May in last-ditch bid to save Brexit deal despite growing mutiny

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Theresa May is set to launch a last-ditch bid to win over mutinous Tory MPs before deciding whether to proceed with a vote on her Brexit deal on Tuesday, as one of her closest cabinet allies issued a stark warning that the UK should learn from Northern Ireland about “the damage that division can do”.

With less than 48 hours to go before May faces the reckoning of her MPs, few of the 100-plus rebels who have vowed to vote against her deal showed any sign of altering their positions.

The prime minister is under intense pressure from aides and senior ministers to considering pulling the vote on Tuesday, a move Downing Street has emphatically denied will happen, though a final decision is unlikely to be made until the 11th hour.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/09/may-in-last-ditch-bid-to-save-brexit-deal-despite-growing-mutiny

[Algernon Moncrieff]

1. This is from last week, but it bears on this

BBC

The leading cabinet Brexiteer said Mrs May's deal was not perfect - but if MPs did not vote it through on 11 December there was a risk of "no Brexit at all".

He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show there may now be a Commons majority for another referendum.

Labour has said it will attempt to topple Mrs May and force a general election if MPs reject her deal.

If that fails, they will then seek support in the Commons for another referendum.

[Javaman]

2. they should boot her ass to the curb...

and go to the EU with hat in hand and admit they fucked up.

[forgotmylogin]

3. "Oh, please, Br'er Fox!"

Link to tweet

[DFW]

4. This just showed up in the Washington Post. It could be bigger news than the rest of all this

The EU high court just ruled that Britain can unilaterally decide to stay in the EU if it so desires.

WHAT??????

Holy fish and chips, Batman, hold that referendum THIS WEEKEND and stop all the madness NOW!!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-high-court-says-britain-can-unilaterally-reverse-brexit-boosting-pro-europe-campaigners/2018/12/10/7e023826-fc62-11e8-ba87-8c7facdf6739_story.html?utm_term=.bfba61223e5c

[Hekate]

5. It's certainly a hopeful development and would be a poke in the eye to Putin's plans...

Fingers crossed.

[DFW]

6. It would require a heavy dose of common sense, which seems in short supply these days

Even Merkel's party, when choosing Merkel's successor as CDU party leader, made the sensible choice, but only by a 167 vote margin out of over a thousand delegates, and most countries in Europe are less prone to making common sense decisions than Germany.