Withdrawal Agreement

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.

UK must follow EU’s trade defence rules under backstop, and perhaps new trade deal too. That may thwart deals with other countries.

Deal is bad for our power and our prosperity - and it’s going to get worse because the ‘backstop’ puts us in an awful negotiating position.

PM’s letter to the nation obscures the truly miserable nature of her deal. We’ve found 11 falsehoods.

Hidden in the PM’s “future relationship” is something a lot like Ukraine’s deal. That means lots of rule-taking with no say.

Brexiters are blaming EU “bullies” for May’s miserable deal. That’s rich. Brexiters have been at the heart of this mess since day one.

To give us a trade deal, Paris wants even tougher “level playing field” conditions than those contained in the miserable “backstop”.

PM says bill is £39bn. But add in perhaps two more years “transition” and various costs identified by NAO and the bill could be much higher.

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?

Theresa May is talking out of both sides of her mouth in her desperation to ram her miserable Brexit deal through Parliament.

They landed the country in this frightful mess. They must not be allowed to wash their hands of it.

Endless rule-taking, more money and continued uncertainty. There’s a reason PM’s draft deal has been met with fury.