in the UK. We empower ordinary people to start petitions and campaign to create the change they want to see.Change.org UK or UKChange as we are interchangeably known, is totally independent of party politics, always has been and always will be. 1.57pm GMT This is from Charles Grant, director of the Centre for European Reform.Here is a prediction. The UK will take part in the European elections on May 23rd. EU officials are concerned that, although the leaders of the two main parties know that this is likely, they have not yet spoken to their members or the public about this. @CER_EU@AndrewJust had a very interesting voicemail. Until last year I was secretary of an athletics club before moving to London. The local council hires its clubhouse for elections general or council. The voicemail was asking about hiring the clubhouse for potential European elections on the 23rd May. Is it possible that returning officers are already being asked to prepare for a long extension to article 50 or the possibility of no Brexit? Or would they be making preparations as a matter of ‘just in case’? Continue reading…
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