The amendment by Dominic Grieve and allowed through by the Speaker, John Bercow, has not forced the anti-Brexit pace in Parliament into a gallop, more like a bit of a trot.
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Now, it seems that the grand plan by the Speaker, John Bercow, and the Tory Remainer and former Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, has come unstuck, reports Guide Fawkes.
Although Theresa May will be forced to table her new Brexit plan B on Monday the 21st January, because of Grieve's amendment that Bercow broke the rules of precedent to allow MPs to vote through, it appears there is a loophole that the Leader of the House, Andrea Leadsom, has used that allows the debate and vote on it to be delayed until Tuesday the 29th January - another week nearer to Brexit Day.
Now, the PM is, it seems, determined to push her deal through.
Maybe she's using these new inter-party discussions she started last night as a sort of cover to give her something to table next Monday and then let the ticking clock apply pressure on MPs who are terrified of the no deal option that she has hoisted above Downing Street for all to see.
The Remain side does of course know this and understands the repercussions. They may not be as worried about a delay as we would think. They may be thinking that the pressure is being applied the other way, in the belief that no-one would choose to leave without legislation in place. So, if they string it out it long enough they may think that the PM will be forced to go to the EU for an extension to Article 50.
Whereas Theresa May thinks she can cow enough of the Remainers into submission to accept her deal with the threat of a no deal exit - even one not backed by the missing legislation.
As has been said before, are we now seeing a complex situation reduced to a game of chicken? But with loads of cars all hurtling towards the same spot with an outcome of many, many permutations.
But let's stand back and look at the real facts here. There is a clear and present route to a no deal Brexit. This is a very realistic outcome, especially given how our politicians are acting at the moment. Now, whatever your thoughts on whether a no deal WTO Brexit should happen or not, don't you think that our government and parliament have an iron-clad duty to ensure that the laws are in place to cover that very realistic outcome?
Our politicians have already proved that cannot agree on any one deal whether it be May's, Canada +++ or Norway or whatever. They will fight each other over that for months and years.
And if there's no time for Brexit legislation ban then, there will probably not be time for anti-Brexit legislation either.
The May deal supporters and the Remainers are playing with a political stick of dynamite - watching the fuse burn down as they throw it back and forth. And it will come our way just before detonation.
If those politicians were really so worried about a no-deal Brexit, then why have they not already fully prepared and legislated for it 'just in case'?
And if they get it wrong guess what, May will point at the Remainers and the Remainers will point at May, when the truth will be that, apart from the more or less powerless true Brexiteers, our politicians failed and none are fit to sit on those green benches!
And they failed because they would not buckle to the will of the people, full stop!
Finally, the Electoral Commission appears to be making preparations for not only a second referendum but also for EU parliamentary elections for MEPs, reports the Times.
Now, if a totally unwarranted second referendum was called, then that would certainly entail extending the Article 50 process beyond March the 29th but would need the unanimous agreement of the EU27. And if that extension went beyond the 2nd of July, which is when the new EU Parliament starts, then the UK would have to participate in the MEP elections. And as the latest estimate puts the time needed to prepare for a referendum at 14 months, then you get the picture.
The other route, that of revoking or rescinding Article 50 comes with the firm understanding that we are staying permanently in the EU, as stated by our Attorney General, which may then actually mean there'd be no referendum at all in the end - and the automatic inclusion of the UK in the EU MEP elections.
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