60% of MPs voted for alternatives to PM’s deal last night
New referendum came top. But soft Brexit ideas also did well. We now need extra time to explore these properly.
Common Market 2.0 looks just as bad after latest mutation
It isn’t fully specified. Parts are not deliverable. And if it ever came to pass, it would turn us into rule-takers on a massive scale.
We must stop ‘no deal’. Here’s how
Business is crying out for reassurance that we are not going to crash out of the EU. The government is failing miserably to provide it.
MPs’ cunning plan for a committee more Baldrick than Lenin
Three Tory MPs want the Commons Liaison Committee to take control if the PM’s deal is rejected. Their scheme is riddled with holes.
People’s Vote must be after Plan B votes, not part of them
It’s great that MPs want to assert control of parliamentary process if they reject May’s deal. But the way they do it really matters.
Is Commons majority for People’s Vote starting to emerge?
Coalition of pro-European MPs behind recent government defeats could ultimately be the grouping that secures a People’s Vote.
Tories won’t get numbers in Parliament for ‘Norway’ Brexit...
Some MPs are tempted by EEA route out of Brexit mess. It won’t get Labour’s backing. Better not to waste time and support People’s Vote now.
There are two forms of ‘Norway’ Brexit: honest and sneaky...
No patriot could back the honest form. And no honest politician could back the sneaky one.
Brexiters can’t hoodwink Oslo into buying ‘Norway Plus’...
Warm words from Norway’s PM shouldn’t be taken at face value. EEA members will resist Brexit Britain’s advances if they don’t look genuine.
How can Michael Gove possibly defend staying in Cabinet?
He backed PM’s miserable deal, then refused to become Brexit secretary, failed to resign and now wants to change the deal. Has he no shame?
Neither Johnson nor Gove’s buddy has a credible Brexit plan...
May’s critics rightly want to chuck Chequers. But their alternatives don’t stack up. They can’t stop peddling snake oil.