Ministers must listen to Lords: come clean on no-deal damage
Will MPs heed Lords' demand for enquiry on no-deal Brexit costs? Voters won’t thank government for hiding consequences until it is too late.
Art of the deal in diplomacy is not to walk from the table
A common refrain by Lords in this week’s shameless filibustering was you can’t get a good deal unless you walk from talks. That’s nonsense.
Sensible MPs and ministers must get us extra time
Emergency legislation would force PM to seek longer extension from EU and dodge no deal. Even better if move came from Cabinet itself.
Pursuit of Brexit is turning parliamentary world upside down
Flouting parliamentary authority, unpicking international agreements - government has a pretty shameful record which may harm UK for years.
Ministers must give PM firm deadline to ask for extra time
If May strings MPs along much beyond end February, they will lose the chance to stop her running down the clock - and we could crash out.
Crushing government defeat in Lords should inspire MPs
Monday saw the warm-up act to the Commons vote today, with the government defeated by 152 votes over taking “no deal” off the table.
Meanwhile, in the Lords…
On eve of the Commons’ vote on PM’s miserable Brexit deal, peers rejected it by a stonking 321-152. MPs should take note of their reasons.
Now is time for MPs to fight for their say on Brexit
Tory rebels must ready for battle, with huge pressure likely from whips, Brexit press and social media trolls ahead of crunch vote tomorrow.
6 false Brexiter arguments against a ‘meaningful vote’
Brexiters are desperate to prevent Parliament having a say over Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the EU - but their arguments are false.
May’s march through Lords was long, but buck stops with MPs...
None of Lords’ amendments can rightly be accused of “wrecking” Brexit. Government would be wise to accept many of them.
Peers see through Gove’s ‘green Brexit’ spin
Environment secretary talks a good game about our “green and pleasant land”. House of Lords has seen through the flimflam.
It’s the Mail that’s destroying faith in our democracy
The more it purveys poisonous propaganda, the less it can be considered a serious newspaper. Today’s vitriol was a case in point.